ChapleauOntario
Statistics Canada places it in the Sudbury census division. In Ontario, this town has 2,044 residents.
Is Chapleau a good place to live?
On cost of living it is strong (A). Fewer journeys need a car (A). Pupils here do less well than most (D−). Hazard risk is lower than in most Canadian towns (A).
With fewer than 2,500 residents, Chapleau gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. No Safety Grade: no police service publishes a crime rate for this place on its own. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Chapleau grades
Each subject compares Chapleau with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
With fewer than 2,500 residents, Chapleau gets subject grades but no overall one among Canadian towns.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Chapleau stand out
The 3 things Chapleau does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chapleau.
Teaching in French: 3 of Chapleau’s 6 schools
Counting a 3 km margin, Chapleau has 4 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools, for 310 students. Its elementary schools are small, 82 students on average, against 365 in Ontario.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapleau Public SchoolLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | Elementary · Grades JK–8 | 100 | English public |
| Chapleau High School Bottom fifth in OntarioLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Secondary · Grades 9–12 | 65 | English public |
| École élémentaire Sacré-Coeur FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary · Grades JK–6 | Elementary · Grades JK–6 | 90 | French Catholic |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Chapleau | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25
Few places are as safe from hazards as Chapleau: it beats 95% of Canadian towns
Radon is about average around Chapleau: 5.2% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Wildfire is a moderate presence around Chapleau: 5.4% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.14% a year, short of the band that counts against Risk. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.007 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Chapleau | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.007 | $0.043 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 5.2% | 4% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Renting in Chapleau costs 16% of household income, less than in Ontario’s towns and across Canadian towns
7% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%). Households that own their home make up 77%.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Chapleau | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 7% | 22% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 16% | 22% | 20% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · These are 2021 census values, as owners judged them, set against household income in 2020.
Chapleau has colder winters than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −21.6°C
January is the snowiest month, with 56 cm on average. Frost comes on 206 days a year, above Ontario’s towns (139) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Between the last spring frost, 29 May, and the first in autumn, 18 September, lie 111 days. In July, daytime highs in Chapleau average 23.6°C.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Chapleau | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 284 cm | 146 cm | 141 cm |
| January night low | −21.6°C | −9.1°C | −13.5°C |
| July afternoon high | 23.6°C | 26.7°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 206 | 139 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Chapleau)
Trips to work from Chapleau are shorter than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 10 min on average
By car: that was how 82% of commuters travelled at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Chapleau | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 10 min | 29 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 82% | 88% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Lives run shorter around Chapleau: 79.1 years, 2.4 below the typical Canadian town’s region
Smoking is commoner than in the province: 16% of adults, against 11% for Ontario. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 20% of the region’s adults on average, higher than both Ontario’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (17%). On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 51% very good or excellent, 51% for Ontario. Measured from where Chapleau’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.1 km away, under the typical 3.7 km.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Chapleau | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 16% | 10% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 79.1 | 82.8 | 81.5 |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 20% | 17% | 17% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy: one figure for all of the Sudbury and District Health Unit
What November brings in Chapleau: −7°C at night, 1°C by day
November normally sees 72 mm of precipitation. By December, a normal day reaches −6°C and a night falls to −16°C. Snow is normal by November, about 46 cm over the month. Also worth knowing: across the year, normals run from −22°C nights in January to 24°C afternoons in July.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −7°C | −19°C | 148 mm |
| Spring | 8°C | −5°C | 185 mm |
| Summer | 23°C | 10°C | 247 mm |
| Autumn | 9°C | 0°C | 262 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Chapleau); the forecast is on the Weather page
Gaétan Malette (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk, the riding that includes Chapleau
Voters in Chapleau chose Ryan Bignucolo as mayor in October 2022, for a 5-seat council.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
At 2 loans per person served, Chapleau Public Library lends less than 91% of Ontario’s town libraries
A single building, Chapleau Public Library, serves 1,942 people.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
No protected area lies within 10 km of Chapleau
No national park lies within 100 km. A provincial park, Chapleau-Nemegosenda River Provincial Park, lies 12 km away. One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Chapleau | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
More of Chapleau’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 18%
Retirement age and beyond: 23% of residents are 65 or older. 2.6% of residents belong to a visible minority, below both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
49.5% of Chapleau’s residents are women
The 2021 census counted 960 women and 980 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.
| Chapleau | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 63% | 65% | 64% |
| 65+ | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 25% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 46% | 56% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Chapleau keeps its older homes: 55% from before 1961
| Heritage | Chapleau | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 55% | 22% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Chapleau
Famous people from Chapleau
8 notable people were born in Chapleau.
About Chapleau
Town in Ontario
TownRatings counts Chapleau as Statistics Canada does, as one municipality in Ontario; the census, crime and housing figures all follow that boundary.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 2,044 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Ontario
- Census division
- Sudbury
- Census subdivision
- 3552092
Questions about Chapleau
Do people in Chapleau speak French?
English and French are both spoken by 47% of residents, where the median of Canadian towns is 8%. French alone: 3.9%.
What kind of homes are in Chapleau?
72% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 0% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. A household averages 2.2 people; 31% are one person living alone.
Has Chapleau grown?
It went from 1,964 people in 2016 to 1,942 in 2021, down 1.1%, while the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 2,044.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).