Photo: Mathieu Lab · CC BY 3.0Households in Chute-Saint-Philippe earn less than those in 96% of Canadian towns
Jobs were held by 57% of people aged 15 to 64 in Chute-Saint-Philippe in 2021, and the middle of Canadian towns sits at 73%. From Chute-Saint-Philippe, the drive or ride to work averages 33.5 minutes, with 9.4% going an hour or longer. When the 2021 census was taken, 13% of people in Chute-Saint-Philippe who wanted a job had none; the middle of Canadian towns is 9.9%.
Work in Chute-Saint-Philippe: the figures worth knowing
Fewer people in work than most towns
The 2021 census found 57% of 15-to-64s with a job (73% in the middle of Canadian towns). Count every adult, retirees too, and the figure is 36%. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
The Labour Force Survey had the area at 4.5% in October 2026; on census day in 2021 the town’s own rate was 13%, where the middle of Canadian towns had 9.9%. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
Household income at the median was $55,000 in 2020, before tax; Canadian towns have $85,900 at the middle. Household income ↓
Longer trips than most towns
Commutes take 33.5 minutes on average, against 26 in the middle of Canadian towns; 9.4% take an hour or more. The trip to work ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs & income in Chute-Saint-Philippe: graded D−
Behind almost every Canadian town on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, household income.
Graded against Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more; less unemployment and a shorter commute count in its favour.
How the grade works
Census 2021 measures, weighed equally against every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 people or more: the share of residents aged 15 to 64 in work, median household income (2020), the unemployment rate and the average commute. Each becomes a percentile; their average sets the letter.
How many in Chute-Saint-Philippe were working in 2021
None of the 4 other places of 2,500 people or more in the Antoine-Labelle census division has a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Take in all adults, retirees with them, and only 36% were working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 60% in October 2026. Add those looking for a job to those with one, and 42% of residents 15 and over were in the labour force. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: people in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64, and the census unemployment rate (15 and over); the 25-to-54 rate is Statistics Canada’s own (98-10-0485). The Labour Force Survey and business counts are context, not grade inputs.
Median household income in Chute-Saint-Philippe: $55,000 in 2020
Set beside Quebec’s towns, where the median is $74,100, Chute-Saint-Philippe sits 26% below. 3 of the 4 other places of 2,500+ in the Antoine-Labelle census division have a higher median. Read the incomes as 2020’s, before tax: pandemic benefits such as CERB are in them, and they raised many low incomes for that year.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
How long the commute from Chute-Saint-Philippe takes
The middle of Quebec’s towns averages 26.5 minutes. Only 6.2% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 31% in the middle of Quebec’s towns. Statistics Canada’s own average, timed exactly rather than by band, is 32.4 minutes.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: commuting duration in five bands; our average uses each band’s middle (75 minutes for an hour or more), so it runs about two minutes above Statistics Canada’s own.
More go out than come in: the working day in Chute-Saint-Philippe
About 9 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. 3.8% of residents who commute work inside the municipality, against 70% in the middle of Canadian towns.
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
Where people work
Inbound, the leader is Lac-des-Écorces (15).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
Leaving the car at home: 0% of commuters in Chute-Saint-Philippe
Nearly everyone drives: 95% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Home was the workplace for 3%, under the 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
EI claims in the Antoine-Labelle census division run 17% above their 2019 level
In January 2021 it reached 2,810, the most in the series and 2.6 times the 2019 average. Roughly 5 in every 100 people aged 15 to 64 in the division draw EI. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 4%.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100). For EI beneficiaries, the only official count covers all of the Antoine-Labelle census division, Chute-Saint-Philippe included.
Walking in Chute-Saint-Philippe earns D−
Better than 2% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Chute-Saint-Philippe and its neighbours: work and income
The nearest places to Chute-Saint-Philippe with figures are 19–29 km away.
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chute-Saint-Philippe | 57% | 13% | $55K | 33.5 min | D− | D− |
| Lac-des-Écorces 18.6 km | 71% | 7.7% | $61K | 21.8 min | C− | C |
| Ferme-Neuve 20.6 km | 69% | 12% | $55K | 26.2 min | D | B− |
| Mont-Laurier 29.4 km | 76% | 6.9% | $58K | 16.9 min | B− | B+ |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and the average commute, with both grades once they come.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Chute-Saint-Philippe, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Unemployment. The census-week jobless rate for residents 15 and over. Its base is the labour force, those employed plus those actively looking.
- Household income. The 2020 income of the household at the midpoint, all sources and before tax. Inside a city we rebuild it from the dissemination areas’ income bands, so there it is an estimate.
- Trip times. Commuters picked a band for their usual trip (under 15 minutes, 15 to 29, and so on). We place each person at the middle of their band, which lands a little above Statistics Canada’s own timed average.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- Employment Insurance. Monthly EI recipients across the census division: a pulse of the local job market rather than a measure of who is out of work.
- The Labour Force Survey. The most recent unemployment rate on the page comes from this monthly survey, which covers the wider metro area or economic region, not the town.
- In work. Working residents per resident of working age (15 to 64), from the 2021 Census.
- Which towns we compare. The comparison pool is places of 2,500 people or more, towns or neighbourhoods inside cities, without whole cities or reserves, and we compare with its median.
Questions about work in Chute-Saint-Philippe
How many jobs are there in Chute-Saint-Philippe?
Some 35 people worked in Chute-Saint-Philippe at the 2021 census: 0.2 jobs per working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 29 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Chute-Saint-Philippe?
Two figures answer it: 13% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 4.5% for the Laurentides economic region in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Chute-Saint-Philippe?
Before tax, half the households in Chute-Saint-Philippe had more than $55,000 in 2020; the middle of Canadian towns is $85,900.
How do people in Chute-Saint-Philippe get to work?
Driving takes 95% of commuters to work, and on census day 3% of those in work were at home.
How long is the commute from Chute-Saint-Philippe?
About 33.5 minutes on average, with 6.2% under a quarter-hour and 9.4% at an hour or longer.
Where do people in Chute-Saint-Philippe work?
Only 3.8% work in Chute-Saint-Philippe itself; the rest go first to Mont-Laurier (175) and Rivière-Rouge (30).
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, tables 98-10-0458 and 98-10-0459 (commuting) · Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0323 (EI beneficiaries) · Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (14-10-0459, 14-10-0462) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts (33-10-1176) · grades: 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).