| Rapide-Danseur | |
| Flag Size: | 120x100px |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Western Quebec |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in western Quebec |
| Coordinates: | 48.55°N -97°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Date: | 1928 |
| Established Title1: | Constituted |
| Established Date1: | January 1, 1981 |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Alain Gagnon |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 185.67 |
| Area Land Km2: | 173.73 |
| Population Total: | 380 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop (2016-21) |
| Population Blank1: | 15.9% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 209 |
| Utc Offset: | −5 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
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.
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents (2021): 161 (total dwellings: 209)[2]
Mother tongue (2021):[2]
Municipal council (2024):[3]
| 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 | ||||||
| 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.