Wellington Street is named for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), a British field marshal and two-time prime minister of the United Kingdom.

The Duke of Wellington is best known for having defeated Napoleon I of France in the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815.

[1] Wellington Street serves as a shopping district for the borough of Verdun and most of the neighbourhood of Pointe Saint-Charles.

It is primarily industrial between the railroad tracks in Pointe Saint-Charles and the Bonaventure Expressway.

The electrical substation Poste Adélard-Godbout and the de L'Église metro station are sited on the street.