The first settlers, accompanied by Philemon Wright, settled in Hull in 1800, probably near Lake Leamy. The following year, Philemon Wright built a sawmill and a flour mill near Chaudière Falls. The town of Hull grew rapidly and became one of the largest cities in Quebec, with a population of 800 inhabitants by 1824. The name Hull recalls the city of the same name in the United Kingdom, where Philemon Wright was originally from.

The parish of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce was canonically erected on 14 November 1870. It was then entrusted to the Congregation of Oblates. A first chapel was built in 1846. The construction of a stone church took place from 1868 to 1874. It was blessed in 1870 by Bishop Eugène Bruno Guigues of Ottawa. On 5 June 1888, a major fire destroyed several buildings, including the church. The latter was quickly rebuilt, and Bishop Thomas Duhamel came to bless it in 1892. This second church, in turn, burned down on 12 December 1971. It was not rebuilt. It was located at the corner of Notre-Dame-de-l’Île and Victoria streets in Gatineau.

My parish belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ottawa.