Queens County (French: Comté de Queens; 2016 population 10,472[1]) is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. The county shire town is the village of Gagetown.
Queens | |
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County | |
![]() Location within New Brunswick. | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
Established | 1785 |
Shire town | Gagetown |
Area | |
• Land | 3,686.05 km2 (1,423.19 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 10,472 |
• Density | 2.8/km2 (7/sq mi) |
• Change 2011–2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 7,289 |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (ADT) |
Area code(s) | 506 |
The county's geography is dominated by the Saint John River and Grand Lake. Coal mining is a major industry in the Minto area. Forestry and mixed farming dominate the rest of the county. The CFB Gagetown military training area takes in a large portion of the western part of the county.
There are four municipalities within Queens County (listed by 2016 population):[2]
Official Name | Designation | Area km2 | Population | Parish |
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Minto | Village | 31.68 | 2,305 | Canning |
Chipman | Village | 19.02 | 1,104 | Chipman |
Gagetown | Village | 49.47 | 711 | Gagetown |
Cambridge-Narrows | Village | 107.19 | 562 | Cambridge |
The county is subdivided into ten parishes (listed by 2016 population):[2]
Official Name | Area km2 | Population | Municipalities | Unincorporated communities |
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Canning | 174.38 | 924 | Minto (village) | Back Road / Canning / Clarks Corners / Douglas Harbour / Flowers Cove / Lake Road / Maquapit Lake / Newcastle Center / Newcastle Centre / Newcastle Creek / Princess Park / Scotchtown / Sunnyside Beach / Sypher Cove / Upper Gagetown / Wuhr's Beach Road |
Chipman | 483.44 | 913 | Chipman (village) | Briggs Corner / Bronson / Bronson Settlement / Camp Wegesegum / Castaway / Coal Creek / Dufferin / Fowlers Corner / Gaspereau Forks / Harley Road / Iron Bound Cove / Kings Mines / Leckey Road / Midland / Redbank / Salmon Creek / Salmon River / The Ridge / Upper Gaspereau |
Waterborough | 445.55 | 847 | Cox Point / Cumberland Bay / Cumberland Point / Grant Settlement / Mill Cove / New Dominion Road / Pangburn / Rees / The Range / Union Settlement / Waterborough / Youngs Cove | |
Petersville | 590.14 | 681 | Bayard / Blagdon / Clarendon / Enniskillen / Fowlers Corners / Petersville / Welsford / Wirral / Wirral Station / Wirral-Enniskillen | |
Cambridge | 113.65 | 647 | Cambridge-Narrows | Cherry Hill / Jemseg / Lower Cambridge / Lower Jemseg / Robertson Point / Scovil / Whites Cove |
Johnston | 359.32 | 560 | Annidale / Bagdad / Canaan Rapids / Chambres Corner / Codys / Coles Island / Highfield / Johnston / Long Creek / Partridge Valley / Phillipstown / Salmon Creek / Smith Corner / Thornetown / Washademoak / Waterloo Corner / Youngs Cove Road | |
Wickham | 160.34 | 427 | Bald Hill / Belyeas Cove / Big Cove / Carpenter / Crafts Cove / Henderson Settlement / London Settlement / MacDonalds Point / Shannon / Wickham | |
Gagetown | 234.88 | 311 | Gagetown (village) | Coytown / Mill Road / Upper Gagetown |
Hampstead | 212.56 | 277 | Central Hampstead / Elm Hill / Hampstead / McAlpines / Pleasant Villa / Quarries / Queenstown | |
Brunswick | 704.43 | 203 | Alward / Brookvale / Brunswick / Canaan Forks / Cherryvale / Forks Stream / Hunters Home / New Canaan |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1991 | 12,519 | — |
1996 | 12,470 | −0.4% |
2001 | 11,862 | −4.9% |
2006 | 11,708 | −1.3% |
2011 | 11,086 | −5.3% |
2016 | 10,472 | −5.5% |
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As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Queens County had a population of 10,998 living in 5,133 of its 6,854 total private dwellings, a change of 5% from its 2016 population of 10,472. With a land area of 3,681.05 km2 (1,421.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.0/km2 (7.7/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 10,472 (−5.5% from 2011) | 11,086 (−5.3% from 2006) |
Land area | 3,686.05 km2 (1,423.19 sq mi) | 3,681.98 km2 (1,421.62 sq mi) |
Population density | 2.8/km2 (7.3/sq mi) | 3.0/km2 (7.8/sq mi) |
Median age | 54.4 (M: 54.2, F: 54.6) | 51.3 (M: 51.0, F: 51.7) |
Total private dwellings | 7,289 | 7,337 |
Median household income | $48,539 | $45,555 |
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Queens County, New Brunswick[3][4][1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | English |
French |
English & French |
Other | |||||||||||||
Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 |
10,290 |
9,655 | ![]() |
93.83% | 445 | ![]() |
4.32% | 40 | ![]() |
0.39% | 150 | ![]() |
1.46% | |||||
2011 |
10,865 |
10,195 | ![]() |
93.83% | 500 | ![]() |
4.60% | 40 | ![]() |
0.37% | 130 | ![]() |
1.20% | |||||
2006 |
11,460 |
10,495 | ![]() |
91.58% | 610 | ![]() |
5.32% | 55 | ![]() |
0.48% | 300 | ![]() |
2.62% | |||||
2001 |
11,635 |
10,870 | ![]() |
93.43% | 520 | ![]() |
4.47% | 40 | ![]() |
0.34% | 205 | ![]() |
1.76% | |||||
1996 |
12,255 |
11,410 | n/a | 93.10% | 675 | n/a | 5.51% | 40 | n/a | 0.37% | 130 | n/a | 1.01% |
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