List of municipalities in New Brunswick
New Brunswick is the eighth-most populous province in Canada with 751,171 residents as of the 2011 Census. It is the third-smallest in land area at approximately 71,400 km2 (27,600 sq mi).[1] New Brunswick's 107 municipalities[2] cover only 8.6% of the province's land mass but are home to 65.3% of its population.
Municipalities in New Brunswick may incorporate under the Municipalities Act of 1973 as a city, town, village, regional municipality, or rural community.[3] Municipal governments are led by elected councils and are responsible for the delivery of services such as civic administration, land use planning, emergency measures, policing, road, and garbage collection.[4] New Brunwsick has 8 cities, 26 towns, 65 villages, 1 regional municipality, and 8 rural communities.[4] Although rural communities are under the Municipalities Act, the provincial government distinguishes them from municipalities.[5]
Saint John was the first municipality in what would later become the province of New Brunswick to incorporate, in 1785,[6] and is the largest municipality by population with 70,063 as of the 2011 census and largest urban municipality by land area at 315.82 km2 (121.94 sq mi).[7] Approximately one-third of the residents of New Brunswick do not live in municipalities but reside in local service districts, which are unincorporated communities administered by the Minister of Environment and Local Government and have no local government of their own.[4]
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Cities
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The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may incorporate a town as a city under the Municipal Act if it has a population of at least ten thousand.[3] New Brunswick had eight cities that had a cumulative population of 272,174 and an average population of 34,022 in the 2011 Census.[7] Saint John is New Brunswick's largest city by population (70,063) and land area (315.82 km2 (121.94 sq mi)).[7] New Brunswick's smallest smallest city by population (7,385) is Campbellton and smallest by size is Miramichi at 99.0 km2 (38.2 sq mi).[7]
Towns
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The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may incorporate a village as a town under the Municipal Act if it has a population of fifteen hundred or more, and provides a level of services that the Minister of Environment and Local Government considers appropriate.[3] New Brunswick had 26 towns that had a cumulative population of 129,311 and an average population of 4,974 in the 2011 Census.[7] New Brunswick's largest town by population is Riverview with 19,128 residents and largest town by area is Sackville with a land area of 74.32 km2 (28.70 sq mi).[7] New Brunswick's smallest town by population is Hartland with 947 residents and the smallest by land area is Saint-Quentin at 74.32 km2 (28.70 sq mi).[7]
Villages
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New Brunswick had 66 villages at the time of the 2011 Census,[7] which dropped to 65 on July 1, 2012 when Kedgwick became a rural community.[8] In the 2011 Census, the province's 65 villages had a cumulative population of 71,956 and an average population of 1,107.[7] New Brunswick's largest village by population is Memramcook with 4,831 residents and largest village by area is Belledune with a land area of 189.33 km2 (73.10 sq mi).[7] New Brunswick's smallest village by population is Meductic with 228 residents and the smallest by land area is Saint-Louis de Kent at 2.00 km2 (0.77 sq mi).[7][9]
Regional municipalities
New Brunswick's first and only regional municipality was incorporated on May 12, 2014. The Regional Municipality of Tracadie was formed through the amalgamation of the former Town of Tracadie–Sheila, eighteen local service districts and portions of two other local service districts.[10] Regional municipalities must have a population greater than 15,000 and a community grouping that includes at least one municipality.[4] Regional municipalities elect a local council but are responsible only for community administration, planning and emergency measures services, and all services previously provided by any former municipality that is now part of the regional municipality.[4] The Province of New Brunswick is responsible for police protection and road services, unless the regional municipality chooses to assume these responsibilities.[4]
Rural communities
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New Brunswick had five rural communities at the time of the 2011 Census;[7] this increased to eight following the incorporations of Kedgwick in 2012 and Cocagne and Hanwell in 2014.[lower-alpha 1] These eight rural communities had a cumulative population of 12,406 and an average population of 1,772 in the 2011 Census.[7] New Brunswick's largest and smallest rural communities are Beaubassin East and Saint-André with populations of 6,200 and 819 respectively.[7] Rural communities elect local councils and are responsible for the delivery of some local services, including administrative services, community planning and emergency measures.[4] The province of New Brunswick ensures the delivery of other services including but not limited to solid waste collection and recreation services unless the rural community chooses to take on these responsibilities.[4] Rural communities that include a former village or town are an exception, as they are responsible to provide all services that were previously provided by their former municipality.[4]
List


Name | Status | Incorporation year[6] |
Population (2011)[7] |
Population (2006)[7] |
Change (%)[7] |
Land area (km²)[7] |
Population density (per km²)[7] |
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Bathurst | City | 1912 | 12,275 | 12,714 | −3.5 | 91.86 | 133.6 |
Campbellton | City | 1888 | 7,385 | 7,384 | 0.0 | 18.66 | 395.8 |
Dieppe | City | 1952 | 23,310 | 18,565 | 25.6 | 54.11 | 430.8 |
Edmundston | City | 1952 | 16,032 | 16,643 | −3.7 | 107.00 | 149.8 |
Fredericton | City | 1848 | 56,224 | 50,535 | 11.3 | 131.67 | 427.0 |
Miramichi | City | 1995 | 17,811 | 18,129 | −1.8 | 179.93 | 99.0 |
Moncton | City | 1890 | 69,074 | 64,128 | 7.7 | 141.17 | 489.3 |
Saint John | City | 1785 | 70,063 | 68,043 | 3.0 | 315.82 | 221.8 |
Beresford | Town | 1967 | 4,351 | 4,264 | 2.0 | 19.20 | 226.6 |
Bouctouche | Town | 1966 | 2,423 | 2,383 | 1.7 | 18.34 | 132.1 |
Caraquet | Town | 1961 | 4,169 | 4,156 | 0.3 | 68.26 | 61.1 |
Dalhousie | Town | 1905 | 3,512 | 3,676 | −4.5 | 14.51 | 242.0 |
Florenceville-Bristol | Town | 2008 | 1,639 | 1,539 | 6.5 | 15.61 | 105.0 |
Grand Bay-Westfield | Town | 1998 | 5,117 | 4,981 | 2.7 | 59.86 | 85.5 |
Grand Falls | Town | 1890 | 5,706 | 5,650 | 1.0 | 18.06 | 315.9 |
Hampton | Town | 1966 | 4,292 | 4,004 | 7.2 | 21.00 | 204.4 |
Hartland | Town | 1918 | 947 | 947 | 0.0 | 9.63 | 98.3 |
Lamèque | Town | 1966 | 1,432 | 1,422 | 0.7 | 12.45 | 115.0 |
Nackawic | Town | 1976 | 1,049 | 977 | 7.4 | 8.40 | 124.9 |
Oromocto | Town | 1956 | 8,932 | 8,402 | 6.3 | 22.37 | 399.3 |
Quispamsis | Town | 1966 | 17,886 | 15,239 | 17.4 | 57.06 | 313.5 |
Richibucto | Town | 1966 | 1,286 | 1,290 | −0.3 | 11.83 | 108.7 |
Riverview | Town | 1973 | 19,128 | 17,832 | 7.3 | 33.88 | 564.6 |
Rothesay | Town | 1988 | 11,947 | 11,637 | 2.7 | 34.77 | 343.6 |
Sackville | Town | 1903 | 5,558 | 5,411 | 2.7 | 74.32 | 74.8 |
Saint Andrews | Town | 1903 | 1,889 | 1,798 | 5.1 | 8.35 | 226.2 |
St. George | Town | 1904 | 1,543 | 1,309 | 17.9 | 16.13 | 95.7 |
Saint-Léonard | Town | 1920 | 1,343 | 1,352 | −0.7 | 5.20 | 258.3 |
Saint-Quentin | Town | 1947 | 2,095 | 2,250 | −6.9 | 4.30 | 487.2 |
St. Stephen | Town | 1973[lower-alpha 2] | 4,817 | 4,780 | 0.8 | 13.45 | 358.1 |
Shediac | Town | 1903 | 6,053 | 5,497 | 10.1 | 12.50 | 484.2 |
Shippagan | Town | 1947 | 2,631[9] | 2,754 | −4.5 | 9.94 | 264.7 |
Sussex | Town | 1904 | 4,312 | 4,241 | 1.7 | 9.03 | 477.5 |
Woodstock | Town | 1856 | 5,254 | 5,113 | 2.8 | 13.41 | 391.8 |
Alma | Village | 1966 | 232 | 301 | −22.9 | 47.64 | 4.9 |
Aroostook | Village | 1966 | 351 | 346 | 1.4 | 2.24 | 156.7 |
Atholville | Village | 1966 | 1,237 | 1,317 | −6.1 | 10.25 | 120.7 |
Baker Brook | Village | 1967 | 585 | 525 | 11.4 | 12.29 | 47.6 |
Balmoral | Village | 1972 | 1,719 | 1,706 | 0.8 | 43.53 | 39.5 |
Bas-Caraquet | Village | 1966 | 1,380 | 1,471 | −6.2 | 31.00 | 44.5 |
Bath | Village | 1966 | 532 | 512 | 3.9 | 2.03 | 262.1 |
Belledune | Village | 1968 | 1,548 | 1,711 | −9.5 | 189.33 | 8.2 |
Bertrand | Village | 1968 | 1,137 | 1,179 | −3.6 | 46.45 | 24.5 |
Blacks Harbour | Village | 1972 | 982 | 952 | 3.2 | 8.90 | 110.3 |
Blackville | Village | 1966 | 990 | 931 | 6.3 | 21.73 | 45.6 |
Cambridge-Narrows | Village | 1966 | 620 | 717 | −13.5 | 106.94 | 5.8 |
Canterbury | Village | 1966 | 336[9] | 360 | −6.7 | 5.34 | 62.9 |
Cap-Pelé | Village | 1969 | 2,256 | 2,279 | −1.0 | 23.78 | 94.9 |
Centreville | Village | 1966 | 542 | 523 | 3.6 | 2.69 | 201.5 |
Charlo | Village | 1969 | 1,324 | 1,386 | −4.5 | 31.24 | 42.4 |
Chipman | Village | 1966 | 1,236 | 1,291 | −4.3 | 19.58 | 63.1 |
Clair | Village | 1966 | 857 | 848 | 1.1 | 10.39 | 82.5 |
Doaktown | Village | 1966 | 793 | 888 | −10.7 | 28.74 | 27.6 |
Dorchester | Village | 1966 | 1,167 | 1,119 | 4.3 | 5.74 | 203.3 |
Drummond | Village | 1967 | 775 | 839 | −7.6 | 8.91 | 87.0 |
Eel River Crossing | Village | 1966 | 1,209 | 1,168 | 3.5 | 17.45 | 69.3 |
Fredericton Junction | Village | 1966 | 752 | 715 | 5.2 | 23.86 | 31.5 |
Gagetown | Village | 1966 | 698 | 719 | −2.9 | 49.48 | 14.1 |
Grand Manan | Village | 1995 | 2,377 | 2,460 | −3.4 | 150.86 | 15.8 |
Grande-Anse | Village | 1968 | 738 | 758 | −2.6 | 24.42 | 30.2 |
Harvey | Village | 1966 | 363 | 352 | 3.1 | 2.46 | 147.6 |
Hillsborough | Village | 1966 | 1,350 | 1,292 | 4.5 | 12.98 | 104.0 |
Lac Baker | Village | 1967 | 719 | 705 | 2.0 | 37.12 | 19.4 |
Le Goulet | Village | 1986 | 817 | 908 | −10.0 | 5.46 | 149.6 |
Maisonnette | Village | 1986 | 573 | 599 | −4.3 | 12.88 | 44.5 |
McAdam | Village | 1966 | 1,284 | 1,404 | −8.5 | 14.47 | 88.7 |
Meductic | Village | 1966 | 228[9] | 155 | 47.1 | 5.57 | 40.9 |
Memramcook | Village | 1995 | 4,831 | 4,638 | 4.2 | 185.71 | 26.0 |
Millville | Village | 1966 | 307 | 303 | 1.3 | 12.16 | 25.2 |
Minto | Village | 1966 | 2,505 | 2,681 | −6.6 | 31.53 | 79.4 |
Neguac | Village | 1967 | 1,678 | 1,623 | 3.4 | 26.69 | 62.9 |
New Maryland | Village | 1991 | 4,232 | 4,248 | −0.4 | 21.24 | 199.2 |
Nigadoo | Village | 1967 | 952 | 927 | 2.7 | 7.69 | 123.8 |
Norton | Village | 1966 | 1,301 | 1,314 | −1.0 | 75.35 | 17.3 |
Paquetville | Village | 1966 | 706 | 642 | 10.0 | 9.40 | 75.1 |
Perth-Andover | Village | 1966 | 1,778 | 1,797 | −1.1 | 8.89 | 200.0 |
Petitcodiac | Village | 1966 | 1,429 | 1,368 | 4.5 | 17.22 | 83.0 |
Petit-Rocher | Village | 1966 | 1,908 | 1,949 | −2.1 | 4.49 | 424.9 |
Plaster Rock | Village | 1966 | 1,135 | 1,150 | −1.3 | 3.09 | 367.3 |
Pointe-Verte | Village | 1966 | 976 | 971 | 0.5 | 13.79 | 70.8 |
Port Elgin | Village | 1922 | 418 | 451 | −7.3 | 2.61 | 160.2 |
Rexton | Village | 1966 | 818 | 862 | −5.1 | 6.14 | 133.2 |
Riverside-Albert | Village | 1966 | 353 | 320 | 10.3 | 3.41 | 103.5 |
Rivière-Verte | Village | 1966 | 744 | 798 | −6.8 | 7.00 | 106.3 |
Rogersville | Village | 1966 | 1,170 | 1,165 | 0.4 | 7.23 | 161.8 |
Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska | Village | 1966 | 1,002 | 1,073 | −6.6 | 9.21 | 108.8 |
Saint-Antoine | Village | 1966[lower-alpha 3] | 1,770 | 1,546 | 14.5 | 6.43 | 275.3 |
Saint-François-de-Madawaska | Village | 1966 | 533 | 585 | −8.9 | 6.34 | 84.1 |
Saint-Hilaire | Village | 1967 | 303[9] | 231 | 31.2 | 5.67 | 53.4 |
Saint-Isidore | Village | 1966 | 748 | 796 | −6.0 | 22.58 | 33.1 |
Saint-Léolin | Village | 1978 | 684[9] | 733 | −6.7 | 19.78 | 34.6 |
Saint-Louis de Kent | Village | 1966 | 930 | 960 | −3.1 | 2.00 | 465.0 |
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël | Village | 1986 | 955 | 993 | −3.8 | 15.61 | 61.2 |
St. Martins | Village | 1966 | 314 | 386 | −18.7 | 2.29 | 137.1 |
Salisbury | Village | 1966 | 2,208 | 2,036 | 8.4 | 13.68 | 161.4 |
Stanley | Village | 1966 | 419 | 433 | −3.2 | 17.34 | 24.2 |
Sussex Corner | Village | 1966 | 1,495 | 1,413 | 5.8 | 9.43 | 158.5 |
Tide Head | Village | 1966 | 1,036 | 1,075 | −3.6 | 19.57 | 52.9 |
Tracy | Village | 1966 | 611 | 619 | −1.3 | 29.39 | 20.8 |
Tracadie | Regional municipality | 2014[13] | 16,137 | 24.65 | 200.1[14] | ||
Beaubassin East | Rural community | 1995[15] | 6,200 | 6,429 | −3.6 | 291.12 | 21.3 |
Campobello Island | Rural community | 2010[16] | 925 | 1,056 | −12.4 | 39.67 | 23.3 |
Cocagne | Rural community | 2014[11] | 2,540[17] | ||||
Hanwell | Rural community | 2014[12] | 4,740[17] | ||||
Kedgwick[lower-alpha 4] | Rural community | 2012[8] | 2,089 | 2,251 | −7.1 | 657.76 | 3.2 |
Saint-André | Rural community | 2006[18] | 819 | 868 | −5.6 | 8.12 | 100.9 |
Upper Miramichi | Rural community | 2008[19] | 2,373 | 2,414 | −1.7 | 1,835.01 | 1.3 |
Total cities | — | — | 272,174 | 256,141 | 6.3 | 1,040.22 | 261.7 |
Total regional municipality | — | — | 4,933 | — | — | 24.65 | 200.1 |
Total rural communities[lower-alpha 5] | — | — | 12,406 | 13,018 | −4.7 | 2,831.68 | 4.4 |
Total towns | — | — | 129,311 | 122,904 | 5.2 | 591.86 | 218.5 |
Total villages | — | — | 71,956 | 72,522 | −0.8 | 1,638.71 | 43.9 |
Total municipalities | — | — | 490,780 | — | — | 6,127.12 | 80.1 |
See also
- Demographics of New Brunswick
- Geography of New Brunswick
- List of census agglomerations in Atlantic Canada
- List of communities in New Brunswick
- List of designated places in New Brunswick
- List of local service districts in New Brunswick
- List of municipal amalgamations in New Brunswick
- List of parishes in New Brunswick
- List of population centres in New Brunswick
- List of rural communities in New Brunswick
- List of villages in New Brunswick
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