It is the largest city in population and area of the Portneuf Regional County Municipality.

The seigniory of Bourg-Louis, which includes the territory of Saint-Raymond, was initially occupied by the Huron.

Four couples from Ancienne-Lorette were the first to rise to the challenge: It was in the spring of 1831 that the four men first left their home for the land the Huron had told them about.

As families arrived from l'Ancienne-Lorette, Irish communities developed in parallel in the Grand Rang sector.

Harriet Antill, an English-speaking woman married to Bernard-Antoine Panet, attracted hundreds of Irish people who were fleeing the famine in their country.

In February 1842, an assembly presided by Hugh Paisly, the parish priest of Sainte-Catherine, elected the first syndics who would represent the interests of the newly formed institution.

On 3 August 1844, archbishop Joseph Signay approved the canonical erection of Saint-Raymond in the seigniory of Bourg-Louis and the Gosford township.

The parish was named Saint-Raymond Nonnat in honour of its patron saint Raymond Nonnatus.

Édouard Antrobus, the general overseer of roads (grand-voyer), traced the routes and organized municipal chores.

The joyful hut (cabane joyeuse) built by Joseph Déry and his friends was used as a city hall.

It was expanded in 1909 to include a reception room, an apartment for the security guard and an office for the secretary-treasurer.

The post office was initially located in Siméon Matte's house, which is now occupied by the Buffalo resto-pub.

The Premier of Quebec, Honoré Mercier, and the member of the National Assembly representing Portneuf, Jules Tessier, came to Saint-Raymond for the inauguration.

Saint-Raymond lost some of its territory when its smaller neighbours Sainte-Christine and Saint-Léonard were created, in 1895 and 1897 respectively.

As the number of pupils kept increasing, the Sisters of Charity convent (le couvent des Sœurs de la Charité) was erected in 1896.

Forty houses burned, leaving sixty of the families living on Saint-Joseph street homeless.

The municipality later bought a fire pump and formed a volunteer firefighter program.

People referred to it as the pouvoir électrique, a word-to-word translation of the English electric power.

During a very cold day in December 1933, fire struck the college again, this time destroying it completely.

In 1994, the rails were removed from the railroad to construct the Jacques-Cartier / Portneuf recreation trail.

[4] Population trend:[5] Mother tongue: Saint-Raymond developed mostly around the wood industry.

The area is noted as the home of international prize-winning cheese maker Alexis de Portneuf.