Price, Quebec

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Price
Village municipality
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Price presbytery
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Location within La Mitis RCM
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Price
Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48°36′06″N68°07′22″W / 48.6017°N 68.1227°W / 48.6017; -68.1227 Coordinates: 48°36′06″N68°07′22″W / 48.6017°N 68.1227°W / 48.6017; -68.1227 [1]
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Quebec.svg  Quebec
Region Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM La Mitis
ConstitutedMarch 3, 1926
Named for William Evan Price [1]
Government
[2]
 • MayorLaurent Émond
 •  Federal riding Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
 •  Prov. riding Matane-Matapédia
Area
[2] [3]
 • 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
Decrease2.svg 1.7%
 • Dwellings
794
Time zone UTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
G0J 1Z0
Area code(s) 418 and 581
HighwaysQc234.svg Route 234
Website www.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.

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

History

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

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

Economy

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.

Noted natives

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References

  1. 1 2 "Reference number 51187 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. 1 2 "Geographic code 09065 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. 1 2 https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Price&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A00052409065
  4. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
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