Charlotte County, New Brunswick

County in New Brunswick, Canada

County in New Brunswick, Canada

Charlotte County

Comté de Charlotte

County

County courthouse and jail

Location within New Brunswick

Coordinates: 45°10′N 66°50′W﻿ / ﻿45.167°N 66.833°W﻿ / 45.167; -66.833
Country| Canada
Province| New Brunswick
Established| 1785
Named after| Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Area

[1]

• Land| 3,418.24 km2 (1,319.79 sq mi)
Population

(2021)[1]

• Total

| 26,015
• Density| 7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021

|  2.3%
• Dwellings

| 13,449
Time zone| UTC−04:00 (AST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−03:00 (ADT)
Area code| 506

Charlotte County (2021 population 26,015[1]) is the most southwestern county of New Brunswick, Canada.

It was formed in 1784 when New Brunswick was partitioned from Nova Scotia[2] and named for Queen Charlotte.[3] Once a layer of local government, the county seat was abolished with the New Brunswick Equal Opportunity program in 1966. Counties continue to be used as census subdivisions by Statistics Canada.

Located in the southwestern corner of the province, bordering the US state of Maine, Charlotte County is at the northern end of the Appalachian Mountains, which gives it a rugged terrain that includes Mount Pleasant. The St. Croix, Magaguadavic, and Digdegaush rivers drain into the Bay of Fundy. The county includes the large, populated islands of Grand Manan, White Head, Deer Island, and Campobello.

Eighteen per cent of the workforce is employed in aquaculture. Connors Bros., the largest sardine canning facility in North America, is located in Blacks Harbour. Cooke Aquaculture is an Atlantic salmon farming company, founded and headquartered in St. George. A paper mill, operated by JD Irving, is in Utopia, and Flakeboard Co. Ltd. operates outside of St. Stephen. Ganong Bros., Canada's oldest chocolate company, maintains its factory in St. Stephen.

Governance is in the form of New Brunswick municipalities in the case of the towns of St. Andrews, St. George, and St. Stephen, the villages of Grand Manan and Blacks Harbour, and the rural community of Campobello Island. The remaining parts of the county are administered as local service districts of the Southwest New Brunswick Regional Service Commission, except Clarendon, which is part of RSC 11 in neighbouring Sunbury County.

## Demographics

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Historical Census Data - Charlotte County, New BrunswickYear| Pop.| ±%

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|

1991 | 26,607| —
1996 | 27,335| +2.7%
2001 | 27,366| +0.1%
2006 | 26,898| −1.7%
2011 | 26,549| −1.3%
2016 | 25,428| −4.2%
2021 | 26,015| +2.3%
[4][5][1]

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Charlotte County had a population of 26,015 living in 11,560 of its 13,449 total private dwellings, a change of 2.3% from its 2016 population of 25,428. With a land area of 3,418.24 km2 (1,319.79 sq mi), it had a population density of 7.6/km2 (19.7/sq mi) in 2021.[1]

Canada census – Charlotte community profile

| 2021| 2016| 2011

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|

Population| 26,015 (+2.3% from 2016)| 25,428 (-4.2% from 2011)| 26,549 (-1.3% from 2006)
Land area| 3,418.24 km2 (1,319.79 sq mi)| 3,426.97 km2 (1,323.16 sq mi)| 3,424.33 km2 (1,322.14 sq mi)
Population density| 7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)| 7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)| 7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)
Median age| 49.6 (M: 48.8, F: 50.4)| 47.9 (M: 47.0, F: 48.8)| 45.1 (M: 44.0, F: 46.0)
Private dwellings| 13,449 (total) 11,560 (occupied)| 13,513 (total) | 13,486 (total)
Median household income| $67,500| $55,701| $48,953

References: 2021[6] 2016[7] 2011[8]

### Population by census subdivision

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Official name  | Designation  | Area: km2 (sq mi)  | 2016 population[7]

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|
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St. Stephen | Town  | 13.52 (5.22)  | 4,415
Grand Manan | Village  | 152.77 (58.98)  | 2,360
St. Andrews | Town  | 8.35 (3.22)  | 1,786
St. George | Town  | 16.17 (6.24)  | 1,517
Saint George | Parish  |  | 2,141
Pennfield | Parish  |  | 2,170
Saint Stephen | Parish  |  | 1,839
Saint David | Parish  |  | 1,529
Saint James | Parish  |  | 1,186
Fundy Bay  | LSD  | 60.24  | 1,167
Dennis-Weston  | LSD  | 43.94  | 1,023
Blacks Harbour | Village  | 9.06 (3.50)  | 894
Campobello Island | Rural community  | 39.67 (15.32)  | 872
West Isles | Parish  |  | 797
Lepreau | Parish  |  | 707
Saint Patrick | Parish  |  | 689
Saint Croix | Parish  |  | 657
Dufferin | Parish  |  | 573
Saint Andrews | Parish  |  | 553
Western Charlotte part B  | LSD  | 28.97  | 534
Western Charlotte part A  | LSD  | 162.3  | 435
Dumbarton | Parish  |  | 335
Beaver Harbour | LSD  | 2.25  | 277
Grand Manan | Parish  |  | 145
Clarendon | Parish  |  | 63

### Language

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Canada Census Mother Tongue - Charlotte County, New Brunswick[4]

Census  |  | Total  |  |

English

|  |

French

|  |

English & French

|  |

Non-official languages

Year  |  | Responses  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %

2016

|  |

25,115

|  | 23,850  |  4.9%  | 94.96%  |  | 580  |  5.2%  | 2.31%  |  | 50  |  10.0%  | 0.21%  |  | 570  |  12.9%  | 2.27%

2011

|  |

26,185

|  | 25,015  |  2.4%  | 95.53%  |  | 610  |  7.0%  | 2.33%  |  | 55  |  120.0%  | 0.21%  |  | 505  |  26.3%  | 1.93%

2006

|  |

26,620

|  | 25,625  |  1.8%  | 96.26%  |  | 570  |  15.6%  | 2.14%  |  | 25  |  28.6%  | 0.10%  |  | 400  |  90.5%  | 1.50%

2001

|  |

27,020

|  | 26,100  |  0.2%  | 96.59%  |  | 675  |  23.9%  | 2.50%  |  | 35  |  22.2%  | 0.13%  |  | 210  |  16.0%  | 0.78%

1996

|  |

26,990

|  | 26,150  | n/a  | 96.89%  |  | 545  | n/a  | 2.02%  |  | 45  | n/a  | 0.17%  |  | 250  | n/a  | 0.93%

## Infrastructure

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### Power generation

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Hydroelectric dams operate in St. George and St. Stephen at Milltown, though the latter is currently being decommissioned.

### Major highways

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* Route 1
* Route 3
* Route 127
* Route 170
* Route 172
* Route 175
* Route 176
* Route 630
* Route 725
* Route 730
* Route 735
* Route 740
* Route 745
* Route 750
* Route 755
* Route 760
* Route 770
* Route 772
* Route 774
* Route 776
* Route 778
* Route 780
* Route 785

## See also

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1909 advertisement for the first Charlotte County Fair

* Charlotte County Militia
* List of communities in New Brunswick
* List of historic places in Charlotte County, New Brunswick
* List of people from Charlotte County, New Brunswick
* Disputed areas with the United States: Machias Seal Island, North Rock
* List of parishes in New Brunswick
* Royal eponyms in Canada

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
2. ^ Slumkoski, Corey (2005). "The Partition of Nova Scotia". The Winslow Papers. Electronic text centre (UNB Libraries). Retrieved May 5, 2020.
3. ^ "Charlotte 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 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
5. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Charlotte County, New Brunswick
6. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
7. ^ a b "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
8. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2014.

Places adjacent to Charlotte County, New Brunswick

|  | York County / Sunbury County | Queens County

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Washington County, Maine
United States |

Charlotte County

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Saint John County
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| Bay of Fundy |

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Subdivisions of New Brunswick

Cities|

* Bathurst
* Campbellton
* Dieppe
* Edmundston
* Fredericton
* Miramichi
* Moncton
* Saint John

Towns|

* Beaurivage
* Belle-Baie
* Cap-Acadie
* Caraquet
* Carleton North
* Champdoré
* Grand Bay–Westfield
* Grand Falls
* Grand-Bouctouche
* Hampton
* Hartland
* Hautes-Terres
* Heron Bay
* Île-de-Lamèque
* Oromocto
* Quispamsis
* Riverview
* Rivière-du-Nord
* Rothesay
* Saint-Quentin
* Salisbury
* Shediac
* Shippagan
* St. Andrews
* St. Stephen
* Sussex
* Tantramar
* Vallée-des-Rivières
* Woodstock

Villages|

* Arcadia
* Belledune
* Bois-Joli
* Doaktown
* Five Rivers
* Fredericton Junction
* Fundy Albert
* Fundy-St. Martins
* Grand Lake
* Grand Manan
* Lakeland Ridges
* McAdam
* Memramcook
* Neguac
* New Maryland
* Nouvelle-Arcadie
* Southern Victoria
* Three Rivers
* Tobique Valley
* Tracy
* Valley Waters

Regional municipality|

* Tracadie

Rural communities|

* Alnwick
* Butternut Valley
* Campobello Island
* Central York
* Eastern Charlotte
* Fundy Shores
* Hanwell
* Harvey
* Haut-Madawaska
* Kedgwick
* Maple Hills
* Miramichi River Valley
* Nackawic-Millville
* Nashwaak
* Strait Shores
* Sunbury-York South
* Upper Miramichi

Rural districts|

* Acadian Peninsula
* Capital Region
* Chaleur
* Fundy
* Greater Miramichi
* Kent
* Kings
* Northwest
* Restigouche
* Southeast
* Southwest
* Western Valley

Regional service commissions|

* Acadian Peninsula
* Capital Region
* Chaleur
* Fundy
* Greater Miramichi
* Kent
* Kings
* Northwest
* Restigouche
* Southeast
* Southwest
* Western Valley

School districts|

* Anglophone North
* Anglophone South
* Anglophone East
* Anglophone West
* Nord-Est
* Nord-Ouest
* Sud

Indian reserves|

* Big Hole Tract 8 (North Half)
* Big Hole Tract 8 (South Half)
* Buctouche 16
* Buctouche Micmac Band Extension
* Devon 30
* Eel Ground 2
* Eel River 3
* Esgenoôpetitj
* Fort Folly 1
* Indian Island 28
* Indian Point 1
* Indian Ranch
* Kingsclear 6
* Metepenagiag Urban Reserve 3
* Metepenagiag Urban Reserve 8
* Metepenagiag Uta'nk
* Moose Meadows 4
* Oinpegitjoig
* Oromocto 26
* Pabineau 11
* Pokemouche 13
* Red Bank 4
* Red Bank 7
* Renous 12
* Richibucto 15
* Soegao No. 35
* St Basile 10
* St. Mary's 24
* Tabusintac 9
* The Brothers 18
* Tobique 20
* Woodstock 23

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