Rapide-Danseur

Rapide-Danseur
Location within Abitibi-Ouest RCM
Rapide-Danseur
Location in western Quebec
Coordinates: 48°33′N 79°18′W / 48.550°N 79.300°W / 48.550; -79.300
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionAbitibi-Témiscamingue
RCMAbitibi-Ouest
Settled1928
ConstitutedJanuary 1, 1981
Government
  MayorAlain Gagnon
  Federal ridingAbitibi—Témiscamingue
  Prov. ridingAbitibi-Ouest
Area
  Total
185.67 km2 (71.69 sq mi)
  Land173.73 km2 (67.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total
380
  Density2.2/km2 (6/sq mi)
  Pop (2016-21)
15.9%
  Dwellings
209
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
  Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)
Area code819
Highways R-388 R-393
Websiterapide-danseur.ao.ca

Rapide-Danseur (French pronunciation: [ʁapid dɑ̃sœʁ]) 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.