Balmoral is a Canadian community and former incorporated village in
Restigouche County
Restigouche County (2016 population 30,955) is located in north-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county is named for the Restigouche River which flows through the county and is famous for its salmon pools, which have attracted wealthy American ...
,
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 ...
.
It is located approximately 10 kilometres south of
Dalhousie. Although Balmoral's population presently meets the requirements for "town" status under the Municipalities Act of the Province of New Brunswick, the community has not yet made any change to its municipal status. The village also contains the neighbourhoods of
Blair Athol,
Saint-Maure,
Selwood, and
Upper Balmoral.
On 1 January 2023, Balmoral became part of the new village of
Bois-Joli
Bois-Joli is a village in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms.
History
Bois-Joli was incorporated on January 1, 2023 via the amalgamation of the former villages of Bal ...
. Balmoral remains in use by the province's 911 system.
History
The area was settled in the 1850s by
Joseph Drapeau
Joseph Drapeau (April 13, 1752 – November 3, 1810) was a seigneur, merchant and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Northumberland in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1809 to 1810.
He was born in Pointe-Lévy, the ...
. When a later contingent of settlers from
Scotland
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arrived, they gave the community its present name after
Balmoral Castle
Balmoral Castle () is a large estate house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and a residence of the British royal family. It is near the village of Crathie, west of Ballater and west of Aberdeen.
The estate and its original castle were bought ...
.
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
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, Balmoral 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.
Population trend
Language
Mother tongue (2016)
Economy
Forestry
Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. Th ...
is the most important industry in the village.
Notable people
See also
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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 of Balmoral
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Communities in Restigouche County, New Brunswick
Villages in New Brunswick
Local service districts of Restigouche County, New Brunswick