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.
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).
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.
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%
Local 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 (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)