Chute-Saint-Philippe


Chute-Saint-Philippe is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality.
The village is located in a fairly flat valley surrounded by a mountainous area of the Laurentian Hills that are dominated by mixed forest.
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History

The settlement initially had the name Chute-Leon at the beginning of the 20th century, in memory of Pope Leo XIII, and was called Victoria Falls by 1903, in honour of Queen Victoria.
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. 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.
In 1966, the mission received its status as a parish.

Geography

The municipality is located on the western shore of Petit Lac Kiamika, a widening of the Kiamika River. This tributary of the Lièvre River meanders from east to west in the southwestern part of the municipality.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chute-Saint-Philippe had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.
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%

Government

Chute-Saint-Philippe forms part of the federal electoral district of Laurentides—Labelle and has been represented by Marie-Hélène Gaudreau of the Bloc Québécois since 2019. Provincially, Chute-Saint-Philippe is part of the Labelle electoral district and is represented by Chantale Jeannotte of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.
List of former mayors:
  • Heni Jolicoeur
  • Arnold Michaudville
  • Jean-Pierre Jolicoeur
  • Georges Bélec
  • Fernand Prud'Homme
  • Jacques Perras
  • Francine Bélec
  • Jean-Pierre Jolicoeur
  • Henriette Lachaine
  • Jean-Jacques Paquette
  • Claude Blain
  • Normand St-Amour