This station, near downtown, opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro.

The station, designed by Jean Dumontier and Crevier, Lemieux, Mercier et Caron, is a normal side-platform station, built in open cut due to the difficulty of construction under Berri Street near the Sherbrooke Street overpass.

It has a single mezzanine giving access to two entrances, one on either side of Berri Street, both integrated into buildings.

Designed by Gabriel Bastien and Andrea Vau, it depicts the achievements of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society, whose headquarters are nearby.

Sir John Coape Sherbrooke (1764–1830) served as governor general of British North America 1816–1818.