Rapide-Danseur (French pronunciation: [ʁapid dɑ̃sœʁ]) is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality. It covers 173.73 km 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.

Historical Census Data - Rapide-Danseur, Quebec

Year Pop. ±% 1981 246 —     1986 208 −15.4% 1991 206 −1.0% 1996 247 +19.9% 2001 265 +7.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 273 +3.0% 2011 312 +14.3% 2016 328 +5.1% 2021 380 +15.9%
Source: Statistics Canada

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%

Municipal council (2024):

• Mayor: Alain Gagnon
• Councillors: Donald Dubé, Lorraine Doucet-Dion, vacant, Marc Regaudie, Christiane Guillemette, Vanessa Gravel

Rapide-Danseur federal election results

Year		Liberal		Conservative		Bloc Québécois		New Democratic		Green
	2021	19%	29	9%	14	55%	87	4%	7	4%	6
	2019	19%	31	16%	26	53%	87	6%	10	5%	7
	2015	24%	29	3%	4	26%	32	41%	51	4%	5
	2011	4%	5	4%	5	37%	52	55%	78	1%	1
	2008	21%	29	8%	11	52%	72	14%	20	4%	6
	2006	8%	9	16%	19	57%	68	16%	19	4%	5
	2004	23%	27	4%	5	62%	73	6%	7	5%	6

Rapide-Danseur provincial election results

Year		CAQ		Liberal		QC solidaire		Parti Québécois
	2022	24%	39	4%	7	18%	29	35%	56
	2018	22%	45	9%	17	23%	47	42%	87
	2014	18%	30	16%	27	15%	26	50%	86
	2012	19%	29	12%	18	10%	16	56%	86

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.

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