Gore is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located within the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality. Its main community is Lakefield.
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.
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.
Geography Located in the Laurentian Mountains, the township consists of rugged Canadian Shield 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.
Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, 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%
Government
Due to the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, Gore was redistricted to the new riding of Les Pays-d'en-Haut, which is represented by Tim Watchorn of the Liberal Party since 2025. Before that, Gore formed part of the federal electoral district of Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation and was represented by Stéphane Lauzon of the Liberal Party between 2015 and 2025. Provincially, Gore is part of the Argenteuil electoral district and is represented by Agnès Grondin of the Coalition Avenir Québec since 2018.
+Gore federal election results Year Liberal Conservative Bloc Québécois New Democratic Green 2025 36% 276 25% 189 32% 246 2% 19 2% 18 2021 35% 337 14% 130 36% 341 7% 70 0% 0 2019 32% 305 11% 103 42% 405 8% 75 5% 52 2015 38% 264 9% 62 25% 174 25% 174 3% 21 2011 14% 100 11% 77 25% 172 46% 317 4% 26 2008 15% 97 31% 202 40% 263 9% 58 5% 34 2006 20% 105 22% 119 42% 227 9% 50 7% 36 2004 38% 191 8% 41 44% 221 4% 22 10% 48
+Gore provincial election results Year CAQ Liberal QC solidaire Parti Québécois 2022 35% 333 14% 134 11% 102 19% 179 2018 39% 391 22% 219 14% 138 17% 169 2014 22% 215 40% 384 4% 41 32% 310 2012 23% 182 31% 246 3% 23 41% 329
List of former mayors:
Ron Kelley (1997–2005) Scott Pearce (2005–2025) Alan Giroux (2025–present)
Education The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord (CSRDN) operates Francophone public schools:"Trouver une école ou un centre." Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord. Retrieved on September 24, 2017. For attendance boundary information, click "Par bassin d'école" 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"LAURENTIAN ELEMENTARY ZONE ." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017. Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute"LAURENTIAN REGIONAL HS ZONE ." Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.
See also List of anglophone communities in Quebec List of township municipalities in Quebec
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