Chute-Saint-Philippe is a municipality in the Laurentides

Laurentides (region)

The Laurentides is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains...

 region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality

Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality, Quebec

Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality is located in central Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentides region. The Regional County Municipality seat is Mont-Laurier.-Municipalities:* Chute-Saint-Philippe* Ferme-Neuve* Kiamika* La Macaza* Lac-des-Écorces...

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The village is located in a fairly flat valley surrounded by a mountainous area of the Laurentian Hills

Laurentian mountains

The Laurentian Mountains are a mountain range in southern Quebec, Canada, north of the St. Lawrence River and Ottawa River, rising to a highest point of 1166 metres at Mont Raoul Blanchard, north east of Quebec City in the Reserve Faunique des Laurentides. The Gatineau, L'Assomption, Lièvre,...

 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

Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII , born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci to an Italian comital family, was the 256th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, reigning from 1878 to 1903...

 (1810-1903), and was called Victoria Falls by 1903, in honour of Queen Victoria

Victoria of the United Kingdom

Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....

 (1819-1901).

In 1921, a mission was founded here with Philip the Apostle

Philip the Apostle

Philip the Apostle was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Later Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostle who preached in Greece, Syria, and Phrygia....

as its patron saint. In 1934, the place was renamed to Chute-Saint-Philippe, taking its name from a drop on the Kiamika River and the patron saint. In 1966, the mission received its status as a parish.

Demographics

Population:

• Population in 2006: 890 (2001 to 2006 population change: 8.1 %)
• Population in 2001: 823
• Population in 1996: 778
• Population in 1991: 698

Private dwellings, excluding seasonal cottages: 426 (total: 809)

Mother tongue:

• English as first language: 2.3 %
• French as first language: 94.3 %
• English and French as first language: 0 %
• Other as first language: 3.4 %