Gloucester County (2016 population 78,444[1]) 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.
Gloucester | |
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County | |
![]() Location within New Brunswick. | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
Established | 1826 |
Area | |
• Land | 4,743.67 km2 (1,831.54 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 78,444 |
• Density | 16.5/km2 (43/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 38,789 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Area code(s) | 506 |
There are nineteen municipalities within the county (listed by 2016 population):[3]
Official Name | Designation | Area km2 | Population | Parish |
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Bathurst | City | 92.04 | 11,897 | Bathurst |
Tracadie–Sheila | Town (dissolved) | 24.65 | 5,171 | Saumarez |
Beresford | Town | 19.41 | 4,288 | Beresford |
Caraquet | Town | 68.35 | 4,248 | Caraquet |
Shippagan | Town | 10.02 | 2,580 | Shippagan |
Petit-Rocher | Village | 4.52 | 1,897 | Beresford |
Belledune | Village | 189.47 | 1,417 | Beresford |
Bas-Caraquet | Village | 31.01 | 1,305 | Caraquet |
Lamèque | Town | 12.51 | 1,285 | Shippagan |
Bertrand | Village | 57.44 | 1,166 | Caraquet |
Nigadoo | Village | 7.65 | 963 | Beresford |
Grande-Anse | Village | 24.33 | 899 | New Bandon |
Pointe-Verte | Village | 13.79 | 886 | Beresford |
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël | Village | 15.90 | 879 | Shippagan |
Le Goulet | Village | 5.49 | 793 | Shippagan |
Saint-Isidore | Village | 22.94 | 764 | Saint-Isidore |
Paquetville | Village | 9.26 | 720 | Paquetville |
Saint-Léolin | Village | 19.73 | 647 | New Bandon |
Maisonnette | Village | 12.90 | 495 | New Bandon |
There is one First Nations reservation in Gloucester County (listed with 2016 population):[3]
Official Name | Designation | Area km2 | Population | Parish |
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Pabineau 11 | Reservation | 4.92 | 134 | Bathurst |
The county is subdivided into ten parishes (listed by 2016 population):[3]
Official Name | Area km2 | Population | Municipalities | Unincorporated communities |
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Saumarez | 326.78 | 6,618 | 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 | 456.86 | 6,248 | 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 |
Shippegan | 208.08 | 4,800 | 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 | 1504.87 | 4,797 | 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 | 107.56 | 2,366 | 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 | 220.51 | 2,329 | Paquetville (village) | Burnsville / Notre-Dame-des-Érables / Petit-Paquetville / Rang-Saint-Georges / Saint-Amateur / Trudel / Val-Doucet |
Allardville | 654.69 | 2,032 | Allardville / Allardville East / Veniot / Bear Landing / Beaubois / Butte-d'Or / Daulnay / Goodwin Mill / Jeanne-Mance / Saint-Sauveur | |
Saint-Isidore | 173.25 | 1,361 | 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 | 109.97 | 1,337 | Caraquet (town) Bas-Caraquet (village) Bertrand (village) |
Blanchard Settlement / Caraquet Island / Haut-Saint-Simon / Marsoliau / Pokesudie / Saint-Simon / Saint-Simon Centre |
New Bandon | 359.11 | 1,214 | 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 |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1991 | 87,613 | — |
1996 | 87,601 | −0.0% |
2001 | 82,929 | −5.3% |
2006 | 78,948 | −4.8% |
2011 | 77,792 | −1.5% |
2011 rev | 79,943 | +2.8% |
2016 | 78,444 | −1.9% |
The 2011 population count was revised[4][1] |
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gloucester County had a population of 78,256 living in 35,830 of its 39,145 total private dwellings, a change of -0.2% from its 2016 population of 78,444. With a land area of 4,734.3 km2 (1,827.9 sq mi), it had a population density of 16.5/km2 (42.8/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 78,256 (-0.2% from 2016) | 78,444 (+0.8% from 2011) | 77,792 (-1.5% from 2006) |
Land area | 4,734.30 km2 (1,827.92 sq mi) | 4,743.67 km2 (1,831.54 sq mi) | 4,675.21 km2 (1,805.11 sq mi) |
Population density | 16.5/km2 (43/sq mi) | 16.5/km2 (43/sq mi) | 16.6/km2 (43/sq mi) |
Median age | 53.6 (M: 52.8, F: 54) | 51.1 (M: 50.5, F: 51.6) | 47.9 (M: 47.4, F: 48.4) |
Total private dwellings | 35,830 | 38,789 | 36,482 |
Median household income | $52,793 | $46,728 |
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Gloucester County, New Brunswick[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French |
English |
French & English |
Non-official languages | |||||||||||||
Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 |
77,065 |
64,890 | ![]() |
84.20% | 10,795 | ![]() |
14.01% | 810 | ![]() |
1.05% | 220 | ![]() |
0.28% | |||||
2011 |
76,515 |
64,270 | ![]() |
84.00% | 11,105 | ![]() |
14.51% | 745 | ![]() |
0.97% | 395 | ![]() |
0.52% | |||||
2006 |
77,675 |
65,210 | ![]() |
83.95% | 11,165 | ![]() |
14.37% | 625 | ![]() |
0.80% | 675 | ![]() |
0.87% | |||||
2001 |
81,760 |
68,440 | ![]() |
83.71% | 12,255 | ![]() |
14.99% | 845 | ![]() |
1.03% | 220 | ![]() |
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% |
Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:[10]
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Acadian Coast. |
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