Westmorland County, New Brunswick

County in New Brunswick, Canada

County in New Brunswick, Canada

Westmorland

County

Location within New Brunswick.

Coordinates: 46°04′N 64°31′W﻿ / ﻿46.06°N 64.51°W﻿ / 46.06; -64.51
Country| Canada
Province| New Brunswick
Established| 1785
Area

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• Land| 3,659.74 km2 (1,413.03 sq mi)
Population

(2021)[1]

• Total

| 163,576
• Density| 44.7/km2 (116/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021

|  9.3%
• Dwellings

| 75,506
Time zone| UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code| 506

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Westmorland County (2021 population: 163,576[1]) is a county in New Brunswick, a province of Canada. It is in the south-eastern part of the province. It contains the fast-growing commercial centre of Moncton and its northern and eastern suburbs. Also located in the county are the university town of Sackville and the local tourist destination of Shediac.

Westmorland County is centrally located in the Maritimes and is New Brunswick's most populous county. Fishing and tourism are important industries along the Northumberland Strait shore, and there is some mixed farming in the Petitcodiac River Valley and in the Tantramar Marsh region. The city of Moncton accounts for half of the county's population and has developed as a major transportation, distribution, commercial and retail centre. Dorchester is the historic shire town.

## Origins

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The county, once a part of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, was one of the original eight counties delineated shortly after the creation of the British colony of New Brunswick in 1784. Initially it included what is now Albert County and part of Saint John County.

Due to sweeping social reforms of the Louis Robichaud premiership, the counties no longer serve their role as regional local government and administrative units.

## Transportation

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### Major highways

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* Route 2 (TCH)
* Route 15
* Route 16 (TCH)
* Route 106
* Route 112
* Route 114
* Route 126
* Route 128

## Census subdivisions

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### Communities

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There were the eleven municipalities within Westmorland County before the 2023 local governance reforms (listed with 2021 figures):[2]

Official Name  | Designation  | Area km2 | Population  | Parish

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Moncton | City  | 141.92  | 79,470  | Moncton
Dieppe | City  | 54.05  | 28,114  | Dorchester, Moncton
Shediac | Town  | 53.95  | 7,535  | Shediac
Beaubassin East | Rural community  | 291.08  | 6,718  | Botsford, Shediac
Sackville | Town  | 74.17  | 6,099  | Sackville
Memramcook | Village  | 187.67  | 5,029  | Dorchester
Cap-Pelé | Village  | 23.36  | 2,441  | Botsford, Shediac
Salisbury | Village  | 13.54  | 2,387  | Salisbury
Petitcodiac | Village  | 17.21  | 1,476  | Salisbury
Dorchester | Village  | 5.79  | 906  | Dorchester
Port Elgin | Village  | 2.66  | 381  | Sackville, Westmorland

### First Nations

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There is one First Nations reserve in Westmorland County (population as of 2021):[3]

Official Name  | Designation  | Area km2 | Population  | Parish

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Fort Folly 1 | Reserve  | 0.55  | 36  | Dorchester

### Parishes

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The county is subdivided into seven parishes (listed by 2016 population):[2]

Official Name  | Area km2 | Population  | Municipalities  | Unincorporated communities

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Moncton | 579.63  | 10,704  | Moncton (city)
Dieppe (city) | Allison / Ammon / Berry Mills / Boundary Creek / Canaan / Cape Breton / Gallagher Ridge / Greater Lakeburn / Indian Mountain / Irishtown / Lakeville / LeBlancville / Lutesville / McQuade / Meadow Brook / Melanson Settlement / New Scotland / O'Neil / Pacific Junction / Painsec / Painsec Junction / Scotch Settlement / Shaw Brook / Steeves Mountain / Stilesville
Shediac | 196.71  | 5,144  | Beaubassin East (rural community)
Shediac (town) | Basse-Aboujagane / Batemans Mills / Bourgeois Mills / Chapman Corner / East Shediac / Evangeline / Haute-Aboujagane / MacDougall / Malakoff / Moncton Road / Petit Pre / Ohio-du-Barachois / Pointe-du-Chêne / Saint-Philippe / Scoudouc / Scoudouc Road / Shediac Bridge-Shediac River / Shediac Cape / Shediac Road / The Bluff
Salisbury | 874.16  | 3,377  | Salisbury (village)
Petitcodiac (village) | Dobsons Corner / Fawcett / Fawcett Hill / Fredericton Road / Glenvale / Harewood / Havelock / Hicksville / Hillgrove / Intervale / Kay Settlement / Killams Mills / Kinnear Settlement / Leeman Hill / Lewis Mountain / Monteagle / North Branch / Pollett River / River Glade / Scott Road / Second North River / Steeves Settlement / The Glades / Upper Ridge / Wheaton Settlement
Sackville | 579.98  | 1,204  | Sackville (town) | Aboushagan Road / Anderson Settlement / Babcock Road / British Settlement / Brooklyn / Brooklyn Road / Centre Village / Coles Island Road / Cookville / Evans / Fairfield / Harper's Brook / Johnson's Mills / Lower Rockport / Midgic / Rockport / Upper Rockport / Ward / West Sackville / Westcock / Wood Point / Woodhurst
Botsford | 304.16  | 1,120  | Cap-Pelé (village) | Bayfield / Bayside / Botsford / Cadman Corner / Cape Spear / Cape Tormentine / Chapmans Corner / Hardy / Johnston Point Road / Little Shemogue / Malden / Mates Corner / Melrose / Murray Corner / Murray Road / Petit-Cap / Smith Settlement / Spence Settlement / The Bluff / Timber River / Westmorland / Upper Cape / Woodside
Westmorland | 175.43  | 997  | Port Elgin (village) | Aulac / Baie-Verte / Baie Verte Road / Coburg / Etter Ridge / Fromm's Swamp / Halls Hill / Jolicure / Mount Whatley / Pointe de Bute / Tidnish Bridge / Uniacke Hill / Upper Point de Bute / Westmorland
Dorchester | 90.13  | 438  | Memramcook (village)
Dorchester (village)
Fort Folly 1 (reservation) | Calhoun / Cherry Burton / Dorchester Cape / Middleton / Taylor Village / Upper Dorchester

## Demographics

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

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1991 | 114,745| —
1996 | 120,531| +5.0%
2001 | 124,688| +3.4%
2006 | 132,849| +6.5%
2011 | 144,158| +8.5%
2016 | 149,623| +3.8%
2021 | 163,576| +9.3%
[4][5][6][1]

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Westmorland County had a population of 163,576 living in 70,090 of its 75,506 total private dwellings, a change of 9.3% from its 2016 population of 149,623. With a land area of 3,659.74 km2 (1,413.03 sq mi), it had a population density of 44.7/km2 (115.8/sq mi) in 2021.[1]

Canada census – Westmorland County, New Brunswick community profile

| 2016| 2011

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Population| 149,623 (+3.8% from 2011)| 144,158 (+8.5% from 2006)
Land area| 3,666.15 km2 (1,415.51 sq mi)| 3,662.02 km2 (1,413.91 sq mi)
Population density| 40.8/km2 (106/sq mi)| 39.4/km2 (102/sq mi)
Median age| 43.1 (M: 42.2, F: 43.9)| 41.4 (M: 40.5, F: 42.4)
Private dwellings| 71,839 (total) | 67,842 (total)
Median household income| $61,903| $55,736

References: 2016[2] 2011[7]

### Language

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The dominant dialect of Acadian French spoken in Westmorland County is Chiac.[citation needed]

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Westmorland County, New Brunswick[4][5][6]

Census  |  | Total  |  |

English

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French

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French & English

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Non-official languages

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

2016

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146,610

|  | 77,450  |  1.3%  | 52.83%  |  | 60,570  |  3.0%  | 41.31%  |  | 2,430  |  13.0%  | 1.66%  |  | 6,160  |  74.0%  | 4.20%

2011

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140,925

|  | 76,475  |  7.8%  | 54.27%  |  | 58,795  |  7.2%  | 41.72%  |  | 2,115  |  67.2%  | 1.50%  |  | 3,540  |  17.6%  | 2.51%

2006

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130,080

|  | 70,945  |  3.6%  | 54.54%  |  | 54,860  |  7.4%  | 42.17%  |  | 1,265  |  6.3%  | 0.97%  |  | 3,010  |  102.7%  | 2.31%

2001

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122,405

|  | 68,510  |  1.2%  | 55.97%  |  | 51,060  |  6.7%  | 41.71%  |  | 1,350  |  7.2%  | 1.10%  |  | 1,485  |  12.9%  | 1.21%

1996

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118,330

|  | 67,700  | n/a  | 57.21%  |  | 47,860  | n/a  | 40.45%  |  | 1,455  | n/a  | 1.23%  |  | 1,315  | n/a  | 1.11%

## Access routes

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Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:[8]

* Highways
* Route 1
* Route 2 (TCH)
* Route 15
* Route 16 (TCH)

* Principal Routes
* Route 106
* Route 112
* Route 115
* Route 126
* Route 128
* Route 132
* Route 133
* Route 134
* Route 140

* Secondary Routes:
* Route 490
* Route 880
* Route 885
* Route 890
* Route 905
* Route 925
* Route 933
* Route 935
* Route 940
* Route 945
* Route 950
* Route 955
* Route 960

* External Routes:
* Route 1 (TCH)
* Hwy 104 (TCH)

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## Protected areas and attractions

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

## Notable people

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

## See also

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* List of communities in New Brunswick

## 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. ^ a b c "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
3. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Fort Folly 1, Indian reserve [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
4. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
5. ^ a b 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Westmorland County, New Brunswick
6. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Westmorland, County [Census division], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
7. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
8. ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

## External links

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* Westmorland County Guide

Places adjacent to Westmorland County, New Brunswick

| Queens County
Kings County | Kent County | Northumberland Strait
( Prince County, Prince Edward Island)

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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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