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'''Gaultois''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɔː|l|t|æ|s}}) is a small settlement in the Coast of Bays area in [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], [[Canada]]. Gaultois had a population of 100 people in the 2021 census. The town has a K-12 school called Victoria Academy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/news/provincial/schools-adjusting-to-lower-enrolments-26293/|title=Schools adjusting to lower enrolments &#124; SaltWire|first=Clayton|last=Hunt|website=Saltwire.com|access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref> (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 by [[ferry]] or [[helicopter]]. The provincial government ferry runs from the nearby town of [[Hermitage, Newfoundland and Labrador|Hermitage]] several times daily and the crossing takes approximately 20 minutes.<ref>{{cite web |title=N.L. ferries made 4,100 trips with no passengers last year | website=CBC | date=2020-05-15 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ferry-newfoundland-no-passengers-cuts-1.5571881 | access-date=2020-12-17}}</ref> This ferry also services the more remote community of [[McCallum, Newfoundland and Labrador|McCallum]] once to twice daily with a crossing time of around one hour and fifteen minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ferry-contract-south-coast-newfoundland-la-poile-1.4981808|title=Isolated towns fear new ferry contract will be the same old boat|website=CBC News|date=Jan 17, 2019 |first=Bernice|last=Hillier|access-date=Oct 17, 2020}}</ref> In 2015, Gaultois voted against [[Resettlement (Newfoundland)|resettlement]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://atipp-search.gov.nl.ca/public/atipp/requestdownload?id=17665|title=Your request for access to information under Part II of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 [Our File #: MAPA/091/2021]|website=Atipp-search.gov.nl.ca|access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://atipp-search.gov.nl.ca/public/atipp/requestdownload?id=17312|title=Your request for access to information under Part II of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 [Our File #: MAPA/070/2021] |website=Atipp-search.gov.nl.ca|access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.saltwire.com/halifax/news/canada/will-newfoundland-and-labrador-communities-be-pushed-to-relocate-100659407/|title='If I wants to go, I'll go,' says Gaultois man as Newfoundland and Labrador changes resettlement requirements &#124; SaltWire|first=Barb|last=Sweet|website=Saltwire.com|date=November 17, 2021|access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref> Gaultois considered resettlement again in 2023 but it failed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Terry |title=Gaultois residents vote against resettlement |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/gaultois-relocation-decision-1.6817787 |access-date=April 22, 2023 |publisher=CBC News |date=April 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Terry |title=All is quiet in Gaultois as relocation vote gets underway in isolated N.L. community |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/gaultois-relocation-vote-1.6779338 |access-date=April 22, 2023 |publisher=CBC News |date=March 16, 2023}}</ref>

Before confederation with Canada in 1949, Gaultois was the customs town for those wishing to travel to the islands of [[Saint 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 first [[Postmaster|Waymaster]] 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<ref>{{cite news |title=Land & Sea: Gaultois in 1981, a town on the brink |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/land-sea-gaultois-in-1981-a-town-on-the-brink-1.4448139 |date=December 16, 2017|first=Angela |last=Antle |publisher=[[CBC News]] |access-date=December 16, 2019}}</ref> and again in 1990 when Fishery Products International closed the plant.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/gaultois-fpi-fish-plant-rural-redfish-1.4426766 |title=Land & Sea: Gaultois in 1990 on the day they call Black Thursday |date=December 2, 2017|publisher=[[CBC News]] |access-date=December 16, 2019}}</ref> The Gaultois fish plant permanently closed in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2010/fishaq/0907n04.htm|title=Assistance Available for Workers Affected by Closure of Gaultois Fish Plant|website=Releases.gov.nl.ca|date=September 7, 2010|access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref> As of 2017, the population has plunged by 80 percent since the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hands up for resettlement in Gaultois as island community braces for winter |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/gaultois-resettlement-hands-1.4413838 |date=November 26, 2017 |first=Terry |last=Roberts|publisher=[[CBC News]] |access-date=December 16, 2019}}</ref>

Though small, Gaultois has four distinct areas: 
#'''The Room''' near the wharf where, traditionally salt fish was dried for market, on flakes. 
#'''The Valley''' up the hill a little then surrounded by high rock faces, home to about 10 homes. 
#'''The Point''' across the harbour from the rooms. The most populated part of town. The point and the rooms are joined by a wooden boardwalk at the base of the rock face.
#'''The Bottom''' up the hill and down the other side from the point. The most isolated part of town.

== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Gaultois had a population of {{val|100|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|45|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|74|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:100-136}}|136|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|136|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|4.23|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|100|4.23|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=A000210 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Newfoundland and Labrador | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 15, 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Connaigre Peninsula]]
*[[List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador]]
*[[Newfoundland outport]]

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