Gloucester County, New Brunswick

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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Gloucester
County
Location within New Brunswick.
Location within New Brunswick.
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
Established1826
Area
[1]
 • Land4,743.67 km2 (1,831.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total78,444
 • Density16.5/km2 (43/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
Decrease 1.9%
 • Dwellings
38,789
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code506

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. The county is named for Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh.[3]


Census subdivisions[edit]

Communities[edit]

There are nineteen municipalities within the county (listed by 2016 population):[4]

Official Name Designation Area km2 Population Parish
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

First Nations[edit]

There is one First Nations reservation in Gloucester County (listed with 2016 population):[4]

Official Name Designation Area km2 Population Parish
Pabineau 11 Reservation 4.92 134 Bathurst

Parishes[edit]

The county is subdivided into ten parishes (listed by 2016 population):[4]

Official Name Area km2 Population Municipalities Unincorporated communities
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

Demographics[edit]

Historical Census Data - Gloucester County, New Brunswick
YearPop.±%
1991 87,613—    
1996 87,601−0.0%
2001 82,929−5.3%
2006 78,948−4.8%
2011 77,792−1.5%
2011 rev79,943+2.8%
2016 78,444−1.9%
The 2011 population count was revised[5][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.[6]

Canada census – Gloucester community profile
202120162011
Population78,256 (-0.2% from 2016)78,444 (+0.8% from 2011)77,792 (-1.5% from 2006)
Land area4,734.30 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 density16.5/km2 (43/sq mi)16.5/km2 (43/sq mi)16.6/km2 (43/sq mi)
Median age53.6 (M: 52.8, F: 54.0)51.1 (M: 50.5, F: 51.6)47.9 (M: 47.4, F: 48.4)
Private dwellings39,145 (total)  35,830 (occupied)38,789 (total)  36,482 (total) 
Median household income$60,800$52,793$46,728
References: 2021[7] 2016[4] 2011[8] earlier[9][10]

Language[edit]

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Gloucester County, New Brunswick[5]
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 Increase 1.0% 84.20% 10,795 Decrease 2.8% 14.01% 810 Increase 8.0% 1.05% 220 Decrease 44.3% 0.28%
2011
76,515
 64,270 Decrease 1.4% 84.00% 11,105 Decrease 0.5% 14.51% 745 Increase 19.2% 0.97% 395 Decrease 41.5% 0.52%
2006
77,675
 65,210 Decrease 4.7% 83.95% 11,165 Decrease 8.9% 14.37% 625 Decrease 26.0% 0.80% 675 Increase 206.8% 0.87%
2001
81,760
 68,440 Decrease 5.0% 83.71% 12,255 Decrease 9.5% 14.99% 845 Increase 8.3% 1.03% 220 Decrease 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[edit]

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:[11]

Protected areas and attractions[edit]

See also: List of historic places in Gloucester County, New Brunswick

Notable people[edit]

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Gloucester, County [Census division], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  2. ^ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Gloucester County
  3. ^ "Gloucester County", Place Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, retrieved August 13, 2023
  4. ^ a b c d "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  6. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  7. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  8. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  9. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  10. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
  11. ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

External links[edit]

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Acadian Coast.



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