Gloucester County, New Brunswick

Gloucester
County
Location within New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
Established	1826
Area^[1]
• Land	4,675.21 km² (1,805.11 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	77,792
• Density	16.6/km² (43/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.5%
• Dwellings	36,482
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)
Area code(s)	506

Gloucester County (2011 population 77,792) is located in the northeastern corner of New Brunswick, Canada.^[2] Fishing, mining and forestry are the major industries in the county. The eastern section of the county is known for its Acadian culture.

Census subdivisions

Communities

There are nineteen municipalities within the county (listed by 2011 population):^[1]^[2]

Official Name	Designation	Area km²	Pop 2011	Parish
Bathurst	City	91.86	12,275	Bathurst
Tracadie–Sheila	Town	24.65	4,933	Saumarez
Beresford	Town	19.20	4,351	Beresford
Caraquet	Town	68.26	4,169	Caraquet
Shippagan	Town	9.94	2,631	Shippagan
Petit-Rocher	Village	4.49	1,908	Beresford
Belledune	Village	189.03	1,548	Beresford
Lamèque	Town	12.45	1,432	Shippagan
Bas-Caraquet	Village	31.00	1,380	Caraquet
Bertrand	Village	46.45	1,137	Caraquet
Pointe-Verte	Village	13.79	976	Beresford
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël	Village	15.61	955	Shippagan
Nigadoo	Village	7.69	952	Beresford
Le Goulet	Village	5.46	817	Shippagan
Saint-Isidore	Village	22.58	748	Saint-Isidore
Grande-Anse	Village	24.42	738	New Bandon
Paquetville	Village	9.40	706	Paquetville
Saint-Léolin	Village	19.78	684	New Bandon
Maisonnette	Village	12.88	573	New Bandon

First Nations

There is one First Nations reservation in Gloucester County (listed by 2011 population):^[1]^[2]

Official Name	Designation	Area km²	Pop 2011	Parish
Pabineau 11	Reservation	4.89	141	Bathurst

Parishes

The county is subdivided into ten parishes (listed by 2011 population):^[1]^[2]

Official Name	Area km²	Pop 2011	Municipalities	Unincorporated communities
Saumarez	326.78	6,920	Tracadie-Sheila (town)	Benoit / Charnisay / Commeau / Ferguson Point / Gauvreau / Haut-Sheila / Leech / Little Gaspereau / Losier Settlement / Petit-Tracadie / Pointe-à-Bouleau / Pont-Lafrance / Rivière-à-la-truite / Saint Irénée and Alderwood / Saint-Isidore Station / Saint-Pons / Saumarez / St. Pierre / Tracadie Beach / Val-Comeau
Beresford	456.75	4,351	Beresford (town) Petit-Rocher (village) Belledune (village) Nigadoo (village) Pointe-Verte (village)	Alcida and Dauversière / Dempsey Settlement / Devereaux / Dunlop / Free Grant / LaPlante / Lincour / Madran / Massabielle / Nicholas-Denys / Robertville / Saint-Laurent / Sainte-Louise / Sainte-Rosette / Sormany / St. George / Tremblay / Val-Michaud
Shippagan	207.25	5,004	Shippagan (town) Lamèque (town) Le Goulet (village) Ste-Marie-St-Raphaël (village)	Cap-Bateau / Chiasson-Savoy / Coteau Road / Haut-Lamèque / Haut-Shippagan / Herring Point / Miscou Centre / Miscou Harbour / Miscou Lighthouse / Miscou Plains / Petite-Lamèque / Petite-Rivière-de-l'lle / Petit-Shippagan / Pigeon Hill / Pointe-Alexandre / Pointe-Brûlé / Pointe-Canot / Sainte-Cécile / Shippagan Portage / Wilson Point
Bathurst	1504.80	12,280	Bathurst (city) Pabineau 11 (reservation)	Bartibog Station / Bathurst Mines / Big Antler / Big Moose / Big River / Blue Mountain Settlement / Bruce / Brunswick Mines / Chamberlain Settlement / Goodwin Mill / Gloucester Junction / Hachey Siding / Lawson Brook Siding / Miller Brook / Nepisiguit Junction / North Tetagouche / Ottawa Road / Pitre Road / Red Pine / Rio Grande / Russell / Salmon Beach / South Tetagouche / Tetagouche Hill / Upper Rosehill
Inkerman	191.05	4,247		Boudreau Road / Cowans Creek / Evangeline / Four Roads / Gaspereau / Haché Road / Haut Pokemouche / Inkerman / Inkerman Ferry / Landry / Maltampec / Pokemouche / Pokemouche Junction / Sainte-Rose-Gloucester / Six Roads
Paquetville	220.30	2,504	Paquetville (village)	Burnsville / Notre-Dame-des-Érables / Petit-Paquetville / Rang-Saint-Georges / Saint-Amateur / Trudel / Val-Doucet
Allardville	655.21	2,081		Allardville / Allardville East / Veniot / Bear Landing / Beaubois / Butte-d'Or / Daulnay / Goodwin Mill / Jeanne-Mance / Saint-Sauveur
Saint-Isidore	189.49	1,620	Saint-Isidore (village)	Bois-Blanc / Bois-Gagnon / Boishébert / Duguayville / Hacheyville / Haut-Saint-Isidore / Haut Tilley Road / Pokemouche Landing / Pont-Landry / Spruce Brook / Tilley Road
Caraquet	109.20	4,169	Caraquet (town) Bas-Caraquet (village) Bertrand (village)	Blanchard Settlement / Caraquet Island / Haut-Saint-Simon / Marsoliau / Pokesudie / Saint-Simon / Saint-Simon Centre
New Bandon	369.58	1,195	Grande-Anse (village) Maisonnette (village) Saint-Léolin (village)	Anse-Bleue / Bertrand Station / Black Rock / Canobie / Clifton / Dugas / Janeville / Johnson / Lobster Beach / New Bandon-Salmon Beach / Pokeshaw / Rocheville / Springfield / Stonehaven / Village-des-Poirier / Village-Saint-Paul / Waterloo Settlement

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Gloucester County, New Brunswick community profile
	2011	2006	2001
Population:	77,792 (-1.5% from 2006)	78,948 (-4.8% from 2001)	82,929 (-5.3% from 1996)
Land area:	4,675.21 km² (1,805.11 sq mi)	4,673.36 km² (1,804.39 sq mi)	4,673.34 km² (1,804.39 sq mi)
Population density:	16.6/km² (43/sq mi)	16.9/km² (44/sq mi)	17.7/km² (46/sq mi)
Median age:	47.9 (M: 47.4, F: 48.4)	44.2 (M: 43.8, F: 44.7)	40.0 (M: 39.6, F: 40.5)
Total private dwellings:	36,482	36,192	34,948
Median household income:	$46,728	$40,028	$35,344
References: 2011^[1] 2006^[3] 2001^[4]

Historical Census Data - Gloucester County, New Brunswick^[5]

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	87,613	—
1996	87,601	−0.0%

Year	Pop.	±%
2001	82,929	−5.3%
2006	78,948	−4.8%

Year	Pop.	±%
2011	77,792	−1.5%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Gloucester County, New Brunswick^[5]
Census	Total	French			English			French & English			Other
Year	Responses	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %
2011	76,515	64,270	1.4%	84.00%	11,105	0.5%	14.51%	745	19.2%	0.97%	395	41.5%	0.52%
2006	77,675	65,210	4.7%	83.95%	11,165	8.9%	14.37%	625	26.0%	0.80%	675	206.8%	0.87%
2001	81,760	68,440	5.0%	83.71%	12,255	9.5%	14.99%	845	8.3%	1.03%	220	6.4%	0.27%
1996	86,620	72,060	n/a	83.19%	13,545	n/a	15.64%	780	n/a	0.90%	235	n/a	0.27%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:^[6]

Highways
- Route 8
- Route 11

Principal Routes
- Route 113
- Route 134
- Route 135
- Route 145
- Route 150
- Route 160
- Route 180

Secondary Routes:
- Route 315
- Route 320
- Route 322
- Route 303
- Route 305
- Route 310
- Route 313
- Route 325
- Route 330
- Route 335

Secondary Routes (cont):
- Route 340
- Route 345
- Route 350
- Route 355
- Route 360
- Route 363
- Route 365
- Route 370
- Route 430

External Routes:
- None

Protected areas and attractions

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Gloucester County, New Brunswick

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Gloucester County, New Brunswick
1 2 3 4 New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Gloucester County
↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

External links

Gloucester County Guide

Chaleur Bay

Restigouche County

Gulf of Saint Lawrence

Gloucester County

Northumberland County

Subdivisions of New Brunswick

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Cities	Bathurst Campbellton Dieppe Edmundston Fredericton Miramichi Moncton Saint John

Counties	Albert Carleton Charlotte Gloucester Kent Kings Madawaska Northumberland Queens Restigouche Saint John Sunbury Victoria Westmorland York

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Coordinates: 47°43′3.6″N 64°49′21.2″W / 47.717667°N 64.822556°W / 47.717667; -64.822556

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