Gaspé
City, 15,503 residents (2026)48° 50′ N, 64° 29′ WName of Micmac origin
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Around Gaspé
In the municipality, within 5 km
- Marina de Gaspé / Club nautique Jacques-Cartier/École de voile le Cormoran700 m
- Musée de la Gaspésie900 m
- Mont-Béchervaise / Glissade sur neige4.2 km
- Site Gaspé - Berceau du Canada400 m
- Horizon1.8 km
- Camping Fort Ramsay2.4 km
- La Maison William Wakeham500 m
- Tim Hortons200 m
- Cathédrale du Christ-Roy200 m
- Tétû300 m
Villages and areas: Gaspé Harbour (1.1 km), York Centre (2.4 km), L'Anse-aux-Cousins (2.8 km), Gaspé-Ouest (3.2 km), Farewell Cove (4.2 km), Sandy Beach (4.3 km)
5 km to 10 km
- Site d'interprétation Micmac de Gespeg6.7 km
- Camping Gaspé7.5 km
- La route bleue - Golfe du Saint-Laurent - Barachois de la rivière Saint-Jean9 km
- La route bleue - Golfe du Saint-Laurent - Boom Defense9 km
- Sanctuaire Notre-Dame-des-Douleurs6.6 km
- St Matthew's5.3 km
- St John's6.2 km
- Chez Ron6.4 km
- Saint Andrew's7.3 km
- Bibilothèque de Saint-Majorique8.4 km
Villages and areas: Rose Bridge (5.2 km), Penouille (5.5 km), Wakeham (6 km), Pointe-Navarre (6.4 km), Haldimand West (6.7 km), Brasset (7 km), Haldimand East (7.4 km), Fontenelle (7.9 km)
10 km to 20 km
Villages and areas: Douglastown (10 km), Cap-aux-Os (11 km), Corte-Real (12 km), Colonie-de-Sainte-Julienne (13 km), D'Aiguillon (13 km), Rivière-Morris (15 km), Seal Cove (16 km), L'Anse-à-Brillant (17 km)
Upcoming events
We don't have an events calendar for Gaspé yet. Festivals, markets and shows will be added here. In the meantime, see the website of the municipality.
History and growth
- 1873Founded (date according to Wikidata)
- January 1, 1971Incorporation as ville
- March 28, 1972Former name: Sydenham-Sud
- June 14, 1976Former name: York
- December 24, 19769 former names registered on the same day with the Commission de toponymie: Baie-de-Gaspé-Nord, Baie-de-Gaspé-Sud, Haldimand, L'Anse-au-Griffon, Rivière-au-Renard, Saint-Alban-du-Cap-des-Rosiers, Saint-Majorique, Saint-Maurice, Douglas. These are mostly the names of the former municipalities, parishes and villages merged into Gaspé, not successive name changes.
Photos and stories about Gaspé
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Sources
- Commission de toponymie du Québec (CC BY 4.0). Commission de toponymie du Québec, via Données Québec, CC BY 4.0.
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Données GeoNames (geonames.org), CC BY 4.0.
- OpenStreetMap (ODbL 1.0). © les contributeurs d'OpenStreetMap, ODbL.
- Répertoire des municipalités du Québec (MAMH) (CC BY 4.0). Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation, via Données Québec.
- Statistique Canada (Licence du gouvernement ouvert – Canada). Contient des données de Statistique Canada.
- Système d'information touristique Québec (ministère du Tourisme) (CC BY 4.0). Ministère du Tourisme du Québec, SIT Québec, via Données Québec, CC BY 4.0.
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0). Données Wikidata (CC0).