While parts of Paradise have been inhabited since the late nineteenth century, mainly as farmland, its growth only took off in the 1830s and 1870s as a "bedroom community" of nearby St. John's.

Other developed areas which had previously been administered by the Southern Metropolitan Board--an agency of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador--were also amalgamated with Paradise.

Operating from 1896 to 1915, the Octagon Castle was a four-storey, eight-sided hotel resort, named by its creator, "Professor" Charles Henry Danielle.

[6] In 2022, a blue sculptural artwork inspired by Octagon Castle was installed at the centre of a Paradise roundabout.

The War memorial located at the town hall was also designed by Arch Janes before his death in 1987.

Paradise had two people running for mayor – incumbent Ralph Wiseman and 19-year-old Kurtis Coombs.

[13] On September 30, it was announced that Coombs had won the election, making him the youngest mayor in Canada.

Under Newfoundland and Labrador's Municipal Elections Act, a draw is used to determine the winner if a recount results in a tie.