Chute-aux-OutardesQuebec

Chute-aux-Outardes has cooler summers than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 21.3°C

Some 323 cm of snow falls in a typical year, higher than both Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). In January, overnight lows in Chute-aux-Outardes settle at −18.8°C. Snow peaks in January: 72 cm in a normal year. Frost usually lifts by 29 May and returns around 21 September: 114 days without it.

Chute-aux-Outardes gets an A− for cost of living

Measured across the Baie-Comeau metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Rent took 17% of household income, near Quebec’s towns (18%) and lower than Canadian towns (20%). The owner-occupied share of households is 72%.

Commuters in Chute-aux-Outardes have a short way to work, 21 min on average, less than in Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns

Hazards in Chute-aux-Outardes: wildfire moderate, radon over the guideline in 4.7% of tested homes

The radon tests numbers here cover the Cote-Nord health region

Fire reaches the land around Chute-aux-Outardes now and then: 6% within 25 km since 1986 (0.15% a year), below the high band. Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.078 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. No flood study for Chute-aux-Outardes is on the national inventory.

Chute-aux-Outardes skews older, with 25% of residents 65 or over, more than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns

6.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, higher than both Quebec’s towns (1.5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). The share of residents under 15 is 14%.

Around Chute-aux-Outardes, 61% rate their health very good or excellent, against 52% for the typical Canadian town

15% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, above both Quebec’s towns (12%) and Canadian towns (12%). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 79.4, women 82.1 and men 77.0 (2022/2024). What sets Chute-aux-Outardes apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 13 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Région de la Côte-Nord, with Chute-aux-Outardes one part of it.

The force covering Chute-aux-Outardes records more serious violence than Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns, at 134

Where it is policed, 20.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 12.5 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 70 over 2023–25, about level with Canadian towns (67) and above Quebec’s towns (56). Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for Manicouagan MRC as a whole, not for Chute-aux-Outardes alone.

Chute-aux-Outardes in November: highs near 3°C, lows near −5°C

A normal November brings 87 mm of rain and snow. About 31 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Also worth knowing: across the year, normals run from −19°C nights in January to 21°C afternoons in July. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Baie-Comeau forecast, on the Weather page.

Christian Malouin heads the council of Chute-aux-Outardes as mayor

For federal votes, Chute-aux-Outardes belongs to Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP); Marilène Gill (Bloc Québécois) holds it.

Bibliothèque De Chute-Aux-Outardes is Chute-aux-Outardes’s public library

It sits 0.4 km from the centre of Chute-aux-Outardes.

Protected areas cover 22% of the country around Chute-aux-Outardes

The nearest provincial park, Bic National Park (Québec), is 85 km away. National parks are all over 100 km off. Count 13 protected areas within 10 km of town. One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km.

The nearest high school to Chute-aux-Outardes is 12 km away