In 1738, Angélique le Gardeur, the daughter of the seigneur of Tilly, became a widow and was granted a seigneury, which she called Seigniory of Gaspé, after her late husband.

In 1806, a road crossing the territory of the Seigneury of Gaspé was opened between Saint-Nicolas (now in Lévis) and Saint-Gilles and allowed the development of the Lotbinière County.

In the 1960s, the Trans-Canada Highway, which runs from Western to Eastern Canada, was built and passed through the municipality.

[5] Th project received media attention, and its refusal created a negative image of the municipality.

The territory of the municipality is crossed by Autoroute 20 from east to west and by Route 273 from north to south.

The other municipalities around Saint-Apollinaire are also part of the Lotbinière RCM: to the north, there is Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly; to the west, there is Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun; to the southwest, there is Saint-Flavien; to the south, there is Saint-Agapit and, to the southeast, there is Saint-Gilles.