Gore is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality. Its main community is Lakefield.

Gore
Township municipality
Location within Argenteuil RCM
Gore Location in central Quebec
Coordinates: 45°46′N 74°15′W[1]
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Laurentides
RCM	Argenteuil
Settled	1840s
Constituted	July 1, 1855
Named for	Francis Gore[1]
Government [2]
• Mayor	Scott Pearce
• Federal riding	Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
• Prov. riding	Argenteuil
Area [2][3]
• Total	96.45 km2 (37.24 sq mi)
• Land	90.04 km2 (34.76 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	2,283
• Density	25.4/km2 (66/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	19.9%
• Dwellings	1,615
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code(s)	J0V 1K0
Area code(s)	450 and 579
Highways	Route 329
Website	www.cantondegore.qc.ca

Geography

Located in the Laurentian Mountains, the township consists of rugged Canadian Shield with an elevation varying between 168 meters (551 ft) and 427 meters (1,401 ft). The terrain is characterized by forested mountains and numerous streams and lakes. Notable lakes include Barron, Hughes, Chevreuil, aux Oiseaux, Solar, Caroline, Evans, Dawson, Clark, Grace, Sugarloaf, Clair, and Carruthers; many of them have been entirely developed over the years, but there still remain many with little or no construction to date.[4]

The majority of its territory is covered by old-growth forests with a wide variety of species both deciduous and coniferous, such as birch, poplar, sugar maple, beech, white pine, fir, spruce, hemlock, and cedar.[4]

History

The Gore Township was established in 1840, named after Francis Gore (1769–1852), Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada from 1806 to 1811 and from 1815 to 1817. It was colonized by Scottish and Irish settlers, such as Robert Smith and James Stephenson.[1][5]

In 1845, the Gore Municipality was formed, abolished two years later, and restored in 1855. In 1853 it had about 1000 inhabitants but this dropped to about 800 people ten years later, almost all of Irish origin. The Gore Post Office operated between 1898 and 1958.[1]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gore had a population of 2,283 living in 1,124 of its 1,615 total private dwellings, a change of 19.9% from its 2016 population of 1,904. With a land area of 90.04 km² (34.76 sq mi), it had a population density of 25.4/km² (65.7/sq mi) in 2021.[7]

Mother tongue (2021):

• English as first language: 17.8%
• French as first language: 76.8%
• English and French as first language: 2.2%
• Other as first language: 3.1%

Local government

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List of former mayors:

• Ron Kelley (1997–2005)
• Scott Pearce (2005–present)

Education

The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord (CSRDN) operates Francophone public schools:[13]

• École primaire Bellefeuille in Saint-Jérôme
• École secondaire Émilien-Frenette in Saint-Jérôme and École polyvalente Lavigne in Lachute

The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language public schools:

• Laurentian Elementary School in Lachute[14]
• Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute[15]

See also

• List of township municipalities in Quebec

References

Further reading

• "(Code 2476025) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012.

External links

• Media related to Gore, Quebec at Wikimedia Commons