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Westmorland County, New Brunswick
Westmorland County (2021 population: 163,576) 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 local 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 B ...
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List Of Counties Of New Brunswick
The Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick has 15 counties, originating in the British tradition of local courts for civil and judicial administration that were officiated by the colony's appointed magistrate, magistrates. Counties, parishes and shiretowns are delineated in the Territorial Division Act. While no longer administrative divisions, they continue to define regional communities and have many legacy functions and provincial applications. They figure prominently in residents' sense of place and continue as significant threads in the Province of New Brunswick's cultural fabric (i.e., most citizens always know which county they are in). Counties are used as the basis of census divisionsWhen municipalities extend into two counties, the entire municipality is assigned to one census division. by Statistics Canada in the Census in Canada, national census, while their parishes are the basis for census subdivisions. History The push for respo ...
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Saint John County, New Brunswick
Saint John County (2021 population: 76,558) is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The city of Saint John dominates the county. Elsewhere in the county, tourism is focused around the Bay of Fundy. Census subdivisions Communities There are two municipalities within Saint John County (listed by 2016 population): Parishes The county is subdivided by the Territorial Division Act (Section 27) into one city and three parishes (listed by 2016 population): Demographics As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint John County 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. Language Access Routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas *Highways ** ** *Principal Routes ** ** *Sec ...
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Petitcodiac, New Brunswick
Petitcodiac (, sometimes shortened to ) is a former village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the village of Three Rivers. History It is named after the Petitcodiac River, which begins in the village at the junction of the North River and Anagance River. The name is believed to be derived either from a Mi'kmaq word meaning "bends like a bow" or from a Maliseet word meaning "sound of thunder". Petcoucoyee (Franquelin, 1686); Pacoudiac (deCouagne, 1749); present spelling from mid 19th century. On 1 January 2023, all or parts of four local service districts were annexed to Petitcodiac as part of the 2023 local governance reforms to establish a new village named Three Rivers. The community's name remains in official use. Present day The Community Centres around Route 890, Route 885, Route 905, Route 106 and Route 1. The village features a regional school, an outdoor swimming pool, an arena, a bow ...
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Salisbury Parish, New Brunswick
Salisbury is a geographic parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Salisbury, the village of Three Rivers, and the Southeast rural district. All are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between a much smaller village of Salisbury, the village of Petitcodiac, and the local service district of the parish of Salisbury, part of which was included in the special service area of Havelock Inside, which extended from the LSD of the parish of Havelock. Petitcodiac is now part of Three Rivers. Origin of name The origin of Salisbury's name is uncertain. William F. Ganong states it was "perhaps" due to it extending nearly to Salisbury Bay, a former name of Rocher Bay. The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick gives two possibilities: Sir John Salbusbury, who accompanied Edward Cornwallis on his mission to establish Nova Scotia; or ...
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Salisbury, New Brunswick
Salisbury is a town located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. Previously a village for 57 years from 1966 to 2023, in January 2023 Salisbury was amalgamated with parts of four Local service district (New Brunswick), local service districts (including the rural community of River Glade, New Brunswick, River Glade) to become a new town with the same name. History Salisbury first became a permanent settlement when settlers from Yorkshire, England, settled there in 1774 (History, Village of Salisbury Website). It grew quickly as a fox farming community, a special mutation of fox with grey/white fur, which was imported, was commonly bred in the many fox farms in Salisbury. This is where the saying "Home of the Silver Fox" comes from. While no fox farms are known to operate locally some wild foxes now share these genes. Geography Salisbury is situated on the north bank of the Petitcodiac River, approximately west of Moncton / Rivervi ...
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Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick
Cap-Pelé ( ap pəle is a former village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Cap-Acadie. The community centres on the intersection of Route 945 and Route 133 but extends to Route 950. Its sister city is Broussard, Louisiana, United States. Geography It is located on the Northumberland Strait approximately 50 kilometres (30 miles) east of Moncton. Approximately 88% of its residents are Francophone. History The village was founded by Acadians in 1780 and incorporated as a municipality in 1969. Fishing is the dominant industry, and the town is home to several smoked herring processing plants known locally as ''boucannières''. As many as 30 smokehouses are found in Cap-Pelé and its surrounding areas. Work in the smokehouses tends to be seasonal, and during the summertime certain smokehouses offer guided tours. The post office's name was changed from Cape Bald to Cap-Pelé by petition of local ...
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Memramcook, New Brunswick
Memramcook, sometimes also spelled Memramcouke or Memramkouke, is a village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. Located in south-eastern New Brunswick, the community is predominantly people of Acadian descent who speak the Chiac derivative of the French language. An agricultural village, it has a strong local patrimony, key to the history of the region. It was home to Mi'kmaqs for many years and was the arrival site of Acadians in 1700. A large part of these Acadians were deported in 1755, but the village itself survived. The Collège Saint-Joseph was the first francophone university in the east of Canada, which opened its doors in 1864 and hosted/organized the first National Acadian Convention in 1881. History Name Memramcook was called the "Berceau de l'Acadie", which translates to "cradle of Acadia". Long inhabited by the Mi'kmaq, the site saw the arrival of their allies, the Acadians in 1700.Arsenault, Bona, Histoire des Acadiens, Bibliothèque nationale du ...
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Sackville, New Brunswick (parish)
Sackville is a geographic parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Tantramar, the incorporated rural community of Strait Shores, and the Southeast rural district, with small border areas belonging to the town of Cap-Acadie. All are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the town of Sackville and the local service district of the parish of Sackville, with a small area in the northeast part of the rural community of Beaubassin East. Origin of name The parish was named in honour of Lord George Sackville, later Secretary of State for the Colonies. History Sackville was established in 1772 as a Nova Scotia township. Sackville was erected as one of Westmorland County's original parishes in 1786 with enlarged boundaries; most of the modern town of Shediac was added. In 1827 the northern part of Sackville was included i ...
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Botsford Parish, New Brunswick
Botsford is a geographic parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it divided almost entirely between the town of Cap-Acadie and the incorporated rural community of Strait Shores, small areas along its southwestern border belong to the Southeast rural district. All are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the villages of Cap-Pelé and Port Elgin, the rural community of Beaubassin East, and the local service districts of Bayfield, Cape Tormentine, and the parish of Botsford. Origin of name The parish was named in honour of Amos Botsford, then Speaker of the House of Assembly and MLA for Westmorland County. History Botsford was erected in 1805 from all of the unassigned territory east of Sackville and Westmorland Parishes. In 1850 the western boundary moved west to match that of Westmorland Parish, adding part of Shediac Parish. The western b ...
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Beaubassin East, New Brunswick
Beaubassin East was an incorporated rural community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held rural community status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Cap-Acadie. History The rural community was incorporated on May 8, 1995 from the Local Service Districts of Boudreau West, Grand Barachois, Haute-Aboujagane, and Saint-André & LeBlanc Office, and portions of the parishes of Botsford, Sackville, and Shediac. It completely surrounded the village of Cap-Pelé. Beaubassin East was divided into six wards, numbered counterclockwise from its eastern boundary. # Ward 1 included Bas-Cap-Pelé, Petit-Cap, Portage, and Shemogue # Ward 2 included Saint-André-LeBlanc # Ward 3 included Grand-Barachois # Ward 4 included Boudreau-Ouest # Ward 5 included Haute-Aboujagane # Ward 6 included Cormier-Village In 2006, Trois-Ruisseaux became part of Beaubassin East.
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Shediac Parish, New Brunswick
Shediac is a geographic parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Dieppe, the towns of Cap-Acadie and Shediac, the incorporated rural communities of Beausoleil and Maple Hills, and the Southeast rural district. Beausoleil is a members of the Kent Regional Service Commission, with the rest all belonging to the Southeast Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between Dieppe, Shediac, the village of Cap-Pelé, the rural community of Beaubassin East, and the local service districts of Grande-Digue, Pointe-du-Chêne, Scoudouc, Scoudouc Road, Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, Shediac Cape, and the parish of Shediac. With minor boundary changes, Grande-Digue and Shediac Bridge-Shediac River are now part of Beausoleil; Pointe-du-Chêne, Scoudouc, Scoudouc Road, and Shediac Cape were annexed by Shediac; Cap-Pelé and Beaubassin East merged to form Cap-Acadie ...
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Dieppe, New Brunswick
Dieppe () is a city in the Canadian maritime province of New Brunswick. Statistics Canada counted the population at 28,114 in 2021, making it the fourth-largest city in the province. On 1 January 2023, Dieppe annexed parts of two neighbouring Local service district (New Brunswick), local service districts; revised census figures have not been released. Dieppe's history and identity goes back to the eighteenth century. Formerly known as Leger's Corner, it was incorporated as a town in 1952 under the Dieppe name, and designated as a city in 2003. The Dieppe name was adopted by the citizens of the area in 1946 to commemorate the Second World War's Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid of 1942. It is officially a francophone city; with 63.8% of the population mother tongue French, 24% English, 3% French and English, 8% other. A majority of the population reports being bilingual, speaking both French and English. Residents generally speak French with a regional accent (colloquially c ...
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