Chute-aux-Outardes
Village municipality in Quebec, Canada
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Chute-aux-Outardes (French pronunciation: [ʃyt oz‿utaʁd]) is a village municipality in Quebec, Canada, at the mouth of the Outardes River. It is about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-west of Baie-Comeau along Route 138.
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 Map of RCM with Chute-aux-Outardes highlighted | |
  Chute-aux-Outardes Location in Côte-Nord region of Quebec | |
| Coordinates: 49°07′N 68°24′W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Côte-Nord |
| RCM | Manicouagan |
| Constituted | March 7, 1951 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Christian Malouin |
| • Federal riding | Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan |
| • Prov. riding | René-Lévesque |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.76 km2 (3.77 sq mi) |
| • Land | 7.51 km2 (2.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 1,391 |
| • Density | 185.3/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| • Pop (2016-21) |  11% |
| • Dwellings | 731 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area codes | 418 and 581 |
| Highways |  R-138 |
| MAMH code | 96035[2] |
| Toponymie info | 13494[1] |
| Website | www |
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chute-aux-Outardes had a population of 1,391 living in 693 of its 731 total private dwellings, a change of −11% from its 2016 population of 1,563. With a land area of 7.51 km2 (2.90 sq mi), it had a population density of 185.2/km2 (479.7/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
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Mother tongue (2021):[3]
- English as first language: 0.4%
- French as first language: 99.6%
- English and French as first language: 0%
- Other as first language: 0%
Education
Centre de services scolaire de l'Estuaire operates francophone public schools, including:
- École Richard[5]
The Eastern Shores School Board operates anglophone public schools, including:
- Baie Comeau High School in Baie-Comeau[6]
