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Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain 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.
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.




History



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.
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 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.
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

Wide open spaces in the St. Lawrence Lowlands

























Lake, creeks and rivers of the Sainte-Anne River drainage basin

















Heritages, Structures, Traditions
























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 trend:

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%




See also


Charest River
Rivière à Veillet
Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality
Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain




External links


Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain : la maison au cadran / Edgar Gariépy - photo 1926, Archives de Montréal
Gendron Bridge at 2nd Row Saint-Édouard in Saint-Prosper, Champlain County, photo 1994, on BAnQ Quebec
Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain, Répertoire des municipalités, Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation Quebec
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).




References

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• Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain
• Saint Prosper
• Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality
• Saint-Prosper, Quebec
• Charest River
• Saint-Adelphe
• Saint-Stanislas, Mauricie
• Champlain, Quebec
• Area codes 819, 873, and 468
• Iris versicolor