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Price, Quebec

Price
Village municipality
Price presbytery
Price presbytery
Location within La Mitis RCM
Location within La Mitis RCM
Price is located in Eastern Quebec
Price
Price
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48°36′06″N 68°07′22″W / 48.6017°N 68.1227°W / 48.6017; -68.1227[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
RCMLa Mitis
ConstitutedMarch 3, 1926
Named forWilliam Evan Price[1]
Government
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 • MayorBruno Paradis
 • Federal ridingHaute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
 • Prov. ridingMatane-Matapédia
Area
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 • Total2.50 km2 (0.97 sq mi)
 • Land2.51 km2 (0.97 sq mi)
 There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total1,729
 • Density688.8/km2 (1,784/sq mi)
 • Pop 2016-2021
Decrease 1.7%
 • Dwellings
794
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0J 1Z0
Area code(s)418 and 581
Highways R-234
Websitewww.municipaliteprice.com

Price is a village municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 1,729.

The city of Mont-Joli provides the services necessary for the whole region.

History

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It was the arrival of the Price Brothers and Company (of William Evan Price) that the village of Price was founded at the end of the 19th century. It was a suburb of Saint-Octave-de-Métis, which constituted a community of workers, who were employed at the saw mill.

The parish of (Saint-Rémi-de-Métis) was detached from Saint-Octave-de-Métis in 1909. In 1916, the parish was erected. Ten years later, in 1926, the municipality was founded under the name Priceville. The name was modified in 1945 to avoid confusion with the village of Princeville in the Bois-Francs region of Quebec.

A hydroelectric dam (Mitis I) was the first in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region after its construction in 1923, providing electricity to the Gaspésie region.

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Price had a population of 1,729 living in 760 of its 794 total private dwellings, a change of -1.7% from its 2016 population of 1,759. With a land area of 2.51 km2 (0.97 sq mi), it had a population density of 688.8/km2 (1,784.1/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Population trend:[5]

Census Population Change (%)
2021 1,729 Decrease 1.7%
2016 1,759 Increase 5.1%
2011 1,673 Decrease 5.9%
2006 1,777 Decrease 1.3%
2001 1,800 Decrease 6.1%
1996 1,916 Decrease 2.3%
1991 1,962 Decrease 5.7%
1986 2,081 Decrease 8.4%
1981 2,273 Decrease 7.6%
1976 2,461 Decrease 10.2%
1971 2,740 Decrease 6.8%
1966 2,939 Decrease 5.0%
1961 3,094 Decrease 1.5%
1956 3,140 Increase 11.7%
1951 2,810 Increase 21.1%
1941 2,321 Increase 0.5%
1931 2,310 N/A

Economy

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The economic vitality of the community has always centred on the pulp and paper industry. Since 1888, the saw mills have flourished on in Price. Today, two industries are still present in the area, even though there is an economic crisis in the forest industry. Bois d'oeuvre Cedrico and le Groupe Lebel, are the two compagnies involved.

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 51187". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. ^ a b "Répertoire des municipalités: Geographic code 09065". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. ^ a b "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Price, Village (VL) [Census subdivision], Quebec". 9 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  5. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census
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