Meductic is a small village located along the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, approximately 33 kilometres southeast of Woodstock. Meductic's mayor is Lance Royden Graham.[2]

Meductic
Village
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Coordinates: 45°59′42″N 67°29′03″W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	York County
Parish	Canterbury Parish
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Lance Royden Graham
Area [1]
• Land	6.67 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	173
• Density	25.9/km2 (67/sq mi)
Demonym	Meductite
Time zone	UTC−4 (Atlantic (AST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−3 (Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT))
Canadian Postal code	E6H
Area code	506
NTS Map	021G11
GNBC Code	DBAQZ

History

During the Expulsion of the Acadians, the village was burned in the St. John River Campaign (1758). Until the 18th century, Meductic was the largest settlement of the Wolastoqiyik people. [3]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Meductic had a population of 180 living in 83 of its 93 total private dwellings, a change of -16.3% from its 2016 population of 215. With a land area of 6.26 km² (2.42 sq mi), it had a population density of 28.8/km² (74.5/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Notable people

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick

References

• The old Meductic Fort and the Indian chapel of Saint Jean Baptiste: paper read before the New Brunswick Historical Society (1897)

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