Price
Village municipality
Price presbytery
Location within La Mitis RCM
Price Location in eastern Quebec
Coordinates: 48°36′06″N 68°07′22″W / 48.6017°N 68.1227°W / 48.6017; -68.1227[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
RCM	La Mitis
Constituted	March 3, 1926
Named for	William Evan Price[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Laurent Émond
• Federal riding	Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
• Prov. riding	Matane-Matapédia
Area [2][3]
• Total	2.50 km2 (0.97 sq mi)
• Land	2.51 km2 (0.97 sq mi)
	There is an apparent contradiction between two authoritative sources
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,729
• Density	688.8/km2 (1,784/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	1.7%
• Dwellings	794
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	G0J 1Z0
Area code(s)	418 and 581
Highways	R-234
Website	www.municipaliteprice.com

Price is a village municipality in La Mitis Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its population in the Canada 2021 Census was 1,729.

The city of Mont-Joli provides the services necessary for the whole region.

History

It was the arrival of the Price Brothers and Company (of William Evan Price) that the village of Price was founded at the end of the 19th century. It was a suburb of Saint-Octave-de-Métis, which constituted a community of workers, who were employed at the saw mill.

The parish of (Saint-Rémi-de-Métis) was detached from Saint-Octave-de-Métis in 1909. In 1916, the parish was erected. Ten years later, in 1926, the municipality was founded under the name Priceville. The name was modified in 1945 to avoid confusion with the village of Princeville in the Bois-Francs region of Quebec.

A hydroelectric dam (Mitis I) was the first in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region after its construction in 1923, providing electricity to the Gaspésie region.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Price had a population of 1,729 living in 760 of its 794 total private dwellings, a change of -1.7% from its 2016 population of 1,759. With a land area of 2.51 km² (0.97 sq mi), it had a population density of 688.8/km² (1,784.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Economy

The economic vitality of the community has always centred on the pulp and paper industry. Since 1888, the saw mills have flourished on in Price. Today, two industries are still present in the area, even though there is an economic crisis in the forest industry. Bois d'oeuvre Cedrico and le Groupe Lebel, are the two compagnies involved.

Noted natives

• Jean Lapointe (author-composer-interpreter, actor and Canadian Senator)