[6] In the early 1800s, fur traders travelled the southern plain (formerly North West Territories) to make exchanges with the Cree, Sioux and Assiniboine people.

Around the 1820s the settlers and indigenous hunters began killing bison for trade in more vast numbers, with the introduction of guns and horseback transportation.

[9] In 1891 Chief Cegakin of the Assiniboines, from the Cypress Hills area, relocated to where Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation is today.

[10] In March 1893, wealthy French Catholic settlers[11] by the names of Pierre Foursin (a private secretary to the Honourable Hector Fabre, the first Canadian High Commissioner to Paris), Armand Goupil (notary), Auguste and Albert-Léon Haymann (proprietors of a large jewellery store), Jean and André Chartier (university students) and Louis Gigot (brother-in-law of the Chartiers and an Engineer of Arts and Manufactors) decided to establish the colony of Montmartre.

[12] After getting off the train at Wolseley, they travelled by horse and buggy southwest to SE 16-15-11 W2, which was a hilly area that eventually became the Montmartre colony.

[13] Gigot and Haymann's promoting Montmartre was successful as they described it as a place with excellent farmland, woods, lakes, rivers, and abundant game.

An early frost in August 1893 froze their first potato crop, and the well that men from Wolseley had been hired to dig was abandoned because there was no sign of water.

Although the French settlers remained the majority in Montmartre, by 1905, English, Irish, Polish and German families joined the mix.

[16] Young men from Montmartre enlisted to serve with the Saskatchewan Regiment, 214th Battalion, in England and France during World War I.

[29] Although incidents like this did happen, this period helped the citizens realize the importance of community and cooperation in order to survive difficult times.

The Red Cross Committee was established to raise funds and create care packages to send to troops overseas.

The May 16, 1945, edition of the Wolseley News reported Victory Day in Montmartre began with mass led by Father Leon Savoie, and at 2 pm there was a parade through every street in the village ending at Paul's Hall.

Picture shows were shown throughout the day, and a mock trial was carried out in which indictments against a life-size effigy of Adolf Hitler were read.

The next year, 1949, rate payers from Montmartre, as well as Kendal and Rural Municipality 126 voted in favour of establishing the hospital.

Facilities increased in the town in this decade: a new library, police barracks, a regional park, a golf course, and low rental housing units.

[54] Montmartre was founded in the District of Assiniboia of the North West Territories of Canada, an area that is today in the province of Saskatchewan.

[11]In 1901, the Canadian Census in the district of Montmartre was listed as having 20 houses with 22 families and origins of these 95 people as: 1 English, 80 French, 10 Belgian, 1 Swiss and 3 Metis stepchildren.

[57] On average, July is the warmest month with a mean temperature of 18.2 °C, according to the recordings taken at Indian Head, the nearest weather station to Montmartre.

[57] Similarly, the area of Montmartre receives an average of 428 mm of precipitation each year, as recorded at the Indian Head weather station.

[58] The landscape is formed from glacial till characterized by short, steep slopes and many water-filled valleys, small lakes, ponds and sloughs that surround Montmartre, providing excellent conditions for waterfowl to thrive.

[61] The wildlife around Montmartre is quite diverse, ranging from small rodents such as squirrels, gophers, and porcupines to big carnivores such as badgers, foxes, and coyotes.

[62] Many herbivores roam the area such as the snowshoe hare, the cottontail rabbit, the northern pocket gopher, and Franklin's ground squirrel.

was able to lay its tracks first through Montmartre by constructing a line from Brandon, Manitoba, to Regina and by April 14, 1908, the first scheduled trains were running through the village.

Government of Saskatchewan reports indicate that canola, mustard, sunflowers, lentils, peas, and canary seed have all been grown, to varying degrees of success, in the R.M.

[80] Centre 48 offers a variety of arts and sports classes to the surrounding communities such as: piano, drums, guitar, and kickboxing, and yoga.

The Co-op was initially started by 16 farmers and has grown significantly to serve 1,100 people from the surround towns of Kendal, Candiac, Fillmore, Francis and Glanavon and there are now two buildings, one of which houses and Agro-Centre.

On one side of the activity room, there is an exhibition commonly called Mini Museum that showcases the rich history of Montmartre.

[88] Lions Clubs in general are best known for working with the blind and visually impaired,[90] and its branch in Montmartre helped in raising donations for a local kindergarten, Boy Scouts, Heart and Stroke Foundation, and an eye centre in Regina.

This started in 1949, when local women stopped raising money for the Red Cross and instead devoted their time and attention to helping and giving back to their own community.

Fundraising from the women provided the hospital with many comforts, including sterilizers, clothes, operating tables, bookcases, room lamps, and many more items.