Gauthier

• Name — Gauthier • Official Name — Township of Gauthier • Settlement Type — Township municipality (single-tier) • Shield Size — 100x80px • 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 • Established Title — Established • Established Title2 — Incorporated • Established Date2 — 1945 • Government Type — Township • Leader Title — Reeve • Leader Name — Paul Binnendyk • Leader Title1 — Fed. riding • Leader Name1 — Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk • Leader Title2 — Prov. riding • Leader Name2 — Timiskaming—Cochrane • Area Land Km2 — 87.98 • Population As Of — 2021 • Population Total — 151 • Population Density Km2 — 1.7 • Timezone — Eastern Time Zone • Utc Offset — -5 • Timezone Dst — Eastern Daylight Time • Utc Offset Dst — -4 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — P0K 1B0 • Area Codes — 705, 249

Gauthier was incorporated in 1945 as an Improvement District, and later as a township. Dobie housed the miners working the Upper Canada Mines, which produced 4,648,984 ounces of gold before closing in 1971.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gauthier had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of 87.98 km2, it had a population density of sqmi in 2021. • Illustration — Dobie Mother tongue (2021): • English as first language: 76.7% • French as first language: 16.7% • English and French as first languages: 0% • Other as first language: 3.3%

Gauthier is served by two provincial highways: • Highway 66 running west to Kirkland Lake and 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. • 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) and Rouyn-Noranda (Quebec). The line continues to be operated, as a subsidiary of the Ontario Northland Railway, as a freight spur.

The railway point of Northlands Park (elevation 351 m), is in Gauthier. It is adjacent to Highway 672, 1.5 km north of that highway's southern terminus at Highway 66, and 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) 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.

Actress Sara Botsford was born in Dobie.