Bertrand is an unincorporated community in
Gloucester County,
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 ...
, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023.
History
On 1 January 2023, Bertrand amalgamated with three villages and all or part of four
local service districts to form the new town of
Rivière-du-Nord.
The community's name remains in official use.
Geography
The community is located on the
Acadian Peninsula at the mouth of the
Caraquet River where it empties into
Caraquet Bay, roughly 10 km west of
Caraquet. The community centres around the intersection of
Route 11,
Route 145 and
Route 325.
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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, Bertrand 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.
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
Communities in Gloucester County, New Brunswick
Former villages in New Brunswick
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