Gore is a township municipality in the

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, located within the

Argenteuil Regional County Municipality Argenteuil () is a regional county municipality located in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Lachute. History In 1682, Charles-Joseph d'Ailleboust was granted by Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France, a ...

. Its main community is Lakefield.

Geography

Located in the

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, the township consists of rugged

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with an elevation varying between and . 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. 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.

History

The Gore Township was established in 1840, named after

Francis Gore Francis Gore, (1769 – 3 November 1852) was an English military officer and British colonial administrator in Bermuda and Upper Canada. Gore was born in Blackheath, London, England in 1769 the son of Francis Gore and Caroline Beresford ...

(1769–1852), Lieutenant-Governor of

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from 1806 to 1811 and from 1815 to 1817. It was colonized by

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and Irish settlers, such as Robert Smith and James Stephenson. 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.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by

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, Gore had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. 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

Due to the

2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution A redistribution of federal electoral districts ("ridings") began in Canada following the results of the 2021 Canadian census. The Constitution of Canada requires that federal electoral districts that compose the House of Commons undergo a re ...

, Gore was redistricted to the new riding of Les Pays-d'en-Haut, which is represented by

Tim Watchorn Tim Watchorn is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2025 federal election. He represents Les Pays-d'en-Haut as a member of the Liberal Party. Prior to his election he was the Mayor of Morin-Heights, Qu ...

of the

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since

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. Before that, Gore formed part of the federal electoral district of

Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation () is a federal electoral district in Quebec. It encompasses a portion of Quebec formerly included in the electoral districts of Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel (69%) and Pontiac (31%). Argenteuil—La Petite-Nat ...

and was represented by

Stéphane Lauzon Stéphane Lauzon (born April 27, 1966) is a Canadian Liberal politician. Lauzon was elected to represent the riding of Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. Lauzon worked at the Canadi ...

of the

between 2015 and 2025. Provincially, Gore is part of the

Argenteuil Argenteuil () is a Communes of France, commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. Argenteuil is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, ...

electoral district and is represented by

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since 2018. List of former mayors: * Ron Kelley (1997–2005) * Scott Pearce (2005–present)

Education

The

Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord (CSRDN) was a francophone school district in the Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Its headquarters are in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Saint-Jérôme.Saint-Jérôme Saint-Jérôme () ( 2021 population 80,213) is a suburban city located about northwest of Montreal on the Rivière du Nord. It is part of the North Shore sector of Greater Montreal. It is a gateway to the Laurentian Mountains and its reso ...

École secondaire Émilien-Frenette École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * Éco ...

in Saint-Jérôme and

École polyvalente Lavigne École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * Éco ...

Lachute Lachute () is a town in southwest Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal, on the Rivière du Nord (Laurentides), Rivière du Nord, a tributary of the Ottawa River, and west of Mirabel International Airport, the Mirabel International Airport. It i ...

The

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB, , CSSWL) is a school board headquartered in Rosemère, Quebec in Greater Montreal. It officially came into existence in July 1998 when English-language schools from eight former school boards were amalg ...

operates English-language public schools: * Laurentian Elementary School in

Laurentian Regional High School Laurentian Regional High School () is an English secondary school in Lachute in the region of Laurentides, Québec, Canada. It contains classes for grades seven through eleven, and is run by the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. It serves Lachute ...

in LachuteLAURENTIAN REGIONAL HS ZONE
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. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.

References

External links

* {{authority control Township municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Laurentides Greater Montreal