Saint-Léolin is a community on the
Acadian Peninsula in
Gloucester County,
New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023.
History
The first settler to the village was
Joseph Bertin in the early 19th century. The village was originally named Saint-Joseph, but changed in 1904 to avoid confusion with another
Saint-Joseph near
Memramcook.
The village was incorporated in 1978.
On 1 January 2023, Saint-Léolin amalgamated with the three other villages and all or part of four
local service districts to form the new of
Rivière-du-Nord.
The community's name remains in official use.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...
, Saint-Léolin had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
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Notable people
See also
*List of communities in New Brunswick
This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipality, an Indian reserve, or an unincorporated community inside or outside a municipalit ...
References
External links
Village de Saint-Léolin
Communities in Gloucester County, New Brunswick
Former villages in New Brunswick
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