Rapide-Danseur

Rapide-Danseur is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 173.73 km2 and had a population of 380 as of the 2021 Canadian census.

The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 1981. It owes its name to a waterfall found on the Duparquet River between Lake Duparquet and Lake Abitibi. The natives called it “opacicicimosik” which means “where we stop to dance, to stretch ourselves”, this after having done portage.

Demographics
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 161 (total dwellings: 209)

Mother tongue (2021):
 * English as first language: 1.3%
 * French as first language: 98.7%
 * English and French as first language: 0%
 * Other as first language: 0%

Government
Municipal council (2024):
 * Mayor: Alain Gagnon
 * Councillors: Donald Dubé, Lorraine Doucet-Dion, vacant, Marc Regaudie, Christiane Guillemette, Vanessa Gravel

Political representation
Provincially it is part of the riding of Abitibi-Ouest. In the 2022 Quebec general election the incumbent MNA Suzanne Blais, of the Coalition Avenir Québec, was re-elected to represent the population of Rapide-Danseur in the National Assembly of Quebec.

Federally, Rapide-Danseur is part of the federal riding of Abitibi—Témiscamingue. In the 2021 Canadian federal election, the incumbent Sébastien Lemire of the Bloc Québécois was re-elected to represent the population Rapide-Danseur in the House of Commons of Canada.