Lac Baker is a Canadian community in
Madawaska County,
New Brunswick
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, formerly an incorporated village but now part of the town of
Haut-Madawaska
Haut-Madawaska is a town in the New Brunswick Panhandle, Canada, formed by amalgamating the previous List of Municipalities in New Brunswick#Rural communities, incorporated rural community of the same name with the village of Lac Baker, New Brun ...
.
It is adjacent to the shore of
Lake Baker, which derives its name from that of John Baker, founder of
Baker Brook.
History
On 1 January 2023, Lac Baker amalgamated with the rural community of
Haut-Madawaska
Haut-Madawaska is a town in the New Brunswick Panhandle, Canada, formed by amalgamating the previous List of Municipalities in New Brunswick#Rural communities, incorporated rural community of the same name with the village of Lac Baker, New Brun ...
to form the new town of Haut-Madawaska. The community's name remains in official use.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Lac Baker 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
[Statistics Canada: ]1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
, 2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
, 2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
, 2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
census
Mother tongue (2016)
Notable people
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
External links
Official website(French)
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Communities in Madawaska County, New Brunswick
Former villages in New Brunswick
2023 disestablishments in New Brunswick