Baie-Sainte-Anne, New Brunswick
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Baie-Sainte-Anne or Baie Ste. Anne (2011 population: 1,387) is a rural community in Northumberland County,
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, Canada. It is an acadian community located on the southern shore of
Miramichi Bay Miramichi Bay is an estuary located on the west coast of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick, at the mouth of the Miramichi River. Miramichi Bay is separated into the "inner bay" and the "outer bay", with the division being a line of unin ...
near its opening into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Possibly named for Sainte-Anne, patroness of the Micmacs.
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farming and
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processing are the area's major sources of income. The former
local service district Local service district may refer to these administrative units in Canada: * Local service district (New Brunswick) A local service district (LSD) was a provincial administrative unit for the provision of local services in the Canadian province o ...
of Baie Ste. Anne took its name from this community but spelt it differently.


History

The community was founded in 1789 by
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settlers.


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
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, Baie Ste. Anne had a population of 1,252 living in 566 of its 616 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 1,319. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.


Education


Notable people

* Yvon Durelle -
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* Norbert Thériault - Canadian Senator *
Camille Thériault Camille Henri Thériault (born February 25, 1955) is a Canadian politician from New Brunswick. He served as the 29th premier of New Brunswick from 1998 to 1999. Early life The son of Joséphine Martin and Norbert Thériault, a former provinc ...
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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 municipal ...


References


History of Baie-Sainte-Anne
Communities in Northumberland County, New Brunswick Designated places in New Brunswick Local service districts of Northumberland County, New Brunswick {{NorthumberlandCountyNB-geo-stub