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Chute-Saint-Philippe is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality.

Chute-Saint-Philippe
Municipality
Location within Antoine-Labelle RCM
Chute-Saint-Philippe Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 46°39′N 75°14′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	Antoine-Labelle
Constituted	October 26, 1940
Government [2]
• Mayor	Normand St-Amour
• Federal riding	Laurentides—Labelle
• Prov. riding	Labelle
Area [2][3]
• Total	322.00 km2 (124.32 sq mi)
• Land	298.64 km2 (115.31 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	1,039
• Density	3.5/km2 (9/sq mi)
• Pop. 2016-2021	10.3%
• Dwellings	876
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0W 1A0
Area code	819
Highways	Route 311
Website	www.chute-saint-philippe.ca

The village is located in a fairly flat valley surrounded by a mountainous area of the Laurentian Hills that are dominated by mixed forest.[1]

History

The settlement initially had the name Chute-Leon at the beginning of the 20th century, in memory of Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903), and was called Victoria Falls by 1903, in honour of Queen Victoria (1819-1901).[1]

In 1921, a mission was founded here with Philip the Apostle as its patron saint. In 1934, the local post office was renamed to Chute-Saint-Philippe, taking its name from a drop on the Kiamika River and the patron saint.[1] On December 26, 1940, the Municipality of Chute St-Philippe was formed out of territory ceded from Ferme-Neuve and an adjacent unorganized territory. In 1969, the orthography was adjusted to Chute-Saint-Philippe.[4]

In 1966, the mission received its status as a parish.[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chute-Saint-Philippe had a population of 1,039 living in 513 of its 876 total private dwellings, a change of 10.3% from its 2016 population of 942. With a land area of 298.64 km² (115.31 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.5/km² (9.0/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 1.9%
• French as first language: 95.2%
• English and French as first language: 1.4%
• Other as first language: 1.4%

Local government

List of former mayors:[6]

• Heni Jolicoeur (1941–1967)
• Arnold Michaudville (1967–1971)
• Jean-Pierre Jolicoeur (1971–1973)
• Georges Bélec (1973–1975)
• Fernand Prud'Homme (1975–1978)
• Jacques Perras (1978–1981)
• Francine Bélec (interim 1981)
• Jean-Pierre Jolicoeur (1981–1995)
• Henriette Lachaine (1995–1997)
• Jean-Jacques Paquette (1997–2005)
• Claude Blain (2005–2009)
• Normand St-Amour (2009–present)

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec

References

External links

• Media related to Chute-Saint-Philippe at Wikimedia Commons

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