Price

• Name — Price • Settlement Type — Village municipality • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Type2 — Region • Subdivision Name2 — Bas-Saint-Laurent • Subdivision Type3 — RCM • Subdivision Name3 — La Mitis • Established Title1 — Constituted • Established Date1 — March 3, 1926 • Named For — William Evan Price • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Bruno Paradis • Leader Title1 — Federal riding • Leader Name1 — Rimouski—La Matapédia • Leader Title2 — Prov. riding • Leader Name2 — Matane-Matapédia • Area Total Km2 — 2.50 • Area Land Km2 — 2.51 • Area Note — There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources • Population Total — 1729 • Population As Of — 2021 • Population Density Km2 — 688.8 • Population Blank1 Title — Pop 2016-2021 • Population Blank1 — 1.7% • Population Blank2 Title — Dwellings • Population Blank2 — 794 • Timezone — EST • Utc Offset — −5 • Timezone Dst — EDT • Utc Offset Dst — −4 • Postal Code Type — Postal code(s) • Postal Code — G0J 1Z0 • Area Codes — 418 and 581 • Blank Name — Highways • Website — www.municipaliteprice.com

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.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Price had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of 2.51 km2, it had a population density of sqmi in 2021. Population trend: • 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)

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.

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