Plaisance is a village located in the Regional County Municipality of Papineau

Papineau Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Papineau is a county regional municipality of Quebec in Canada located in the Outaouais region. The regional seat is Papineauville.-Communities:*Cities and Towns**Thurso*Municipalities** Boileau** Bowman** Chénéville** Duhamel** Fassett...

 in western Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. The village is situated on the Ottawa River

Ottawa River

The Ottawa River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. For most of its length, it now defines the border between these two provinces.-Geography:...

 near the mouth of the Petite-Nation River

Petite-Nation River

The Petite-Nation River is a river in western Quebec, Canada, that flows from the Laurentian mountains to empty into the Ottawa River near Plaisance, Quebec. The river is 97 km in length....

, 70 km from Gatineau

Gatineau

Gatineau is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is the fourth largest city in the province. It is located on the northern banks of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario, and together they form Canada's National Capital Region. Ottawa and Gatineau comprise a single Census...

 and 160 km from Montreal

Montreal

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 on Route 148

Quebec route 148

Route 148 is a major east-west highway in Quebec, Canada. It runs from Autoroute 25 in Laval in the Montreal region to the Ontario-Quebec border in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes in western Quebec. For most of its length, Route 148 follows the north shore of the Ottawa River where it acts as the principal...

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The village is well known for its falls located just north of town as well as a local cheese factory which was previously quite popular in the Outaouais Region. There is also the Plaisance National Park

Plaisance National Park

Plaisance National Park is a national park of Quebec, Canada.-External links:* - official site...

, a large bird reserve between the main highway and the Ottawa River.

Demographics

Population:

• Population in 2006: 1024
• Population in 2001: 1101 (adjusted for boundary change)
  • 2001 to 2006 population change: -7.0 %
• Population in 1996: 992
• Population in 1991: 992

Total private dwellings (excluding seasonal cottages): 426

Languages:

• English as first language: 1.5 %
• French as first language: 98.5 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 0 %

According to the Canada 2001 Census

Canada 2001 Census

The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. Census day was May 15, 2001. On that day, Statistics Canada attempted to count every person in Canada. The total population count of Canada was 30,007,094. This was a 4% increase over 1996 Census of 28,846,761. In...

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• Population: 1,004
• % Change (1996-2001): 1.2
• Dwellings: 413
• Area (km²): 30.75
• Density (persons per km²): 32.7

External links

• Village web site