Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain, Quebec

Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain is a municipality of 516 people in the Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It is the smallest municipality in terms of population in the regional county.

Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain
De l'Église ST.
De l'Église ST.
Location within Les Chenaux RCM.
Location within Les Chenaux RCM.
Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain is located in Central Quebec
Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain
Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain
Location in central Quebec.
Coordinates: 46°37′N 72°17′W[1]
Country Canada
Province Quebec
RegionMauricie
RCMLes Chenaux
Settledc. 1850
ConstitutedJuly 1, 1855
Government
  MayorMichel Grosleau
  Federal ridingSaint-Maurice—Champlain
  Prov. ridingChamplain
Area
  Total93.00 km2 (35.91 sq mi)
  Land94.11 km2 (36.34 sq mi)
 There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources
Population
 (2021)[3]
  Total482
  Density5.1/km2 (13/sq mi)
  Pop 2016-2021
Decrease 9.1%
  Dwellings
264
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code819
Highways R-159
Websitewww.st-prosper.ca

Before September 4, 2010, it was known simply as Saint-Prosper.[4]

History

Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain, early 1900's

Around the Natal Church Bell Tower, historical notes on the parish of Saint-Prosper

« ... Et cependant que de progrès déjà accomplis au milieu de vous, non-seulement sous le rapport religieux ; mais encore pour la vie matérielle ! Au dire de connaisseurs, vous êtes de tout mon diocèse les plus avancés en agriculture et en industrie laitière. Vos champs se couvrent d'abondantes moissons, malgré les intempéries des saisons et quelquefois les oppositions persistantes du sol ; vos troupeaux ravissent les prix aux expositions ; et vos produits laitiers, exportés par des vôtres sur les marchés étrangers, en rapportent de notables bénéfices.

Aussi l'aisance est générale à Saint- Prosper, et c'est à peine si on y trouve assez de nécessiteux, pour sauvegarder la parole de Notre-Seigneur ; Pauperes enim semper habetis vobis (Jean-12-8) »

— F-X. Ev : des Trois-Rivières. Evêché des Trois- Rivières, 21 novembre 1908.[5]

Rivière-aux-Rats, O Dontigny, and Mgr. François-Xavier Cloutier, Bishop of Trois-Rivières, 1900

The area opened up for colonization in the middle of the 19th century, and in 1850 the Parish of Saint-Prosper was established out of the territories of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan and Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. It was named after Prosper of Aquitaine possibly by Bishop Joseph Signay who wanted to emphasize the "prosperity" of the first settlers, who were poor but brave. In 1853, its post office opened, and two years later, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Prosper was formed, with Augustin Massicotte as first mayor.[6][7]

In 1861, Saint-Prosper had 1028 inhabitants, and at the start of 1900, there were nearly 1500 persons.[7]

On December 31, 2001, it was transferred from the Francheville Regional County to the new Les Chenaux Regional County, following the creation of the new City of Trois-Rivières and the dissolution of the Francheville RCM.[6]

Demographics

Population trend:[8]

  • Population in 2021: 482 (2016 to 2021 population change: -9.1%)
  • Population in 2016: 530
  • Population in 2011: 505
  • Population in 2006: 541
  • Population in 2001: 531
  • Population in 1996: 548
  • Population in 1991: 584

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 244 (total dwellings: 264)

Mother tongue:

  • English as first language: 0%
  • French as first language: 100%
  • English and French as first language: 0%
  • Other as first language: 0%

See also

References

  1. "Reference number 409102 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Geographic code 37250 in the official Répertoire des municipalités". www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation.
  3. Statistics Canada 2021 Census - Saint-Prosper census profile
  4. https://statistique.quebec.ca/fr/fichier/bulletin-statistique-regional-mauricie-edition-2016.pdf
  5. E. Taslusier (21 November 1908). "Autour du Clocher Natal, 376 pages" (pdf). Patrimoine Québec, Projet de sauvegarde de données généalogiques et d’archivage, p. 25. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  6. "Saint-Prosper (Municipalité de paroisse)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  7. Gérard Ébacher. "Historique de Saint-Prosper" (in French). Municipalité de paroisse de Saint-Prosper. Archived from the original on 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  8. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census



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