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Moncton
Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. The city has earned the nickname "Hub City" because of its central inland location in the region and its history as a railway and land transportation hub for the Maritimes. As of the 2021 Census, the city had a population of 79,470, a metropolitan population of 157,717 and a land area of . Although the Moncton area was first settled in 1733, Moncton was officially founded in 1766 with the arrival of Pennsylvania German immigrants from Philadelphia. Initially an agricultural settlement, Moncton was not incorporated until 1855. It was named for Lt. Col. Robert Monckton, the British officer who had captured nearby Fort Beauséjour a century earlier. A significant wooden shipbuilding industry had developed in the community by the mid-1840s, allow ...
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Moncton Parish, New Brunswick
Moncton is a List of parishes in New Brunswick, civil parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the cities of Dieppe, New Brunswick, Dieppe and Moncton; the village of Salisbury, New Brunswick, Salisbury; the Indian reserves of Metepenagiag 3 Urban Reserve, Metepenagiag 8 Urban Reserve, and Soegao 35; and the Local service district (New Brunswick), local service district of the parish of Moncton, which further includes the special service areas of Calhoun Road, Greater Lakeburn, New Brunswick, Greater Lakeburn, Irishtown, New Brunswick, Irishtown, and Painsec Junction. All governance units except the Indian reserves are members of the Regional Service Commission#Southeast Regional Service Commission, Southeast Regional Service Commission. Origin of name The parish was named in honour of Robert Monckton, the British commander who captured Fort Beauséjour and oversaw the Expulsion of the ...
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New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and French as its official languages. New Brunswick is bordered by Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to the west. New Brunswick is about 83% forested and its northern half is occupied by the Appalachians. The province's climate is continental with snowy winters and temperate summers. New Brunswick has a surface area of and 775,610 inhabitants (2021 census). Atypically for Canada, only about half of the population lives in urban areas. New Brunswick's largest cities are Moncton and Saint John, while its capital is Fredericton. In 1969, New Brunswick passed the Official Languages Act which began recognizing French as an ...
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Centennial Park (Moncton)
Centennial Park (french: Parc du Centenaire) is a municipal park in Moncton, New Brunswick. Located in the city's west end, it has an area of . The park features a static display of a CF-100 Canuck fighter jet, an M4A3 Sherman Tank, the anchor from and CNR locomotive 5270. History Centennial park was originally known as Parkton Nature Park and was changed sometime in the 1950s when it was included in the city of Moncton.Acadian History
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Places of note

The park contains: * Boating Pond * Centennial Dog Park * Children Splash Park * Children Playground - 's largest children Playground * Centennial Rotary Lodge * Centennial Camp * Rocky Stone ...
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Ginette Petitpas Taylor
Marie Ginette Petitpas Taylor (born 1968 or 1969) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 federal election. She is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and a former Minister of Health, and is a member of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association as well as the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association. Early life and education Petitpas Taylor grew up in Dieppe and graduated from the Université de Moncton with a bachelor's degree in social work. Before politics From 2004 to 2008, she was the chairwoman of the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women, and has held a variety of other positions, including the coordinator for the Victim's Services Program of the local detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Political career She won the Liberal Party's nomination for Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe on March 28, 2015, and won the riding ...
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Westmorland County, New Brunswick
Westmorland County (2016 population: 149,623) is a county in New Brunswick, a province of Canada. It is in the south-eastern part of the province. It contains the fast-growing commercial centre of Moncton and its northern and eastern suburbs. Also located in the county are the university town of Sackville and the tourist destination of Shediac. Westmorland County is centrally located in the Maritimes and is New Brunswick's most populous county. Fishing and tourism are important industries along the Northumberland Strait shore, and there is some mixed farming in the Petitcodiac River Valley and in the Tantramar Marsh region. The city of Moncton accounts for half of the county's population and has developed as a major transportation, distribution, commercial and retail centre. Dorchester is the historic shire town. Origins The county, once a part of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, was one of the original eight counties delineated shortly after the creation of the British col ...
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Moncton City Council
The Moncton City Council (french: Conseil municipal de Moncton) is the governing body of the City of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It consists of a mayor and ten councillors elected to four-year terms. The council is non-partisan with the mayor serving as the chairman, casting a ballot only in cases of a tie vote. There are four wards electing two councillors each with an additional two councillors selected at-large by the general electorate. Day-to-day operation of the city is under the control of a city manager. Moncton City Council, 2016–2021 Elected May 10, 2016: *Mayor: Dawn Arnold *Vacant Seat (at-large) (Due to Greg Turner being elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.) *Pierre Boudreau (at-large) *Shawn Crossman (Ward 1) *Paulette Thériault (Ward 1) *Blair Lawrence (Ward 2) *Charles Leger (Ward 2) *Bryan Butler (Ward 3) *Brian Hicks (Ward 3. Elected 2018 to replace Rob McKee who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.) *Paul A. Pe ...
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Dawn Arnold
Dawn E. Arnold is a Canadian politician, who was elected mayor of Moncton, New Brunswick in the 2016 municipal election. She is the city's first female mayor. Prior to winning the mayoralty, Arnold served a term on Moncton City Council as a city councillor at large, and was the chair of the city's Frye Festival."Moncton mayoral speculation begins"
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List Of E Postal Codes Of Canada
__NOTOC__ This is a list of postal codes in Canada where the first letter is E. Postal codes beginning with E are located within the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Only the first three characters are listed, corresponding to the Forward Sortation Area. Canada Post provides a free postal code look-up tool on its website, via its mobile apps for such smartphones as the iPhone and BlackBerry, and sells hard-copy directories and CD-ROMs. Many vendors also sell validation tools, which allow customers to properly match addresses and postal codes. Hard-copy directories can also be consulted in all post offices, and some libraries. New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ... - 112 FSAs All rural codes in the province have been phased out; as such, no postal code ...
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Rob McKee
Rob McKee (born November 20, 1985) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2018 election. He represents the electoral district of Moncton Centre as a member of the Liberal Party. He was re-elected in the 2020 provincial election. Education Fluently bilingual, his education includes a Bachelor of Laws from Université de Moncton, a Bachelor of Applied Management in Accounting from the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, a Diploma in Accounting from the New Brunswick Community College and a high school diploma from the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan. Political career Prior to his election in the legislature, he served as a city councillor for Moncton City Council The Moncton City Council (french: Conseil municipal de Moncton) is the governing body of the City of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It consists of a mayor and ten councillors elected to four-year terms. The council is non- partisan ...
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Daniel Allain
Daniel Allain is a Canadian politician from New Brunswick. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick at the 2020 general election in the riding of Moncton East. He is currently Minister of Local Government and Local Governance Reform. Political career In his early political career, Allain served as Premier Bernard Lord's constituency assistant in Moncton East from 2000 to 2003. Allain stood in the 2008 Canadian federal election in Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe. In 2013, during the mandate of Premier David Alward, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Management and Administration in the Office of the Premier of New Brunswick, and, in 2010, he was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of NB Liquor. From 2016 to 2020, Allain served as an at-large city councillor in Dieppe. As part of this municipal role, he also sat on the board of the Codiac Regional Policing Authority. In the 2020 New Brunswick general election, Allain defeated Liberal MLA Monique LeB ...
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Magic Mountain (New Brunswick)
Magic Mountain (french: Parc aquatique Magic Mountain), is mainly a water park, which is located in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is part of the Magnetic Hill tourist site. The park is the largest man-made tourist attraction in Atlantic Canada. History The park was created as an addition to the growing tourist site of Magnetic Hill, which already consisted of the hill itself, and the Magnetic Hill Zoo. Construction on the park commenced on August 12, 1986 and through the efforts of more than 600 construction workers it was completed in less than a year, opening on June 26, 1987. It requires more than of water to operate which is heated by propane heaters with a capacity of almost 7 million BTUs (7.4 gigajoules). In 1999 the park came under new ownership and since then several improvements have been made to the park. A children's "Splash pad", two new children's slides and two new body slides named "Pipeline" and "Sidewinder" were constructed. Other developments include: ...
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Capitol Theatre (Moncton)
The Capitol Theatre (french: Théâtre Capitol) in downtown Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada is an 780-seat, restored 1920s-era vaudeville house on Main Street that serves as the centre for cultural entertainment for the city. Designed by René-Arthur Fréchet in 1920, it was rebuilt by Fréchet in 1926 after it burned.René-Arthur Fréchet
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800-1950 Having been converted to a cinema early in its history, the theatre was purchased by the City of Moncton in 1991, restored to its original look commencing in 1992, and was officially reopened as a performance space in 1993. It hosts the productions of and The