The first settlers settled in the Saint-Sauveur valley along the Rivière du Nord. By 1827, the seigneurs of Augmentation-des-Mille-Îles had granted some 120 lots on both sides of the Rivière du Nord. On a contemporary map, these lands corresponded to riverside lots in the present-day municipalities of
Prévost and
Piedmont. In 1849, the parish priest of
Saint-Jérôme asked his bishop for permission to open a mission at the northern end of his vast parish and to build a chapel there.
Ignace Bourget, bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Montreal, approved the request on 29 October of that year, adding: 'Place it as soon as possible and give it the
Circumcision of Our Lord as its patron saint'. The feast of the Circumcision and the feast of Saint-Sauveur were celebrated on 1 January. On 4 January 1853, the parishioners of Saint-Sauveur submitted a petition requesting the canonical erection of this part of the parish of Saint-Jérôme under the name of Saint-Sauveur. The bishop approved the request on 10 February 1854 under the name Saint-Sauveur. The municipality of Saint-Sauveur was therefore created on 6 August 1855 from territories previously belonging to
Saint-Jérôme and
Abercrombie. The original territory included the current municipalities of Saint-Sauveur,
Prévost,
Piedmont,
Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs and part of
Sainte-Adèle. During its history, the territory was divided up on several occasions. In 1909, a section was taken for the creation of
Shawbridge. In 1923, the Piedmont sector split to became its own independent municipality, this was followed by Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts in 1926, Prévost in 1927 and Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs in 1946. In 1956, another sector was taken away for the creation of the city of Mont-Gabriel (now part of Sainte-Adèle). In 1895, lightning struck the chapel and it was destroyed. In 1903, parish priest Saint-Pierre succeeded in convincing the parishioners to build a stone church. On May 25, 1905, under the leadership of François-Xavier Clouthier, President of the Syndicate, the church was blessed in the presence of Mgr Racicot, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Montreal. The current city of Saint-Sauveur was created in 2002 from the merger of Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts and Saint-Sauveur. == Demographics ==