Beaubassin East was an
incorporated rural community in
Westmorland County,
New Brunswick
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, 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
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, 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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2006 Amalgamation.
On 1 January 2023, Beaubassin East amalgamated with
Cap-Pelé to form the new town of Cap-Acadie. The constituent communities' names remain in official use.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Beaubassin East 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
*
List of rural communities in New Brunswick
*
Greater Shediac
References
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Communities in Westmorland County, New Brunswick
Former rural communities in New Brunswick
2023 disestablishments in New Brunswick