The station opened October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro.

This in turn gives access to the station's entrance on 575 Henri Bourassa Boulevard, integrated into a government building, the STM's Terminus Henri-Bourassa Sud and the STL's Terminus Henri-Bourassa Nord.

A collective work by 330 Montreal children, titled Les enfants dans la ville ("children in the city"), is found in the mezzanine; composed of moulded concrete blocks, it depicts scenes of parks, houses, play, and transportation.

North entrance, a mural relief by Jacques Huet titled Réveil de la conscience par la solitude ("awakening of consciousness by solitude") forms a firewall between the entrance and the adjacent government office.

which in turn is named for Henri Bourassa (1868–1952), a journalist and politician, who served in municipal, provincial, and federal governments, but is best known for founding the newspaper Le Devoir in 1910.