Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain is a municipality of 516 people in the

Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality Les Chenaux (meaning ''the channels'' in French) is a regional county municipality in central Quebec, Canada, in the Mauricie region. The seat is in Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes. It is located adjacent on the east of Trois-Rivières on the Saint Lawr ...

, in Quebec, Canada. It is the smallest municipality in terms of population in the regional county. Before September 4, 2010, it was known simply as Saint-Prosper.

History

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

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

Demographics

Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011,

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census * 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%

References

{{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Mauricie

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