 It was created for the 2003 election from most of the former Limoilou and part of Montmorency electoral districts.Even earlier, before Limoilou, the electoral district of Québec-Est existed in the same general area.In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost some territory to Montmorency but gained some territory from Taschereau; it also gained a tiny amount of territory from Charlesbourg.