Gaultois | |
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  Gaultois Location of Gaultois inNewfoundland | |
| Coordinates:47°36′N55°55′W / 47.600°N 55.917°W /47.600; -55.917 | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gordon Hunt |
| Area | |
| • Land | 4.33 km2 (1.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 100 |
| • Density | 31.4/km2 (81/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3:30 (Newfoundland Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-2:30 (Newfoundland Daylight) |
| Area code | 709 |
| Highways |  Passenger Ferry toHermitage-Sandyville |
Gaultois (/ˈɡɔːltæs/) is a small settlement in the Coast of Bays area inNewfoundland and Labrador,Canada. Gaultois had a population of 100 people in the 2021 census. The town has a K-12 school called Victoria Academy[3] (as of 2022-23, there are 4 students enrolled), as well as a fire department, public library, Lion's Club, and town hall. The town is only accessible byferry orhelicopter. The provincial government ferry runs from the nearby town ofHermitage several times daily and the crossing takes approximately 20 minutes.[4] This ferry also services the more remote community ofMcCallum once to twice daily with a crossing time of around one hour and fifteen minutes.[5] In 2015, Gaultois voted againstresettlement.[6][7][8] Gaultois considered resettlement again in 2023 but it failed.[9][10]
Before confederation with Canada in 1949, Gaultois was the customs town for those wishing to travel to the islands ofSaint Pierre and Miquelon. Prior to resettlement, the population had declined to 107 in 1956 from a peak of 252 five years earlier. After resettlement in 1966 Gaultois population rose to 594 with the fish plant and its draggers as the main employer of the town. The firstWaymaster in 1877, was Richard Bradshaw.
A fishing community, Gaultois went into a decline when the Lake Group first announced the closure of its fish plant in 1981[11] and again in 1990 when Fishery Products International closed the plant.[12] The Gaultois fish plant permanently closed in 2010.[13] As of 2017, the population has plunged by 80 percent since the 1990s.[14]
Though small, Gaultois has four distinct areas:
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Gaultois had a population of100 living in45 of its74 total private dwellings, a change of-26.5% from its 2016 population of136. With a land area of 4.23 km2 (1.63 sq mi), it had a population density of23.6/km2 (61.2/sq mi) in 2021.[2]
47°36′N55°55′W / 47.600°N 55.917°W /47.600; -55.917
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