LachuteQuebec
Some 15,469 people live in this town, in Quebec. Statistics Canada places it in the Argenteuil census division.
Is Lachute a good place to live?
The picture is mixed. Lachute grades C− overall, better than nearly a quarter of Canadian towns, and ranks #441 of 499 in Quebec. Jobs & income is its weak spot (D). Housing is expensive (D). Health is its strong suit (A+).
Safety is the Sûreté du Québec unit's figure for the whole MRC. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. 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 Lachute grades
Each subject compares Lachute with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Lachute stand out
The 3 things Lachute does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lachute.
For health, Lachute gets an A+
Homes here are 2.1 km from a hospital on average, below Quebec’s towns (5.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. Across the region, three in five adults say their health is very good or excellent; Quebec as a whole manages 57%. People in the region live to 82.2 on average: 83.7 for women and 80.8 for men in 2022/2024.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Lachute | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Very good or excellent health | 60% | 56% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Smokers | 11% | 12% | 12% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 82.2 | 82.5 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities · Health survey and life expectancy: the Région des Laurentides
Households in Lachute have lower incomes than those in 94% of Canadian towns
The car took 93% of commuters, close to Quebec’s towns (90%) and above Canadian towns (89%). Commutes averaged 26 min, near both Quebec’s towns (27 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Lachute | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Car or van | 93% | 90% | 89% |
| Average trip | 26 min | 27 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.
Measured against local pay, Lachute costs more to live in than 87% of Canadian towns
Owners put the median home at $250,000, below Quebec’s towns ($300,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000) alike. Rent took 24% of household income, above both Quebec’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (20%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Lachute | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 24% | 18% | 20% |
| Median home value, 2021 | $250,000 | $300,000 | $406,000 |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 18% | 13% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares. · Not measured by town: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom (the Lachute metro area)
A flood study covers Lachute: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Gouvernement du Québec
Shared with the rest of the Laurentides health region: radon tests
More homes than usual carry radon here, 10% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Seismic risk runs high: $0.13 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Lachute | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 10% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.13 | $0.14 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Violent crime weighs more where Lachute is policed than in Quebec’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 122
Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: Argenteuil MRC
The index for the force that serves it came to 76, above Quebec’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67) alike. Violence across its police area runs at 20.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Across its police area, there are 20 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Lachute | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 20.6 | 12.4 | 12 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 122 | 88 | 86 |
| Crime Severity Index | 76 | 56 | 67 |
| Property crime per 1,000 | 20 | 16.6 | 31.2 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Wet weather: 1,178 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Lachute, more than on 88% of Canadian towns
For the wettest month, look to October: 120 mm on average. Snow totals 218 cm over the year, near Quebec’s towns (217 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). Between the last spring frost, 12 May, and the first in autumn, 3 October, lie 143 days. A normal January brings 56 cm of snow, the most of any month.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Lachute | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 1,178 mm | 1,041 mm | 883 mm |
| Snowfall a year | 218 cm | 217 cm | 141 cm |
| July afternoon high | 26.5°C | 26.5°C | 25.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Lachute)
Lachute skews older, with 28% of residents 65 or over, more than in both Quebec’s towns and Canadian towns
Visible minorities make up 1.5% of the population, below Quebec’s towns (3.5%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. Under-15s account for 14% of the population.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
51.5% of Lachute’s residents are women
By the 2021 count the town had 7,265 women and 6,835 men, while Canada has 50.9% women.
| Lachute | Quebec | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 58% | 62% | 64% |
| 65+ | 28% | 20% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 30% | 19% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 44% | 59% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Quebec and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
What November brings in Lachute: −2°C at night, 5°C by day
Over the year, July is warmest at 27°C by day and January coldest at −15°C by night. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 93 mm. Snow is normal by November, about 17 cm over the month. By December, a normal day reaches −2°C and a night falls to −10°C.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −4°C | −13°C | 262 mm |
| Spring | 11°C | 0°C | 262 mm |
| Summer | 25°C | 14°C | 327 mm |
| Autumn | 13°C | 4°C | 327 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Lachute); the forecast is on the Weather page
In 2021, Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation went by only 1,529 votes, narrower than in 94% of ridings
Bernard Bigras-Denis leads Lachute as mayor, alongside 6 councillors.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Bibliothèque Municipale de Lachute logs 9.1 visits per person served, more than nine in ten Quebec’s town libraries
Bibliothèque Municipale de Lachute serves 15,292 people from a single building.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Voyageur Provincial Park is 6.3 km from Lachute
CPCAD lists 27 protected areas within 10 km. No national park lies within 100 km. Protected areas cover 3.5% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Lachute | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 3.5% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 10 | 10 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Lachute has 2 English-language schools among its 9
Counting a 3 km margin, Lachute has 7 elementary schools and 2 secondary schools.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École l'Oasis (Oasis, l')In LachuteElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| École polyvalente LavigneIn LachuteSecondary | Secondary | – | French public |
| École primaire Laurentian EnglishTeaches in EnglishElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Lachute | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025-26 · Why no schools grade in Quebec? The ministry publishes its success rates by school service centre, not school by school.
Lachute has 2 historic places on the registers
Counted by designation, there are a heritage railway station and a municipal citation. Go back to 1887 and you reach Édifice centenaire de la municipalité régionale de comté d'Argenteuil, the oldest of them. At the 2021 census, 33% of homes dated from before 1961, above Quebec’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.
Historic places by designation · inside the town
| Heritage | Lachute | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 33% | 21% | 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 Lachute
Centre d'art d'Argenteuil and 13 more within 40 km
2 places to visit are mapped within 5 km of Lachute; with them, the best known within 40 km.
Museum · Parks CanadaCarillon Barracks10 km south
CathedralCathedral of St Jerome, Saint-Jérôme30 km northeast
FortFort Senneville39 km southeast
GardenMorgan Arboretum40 km southeast
Ski hillMont-Avalanche36 km northPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Carillon Barracks: Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of St Jerome, Saint-Jérôme: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort Senneville: Illustrateur(s): A.J. Rice, Laprés & Lavergne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Arboretum: Loracco, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mont-Avalanche: D7g8d, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from Lachute
25 notable people were born in Lachute.
Photo credits
Kevin Lowe: LoweNicholsMandel.jpg : Mack Male derivative work: Connormah, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Arthur Philemon Coleman: University of Toronto. Department of Publicity, Public domain · Denis Hamel: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0 · Thain Wendell MacDowell: Elliot & Fry (Photographer), Public domain · Nathaniel Boyd: William Cochrane (1831-1898) and John Castell Hopkins (1864-1923), Public domain · Wesley Fletcher Orr: Pittaway, Public domain
About Lachute
Town in Quebec
Statistics Canada treats Lachute as a single census subdivision in Quebec, and TownRatings keeps to that line.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 15,469 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Quebec
- Census division
- Argenteuil
- Census subdivision
- 2476020
Lachute’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachute | 15,469 | — | C− | D | C+ | A+ |
| Brownsburg-Chatham | 8,466 | 6.4 | C | C+ | C+ | A+ |
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil | 3,300 | 9.8 | C+ | B− | C+ | A |
| Gore | 2,756 | 12 | D | C− | C+ | A |
| East Hawkesbury Ontario | 3,787 | 16 | B− | B | C+ | C+ |
| Saint-Placide | 1,751 | 17 | — | C− | C | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Lachute
Do people in Lachute speak French?
Yes: this is Quebec. 52.1% of residents speak only French and 45% speak both French and English (Canadian towns’ median: 8%).
Is Lachute growing?
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it went from 12,862 to 14,100 residents (up 9.6%; Canadian towns’ median: 4.1%), and Statistics Canada now estimates 15,469.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · 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).