Shortly after the creation of the Village of Côte-Saint-Paul in 1874, this area separated as the Parish Municipality of Côte-Saint-Paul in 1878. In 1902, it became the Village du Boulevard-Saint-Paul, and in 1908, Joseph-Ulric Émard, who had become the mayor, renamed the town for himself. Shops and municipal services opened along Monk Boulevard. The parish of Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours was founded in 1906 under Curé Jean-Moïse Jolicoeur.
