Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain

| settlement_type = Municipality

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| image_caption = Agricultural zone, Rang Ste-Elisabeth

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| image_map = Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain Quebec location diagram.png

| map_caption = Location within Les Chenaux RCM

| pushpin_map = Canada Central Quebec

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in central Quebec

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CAN}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{QC}}

| subdivision_type2 = Region

| subdivision_name2 = Mauricie

| subdivision_type3 = RCM

| subdivision_name3 = Les Chenaux

| established_title = Settled

| established_date = c. 1850

| established_title1 = Constituted

| established_date1 = July 1, 1855

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = France Bédard

| leader_title1 = Federal riding

| leader_name1 = Saint-Maurice—Champlain

| leader_title2 = Prov. riding

| leader_name2 = Champlain

| area_footnotes = Statistics Canada 2021 Census - [https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Saint-Prosper&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1&DGUIDlist=2021A00052437250 Saint-Prosper census profile]

| area_total_km2 = 93.00

| area_land_km2 = 94.11

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| area_note = There is an apparent
contradiction between two
authoritative sources

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| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 482

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_density_km2 = 5.1

| population_blank1_title= Pop 2016-2021

| population_blank1 = {{decrease}} 9.1%

| population_blank2_title= Dwellings

| population_blank2 = 264

| timezone = EST

| utc_offset = −5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = −4

| postal_code_type = Postal code(s)

| postal_code = G0X 3A0

| area_code = 418

| blank_name = Highways

| blank_info = {{jct|state=QC|QC|159}}

| website = {{URL|www.st-prosper.ca}}

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Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ pʁɔspɛʁ də ʃɑ̃plɛ̃}}) is a municipality of 482 people in the Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. It is the smallest municipality in terms of population in the regional county.{{cite web |title=Mauricie, Bulletin statistique régional, édition |url=https://statistique.quebec.ca/fr/fichier/bulletin-statistique-regional-mauricie-edition-2016.pdf |publisher=Gouvernement du Québec, Institut de la statistique du Québec |access-date=2023-09-29 |date=2016}}

Before September 4, 2010, it was known simply as Saint-Prosper, on that date, the municipality of the parish of Saint-Prosper became the municipality of Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain.{{cite web |author1=Quebec government |title=Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=409102 |publisher=Commission de Toponymie Quebec |access-date=2023-09-29 |language=fr |date=2010-11-12}}

History

File:Saint Prosper 1948 000.jpg

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.{{cite web|access-date=18 April 2023|author=E. Taslusier|date=21 November 1908|title=Autour du Clocher Natal, 376 pages|url=https://patrimoinequebec.ca/Archive/BIBLIOTHEQUE/autourduclocher.pdf|website=Patrimoine Québec, Projet de sauvegarde de données généalogiques et d’archivage, p. 25}}

File:Riviere_aux_Rats_002.jpgThe 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.{{cite web |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/CT/toposweb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=409102 |title=Saint-Prosper (Municipalité de paroisse)|publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |language=French}}{{cite web |url=http://www.st-prosper.ca/histoire.php |title=Historique de Saint-Prosper |author=Gérard Ébacher |publisher=Municipalité de paroisse de Saint-Prosper |access-date=2010-02-18 |language=French |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501082401/http://www.st-prosper.ca/histoire.php |archive-date=2009-05-01 }}

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.

Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain

File:Circuit 2008 018.jpg|Bike tour, activity organized by the Recreation Committee, rue de l'Église

File:Cimetiere_St_Prosper_015.jpg| Catholic parish cemetery, rue de l'Église

File:Rue Principale, lumières hivernales.jpg| March 2008, rue Principale (Quebec road 159),

File:Rang St Charles 005.jpg| Rural and agricultural zone, rang Saint-Charles

File:Oies blanches 011a.jpg| Alte of a flock of snow geese, chemin des Trente-Trois

File:Cordon d en bas 001.jpg|alt=Cordon d'en bas|Harvest, chemin du Cordon,{{cite web |title=Chemin du Cordon |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=439 |website=Commission de toponymie Quebec |publisher=Government of Quebec |access-date=4 September 2023}}{{cite web |title=Chemin du Cordon |url=https://www.lhebdomekinacdeschenaux.ca/actualites/le-chemin-du-cordon-dans-les-coups-de-foudre-toponymiques/ |website=Hebdo Mékinac/Des Chenaux |date=26 January 2020 |access-date=4 September 2023}}

File:Laurentides_022.jpg|A la Barbotte Lake,{{cite web |title=A la Barbotte Lake, Saint-Adelphe 311 09-200-0201 Map - |url=https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2245547 |website=BAnQ Banque de noms de lieux du Québec|access-date=2023-09-29|language=fr|author1=Ministère de l'Énergie et des Ressources, Gouvernement du Québec, Service de la cartographie |date=1981}} source of Gendron Creek, Laurentians, access by Route des Prairies

File:Sentier_transcanadien_021.jpg|Cossette Creek,{{cite web |title=Cossette Creek |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=15186 |website=Commission de Toponymie Quebec |publisher=Quebec Government |access-date=2023-09-30 |language=fr |date=1968-12-05}} tributary of Gendron Creek, under the Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain Bridge (Trans Canada Trail)

File:Ruisseau_Gendron_015.jpg|Gendron Creek,{{cite web |title=Ruisseau Gendron |url=https://toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=93193 |website=Commission de toponymie Quebec |publisher=Quebec Government|access-date=2023-09-30 |language=fr |date=1979-12-18}} tributary of Charest River, from bridge P-17092,{{cite web |title=Inventory and inspection of structures |url=https://www.transports.gouv.qc.ca/fr/projets-infrastructures/structures/Pages/inventaires-structures.aspx |website=Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable |publisher=Government of Quebec |access-date=2023-09-30 |language=fr |date=2023-09-30}} Chemin Saint-Édouard

File:Riviere_Charest_Saint-Prosper_003.jpg|Charest River, tributary of Sainte-Anne River, from bridge TR-2/TR-1, Route Fraser

File:1900_rang_St_Augustin.jpg|1900, Farm Claïr Massicotte and Éléonore(Élée) Trudel, some of their 11 or 12 children, horses, dog and wheel, rang Saint-Augustin

File:1940_rue_Principale_001_3445_2110.jpg|1940, private residences, general store, gas station, Principale Street (Quebec Route 159)

File:1940_rue_Principale_3445_2210.jpg|1940, Main Street (Quebec Route 159), dirt roads, boardwalks, intersection of Route de l'Église

File:Pont_Saint_Prosper_de_Champlain_001.jpg|Former railway line (CN){{cite web |title=A Century of Our Stories 1919- 2019 |url=https://www.cn.ca/en/ |website=Canadian National Railway (CN) |access-date=2023-10-06 |page=300 |date=2019}} converted to the Trans Canada Trail,{{cite web |author1-link=Richard Senécal |title=The Pégase trails, the first section of the Trans Canada Trail in Mauricie |url=https://tctrail.ca/news/les-sentiers-pegase-premier-troncon-du-sentier-transcanadien-en-mauricie/ |publisher=Trans Canada Trail |access-date=2023-10-22 |language=fr |date=2008-08-02}} Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain Bridge, over Cossette Creek

File:Corvee_bois_chauffage_052.jpg|2020, time and wood donated each year (corvée), by parishioners, for the heating of the church,{{cite web |title=Église Saint-Prosper |url=https://www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/rpcq/detail.do?methode=consulter&id=156155&type=bien |website=Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec |publisher=Gouvernement du Québec |access-date=2023-10-07 |language=fr |date=2013}} rue de l'Église

Geography

The territory of Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain is mainly part of the Sainte-Anne River watershed. However, a small area to the west, bordering Saint-Stanislas and Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, is part of the Batiscanie region. The Charest River crosses the eastern part of the municipality from north-east to south-east.

Demographics

=Population=

{{Canada census

|location = Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain

|2021_population=482 | 2021_pop_delta=-9.1 | 2021_land_area=94.11 | 2021_pop_density=5.1

|2021_median_age=56.8 | 2021_median_age_m=56.4 | 2021_median_age_f=57.2

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=264 |2021_mean_hh_income=55,600 | 2021_access_date=2025-01-16

|2016_population=530 |2016_pop_delta=5.0 |2016_land_area=94.02 |2016_pop_density=5.6

|2016_median_age=52.8 |2016_median_age_m=53.4 |2016_median_age_f=52.2

|2016_total_pvt_dwell=267 |2016_mean_hh_income=47,744 |2016_access_date=2025-01-16

|2011_population=505 |2011_pop_delta=-6.7 |2011_land_area=93.68 |2011_pop_density=5.4

|2011_median_age=51.8 |2011_median_age_m=51.5 |2011_median_age_f=52.2

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=268 |2011_mean_hh_income=46,731 |2011_access_date=2025-01-16

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Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 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
Population in 1986: 628
Population in 1981: 663
Population in 1976: 797
Population in 1971: 886
Population in 1966: 999
Population in 1961: 1,129
Population in 1956: 1,230
Population in 1951: 1,172
Population in 1941: 1,133
Population in 1931: 1,167
Population in 1921: 1,187
Population in 1911: 1,316
Population in 1901: 1,334
Population in 1891: 1,358
Population in 1881: 1,382
Population in 1871: 1,147
Population in 1861: 1,028

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

Mother tongue:

English as first language: 0%
French as first language: 99%
English and French as first language: 0%
Other as first language: 0%

External links

Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain : [https://archivesdemontreal.ica-atom.org/index.php/saint-prosper-de-champlain-la-maison-au-cadran-edgar-gariepy-1926 la maison au cadran] / Edgar Gariépy - photo 1926, Archives de Montréal
[https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3017827 Gendron Bridge] at 2nd Row Saint-Édouard in Saint-Prosper, Champlain County, photo 1994, on BAnQ Quebec
[https://www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/municipalite/37250/ Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain, Répertoire des municipalités], Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation Quebec
[http://www.municipalite.champlain.qc.ca/Document/R%C3%88GLEMENT%202020-RM-001.pdf Harmonized Regulations respecting Public Safety and Protection of Persons and Property], (in French), 22 décembre 2020. Note : Le présent règlement s’applique sur l’ensemble des territoires des municipalités de la MRC des Chenaux faisant partie de l’Entente relative à la fourniture de services de police par la Sûreté du Québec sur le territoire de la M.R.C., soit Batiscan, Champlain, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes, Saint-Maurice (Québec), Saint-Narcisse, Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain et Saint-Stanislas (Les Chenaux).