Métis-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [metis syʁ mɛʁ], lit.

[3] The name "Métis" is said to come from a Mi'kmaq word meaning "meeting place"; "sur-mer" refers to its location on the Saint Lawrence River.

Its territory corresponds to the former (pre-merger) village municipality of Métis-sur-Mer (Metis Beach).

[4][5] The town was a popular summer vacation spot for wealthy anglophone Montrealers.

At the end of the 19th century, they spent their time in Métis-sur-Mer to flee waves of cholera.