Rapide-Danseur

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

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)[3] Mother tongue (2021):[3] Municipal council (2024):[7] 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.

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.