Saint-Antoine () is a former village in
Kent County,
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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. It is 35 km north of
Moncton
Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. Th ...
and 18 km Southwest of
Bouctouche. Saint-Antoine is on
Route 115 and
Route 525. It is now part of the town of
Champdoré
Champdoré () is a town in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms.
History
Champdoré was incorporated on January 1, 2023 as part of the local governance reforms. It incl ...
.
History
The village is named in honour of
Anthony the Great
Anthony the Great (; ; ; ; – 17 January 356) was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony, such as , by various epithets: , , , , , and . For his importance among t ...
. From 1966, it was called St. Anthony until it was changed to Saint-Antoine in 1969. The village was originally called Higho Settlement. Saint-Antoine was the birthplace of
Louis Robichaud
Louis Joseph Robichaud (October 21, 1925 – January 6, 2005), popularly known as "Little Louis" or "P'tit-Louis", was the second (but first elected) Acadian premier of New Brunswick, serving from 1960 to 1970.
With the Equal Opportunity ...
, Canada's first elected
Acadian
The Acadians (; , ) are an ethnic group descended from the French who settled in the New France colony of Acadia during the 17th and 18th centuries. Today, most descendants of Acadians live in either the Northern American region of Acadia, ...
provincial premier.
On 1 January 2023, Saint-Antoine amalgamated with all or part of six
local service districts to form the new town of
Champdoré
Champdoré () is a town in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms.
History
Champdoré was incorporated on January 1, 2023 as part of the local governance reforms. It incl ...
.
The community's name remains in official use.
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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, Saint-Antoine 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.
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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
Village of Saint-Antoine
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Communities in Kent County, New Brunswick
Former villages in New Brunswick
Communities in Greater Moncton
2023 disestablishments in New Brunswick