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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gauthier
| official_name = Township of Gauthier
| settlement_type = [[List of township municipalities in Ontario|Township municipality]] ([[List of municipalities in Ontario#Single-tier municipalities|single-tier]])
| nickname =
| motto =
| image_skyline = Dobie ON 2.JPG
| imagesize =
| image_caption = Gauthier Community Hall in Dobie
| image_flag =
| flag_size = 120x100px
| image_shield =
| shield_size = 100x80px
| image_map =
| mapsize =
| pushpin_map = Canada Ontario
| pushpin_map_alt = Map of Ontario with a dot at the location of Gauthier
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ontario
| pushpin_label_position = top
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Canada
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = [[Ontario]]
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = [[Northeastern Ontario]]
| subdivision_type3 = District
| subdivision_name3 = [[Timiskaming District|Timiskaming]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| established_title2 = Incorporated
| established_date2 =
| government_type = Township
| leader_title = Reeve
| leader_name = Paul Binnendyk
| leader_title1 = Federal riding
| leader_name1 = [[Timmins—James Bay (federal electoral district)|Timmins-James Bay]]
| leader_title2 = Prov. riding
| leader_name2 = [[Timiskaming—Cochrane (provincial electoral district)|Timiskaming—Cochrane]]
| area_total_km2 =
| area_land_km2 = 88.41
| area_water_km2 =
| area_footnotes = <ref name="census2016"/>
| population_as_of = 2016
| population_footnotes = <ref name="census2016">{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census: Gauthier, Township | date=8 February 2017 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3554066&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=gauthier&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |publisher=Statistics Canada |accessdate=July 18, 2019}}</ref>
| population_total = 138
| population_density_km2 = 1.6
| timezone = [[Eastern Time Zone]]
| utc_offset = -5
| timezone_DST = Eastern Daylight Time
| utc_offset_DST = -4
| postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Canada|Postal Code]]
| postal_code = P0K 1B0
| area_code = [[Area codes 705 and 249|705, 249]]
| coordinates = {{coord|format=dms|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="CGNDB">{{cite cgndb|id= FECYV|title= Gauthier|accessdate= 2020-07-08}}</ref>
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Gauthier''' is a [[township (Canada)#Ontario|township municipality]] in [[Timiskaming District]] the [[Northeastern Ontario|Northeastern]] [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].<ref name="CGNDB" /> The township had a population of 138 in the [[Canada 2016 Census]]. Its main population centre is '''Dobie''', located just north of [[Ontario Highway 66]], {{convert|18.5|km}} east of [[Kirkland Lake]].
==History==
Dobie housed the miners working the Upper Canada Mines, which produced 4,648,984 ounces of gold before closing in 1971.<ref name="Barnes1">{{cite book|last1=Barnes|first1=Michael|title=Gold in Ontario|date=1995|publisher=The Boston Mills Press|location=Erin|isbn=155046146X|pages=35}}</ref>
==Railway points==
===Northlands Park===
The railway point of Northlands Park ({{coord|48|08|40|N|79|51|46|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline}}, elevation {{convert|351|m}}) is in Gauthier.<ref name="CGNDB_NorthlandsPark">{{cite cgndb|id= FCGDE|title= Northlands Park|accessdate= 2020-07-07}}</ref><ref name="OntGeoNamesMap">{{cite web|url= http://www.gisapplication.lrc.gov.on.ca/Geonames/Index.html?site=Geographic_Names&viewer=Geonames&locale=en-US |title= Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search)|publisher= [[Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry|Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry]]|date= 2014|access-date= 2020-07-08}}</ref> It is adjacent to [[Ontario Highway 672]], {{convert|1.5|km}} north of that highway's southern terminus at [[Ontario Highway 66]], and {{convert|3.7|km}} west of Dobie.
Northlands Park was established in the 1920s at the construction of the [[Nipissing Central Railway]] line between [[Swastika, Ontario|Swastika]] (Ontario) and [[Rouyn-Noranda]] ([[Quebec]]) at mile 14.1. The line continues to be operated, as a subsidiary of the [[Ontario Northland Railway]], as a freight spur.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ontarionorthland.ca/en/freight|title= Freight|publisher= [[Ontario Northland Railway|Ontario Northland]]|access-date= 2020-07-07}}</ref>
== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Gauthier had a population of {{val|151|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|68|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|73|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:151-138}}|138|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|138|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|87.98|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|151|87.98|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000235 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 2, 2022}}</ref>
{{Canada census
|location = Gauthier
|2021_population=151 | 2021_pop_delta=+9.4 | 2021_land_area=87.98 | 2021_pop_density=1.7
|2021_median_age=49.2 | 2021_median_age_m=50.0 | 2021_median_age_f=47.6
|2021_total_pvt_dwell=73 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=68 |2021_mean_hh_income=
|2021_geocode=2021A00053554066 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
|2016_population=138 | 2016_pop_delta=12.2 | 2016_land_area=88.41 | 2016_pop_density=1.6
|2016_median_age=50.0 | 2016_median_age_m=51.5 | 2016_median_age_f=48.0
|2016_total_pvt_dwell=79 | 2016_mean_hh_income=72,576 | 2016_access_date=2020-12-18
|2011_population=123 | 2011_pop_delta=-7.5 | 2011_land_area=88.59 | 2011_pop_density=1.4
|2011_median_age=45.9 | 2011_median_age_m=46.5 | 2011_median_age_f=45.7
|2011_total_pvt_dwell=69 | 2011_mean_hh_income= | 2011_access_date=2020-12-18
}}
{{Historical populations
|title = Gauthier, Ontario - Historical populations
|type = Canada
|align = none
|percentages =
|footnote = <ref>Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]] census</ref><ref name="SC2011"/><ref name="census2016"/>
|1986 | 152
|1991 | 149
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]] | 152
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]] | 128
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]] | 133
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]] | 123
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]] | 138
}}
[[File:Dobie ON 1.JPG|thumb|right|Dobie]]
Mother tongue (2006):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3554066&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=gauthier&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|title=2006 Community Profile}}</ref>
* English as first language: 85%
* French as first language: 7.5%
* English and French as first language: 7.5%
* Other as first language: 0%
==Transportation==
Gauthier is served by two provincial highways:<ref name="OntarioRoadMap">{{cite map|url= http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/publications/official-road-map/pdfs/map-13.pdf |format= PDF|title= Map 13|series= Official road map of Ontario|publisher= [[Ministry of Transportation of Ontario]]|scale= 1 : 1,600,000|date= 2018-01-01|accessdate= 2020-07-08}}</ref>
*[[Ontario Highway 66]] running west to Kirkland Lake and [[Ontario Highway 11]], and east to the Quebec border, where it continues as [[Quebec Route 117]]. Highway 66 is part of the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] between highway 11 and the Quebec border.
*[[Ontario Highway 672]], running north from Highway 66 past Northlands Park to [[Esker Lakes Provincial Park]] and then to [[Ontario Highway 101]].
The township is traversed in an east–west direction by the [[Nipissing Central Railway]] line that runs between [[Swastika, Ontario|Swastika]] (Ontario) and [[Rouyn-Noranda]] ([[Quebec]]). The line continues to be operated, as a subsidiary of the [[Ontario Northland Railway]], as a freight spur.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ontarionorthland.ca/en/freight|title= Freight|publisher= [[Ontario Northland Railway|Ontario Northland]]|access-date= 2020-07-08}}</ref>
==Notable people==
Actress [[Sara Botsford]] was born in Dobie.
==See also==
*[[List of townships in Ontario]]
*[[List of francophone communities in Ontario]]
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=SC2011>[http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3554066&Geo2=CD&Code2=3554&Data=Count&SearchText=gauthier&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 2011 Census Profile]</ref>
}}
==External links==
{{Commons category-inline}}
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Gauthier
| North = [[Unorganized East Timiskaming District|Unorganized East Timiskaming]]
| Northeast =
| East = [[Larder Lake, Ontario|Larder Lake]]
| Southeast =
| South = [[Unorganized West Timiskaming District|Unorganized West Timiskaming]]
| Southwest =
| West = [[Unorganized West Timiskaming District|Unorganized West Timiskaming]]
| Northwest = [[Kirkland Lake]]
}}
{{Timiskaming District}}
[[Category:Municipalities in Timiskaming District]]
[[Category:Single-tier municipalities in Ontario]]
[[Category:Township municipalities in Ontario]]
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