The first three settlers arrived in the area in 1875. The post office opened in 1899 under the name ‘Hauteur’. Before the parish and municipality were officially created, the area was part of the townships of Ouimet and Massé. The Catholic parish of Saint-François-Xavier was canonically erected on 14May 1918. The municipality was officially founded on 7 November 1918 under the name of Saint-François-Xavier-des-Hauteurs was officially created. In 1944, the post office was renamed Les Hauteurs-de-Rimouski. On 19 October 1993, the municipality shortened its name to simply ‘Les Hauteurs’. The parish church was destroyed by fire on 27 December 1997. It was rebuilt during the following summer and reopened in time for Christmas 1998.