# Price, Quebec

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**Price** is a [village municipality](/source/Village_municipality_(Quebec)) in [La Mitis Regional County Municipality](/source/La_Mitis_Regional_County_Municipality) in the [Bas-Saint-Laurent](/source/Bas-Saint-Laurent) region of [Quebec](/source/Quebec), [Canada](/source/Canada). Its population in the [Canada 2021 Census](/source/Canada_2021_Census) was 1,729.

The city of [Mont-Joli](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Princeville,_Quebec) in the Bois-Francs region of Quebec.

A hydroelectric dam (Mitis I) was the first in the [Bas-Saint-Laurent](/source/Bas-Saint-Laurent) region after its construction in 1923, providing electricity to the [Gaspésie](/source/Gasp%C3%A9sie) region.

## Demographics

In the [2021 Census of Population](/source/2021_Canadian_census) conducted by [Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada), Price had a population of 1,729 living in 760 of its 794 total private dwellings, a change of -1.71% 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 in 2021.[2]

**Population trend:**[3]

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

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 760 (total dwellings: 794)

## Economy

The economic vitality of the community has always centred on the [pulp and paper industry](/source/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

- [Jean Lapointe](/source/Jean_Lapointe) (author-composer-interpreter, actor and Canadian Senator)

## See also

- [List of village municipalities in Quebec](/source/List_of_village_municipalities_in_Quebec)

## References

1. ["Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Quebec"](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000224). [Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada). February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.

1. Statistics Canada: [1996](/source/Canada_1996_Census), [2001](/source/Canada_2001_Census), [2006](/source/Canada_2006_Census), [2011](/source/Canada_2011_Census), [2016](/source/Canada_2016_Census), [2021](/source/Canada_2021_Census) census

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