Lamèque

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title: "Lamèque" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communities-in-gloucester-county,-new-brunswick", "former-towns-in-new-brunswick", "2023-disestablishments-in-new-brunswick", "populated-coastal-places-in-canada"] topic_path: "geography/canada" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamèque" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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official_nameLamèque
image_captionAerial view of Lamèque
image_sealLameque NB logo.png
map_captionLocation within New Brunswick
pushpin_mapNew Brunswick
pushpin_label
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coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameCanada
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1New Brunswick
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Gloucester
subdivision_type3Parish
subdivision_name3Shippagan
subdivision_type4Town
subdivision_name4Île-de-Lamèque
established_titleFounded
established_date1790
established_title2Incorporated (Village)
established_date2November 6, 1966
established_title3Incorporated (Town)
established_date3September 1, 1982
area_footnotes
area_land_km212.40
population_footnotes
population_total1,301
population_as_of2021
population_density_km2104.9
population_blank1_titleChange (2016–21)
population_blank11.2%
population_blank2_titleDwellings
population_blank2606
timezoneAST
utc_offset-4
timezone_DSTADT
utc_offset_DST-3
postal_code_typePostal code(s)
postal_codeE8T
area_code506
blank_nameHighways

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Lamèque () is a former town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held town status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Île-de-Lamèque.

Of Amerindian rather than French origin, "Lamèque" comes from the Mi'kmaq Elmugwadasik, a descriptive reference to the fact that "the head of the tidal river is turned to one side". The name of the island approved by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names in 1974, the result of a local petition replaced the earlier Shippegan.

History

A Francophone community, it is situated on Lamèque Island, off the northeastern tip of the Acadian Peninsula. Lamèque has hosted an annual baroque music festival every summer since 1975.

On 1 January 2023, Lamèque amalgamated with the village of Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël and annexed the local service districts making up the remainder of Lamèque Island to form the new town of Île-de-Lamèque. Lamèque's name remains in official use as a community.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lamèque had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 12.4 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. |location = Lamèque |2021_population=1,301 | 2021_pop_delta=+1.2 | 2021_land_area=12.40 | 2021_pop_density=104.9 |2021_median_age=56.0 | 2021_median_age_m=53.6 | 2021_median_age_f=57.6 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=606 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=577 |2021_mean_hh_income=61,600 |2021_geocode=2021A00051315032 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 | 2016_population = 1,285 |2016_pop_delta=-10.3 |2016_land_area=12.51 |2016_pop_density=102.8 | 2016_median_age = 54.0 |2016_median_age_m=53.7 |2016_median_age_f=54.3 | 2016_total_pvt_dwell = 619 |2016_mean_hh_income=58,880 |2016_access_date=2019-08-15 | 2011_population = 1,432 |2011_pop_delta=+0.7 |2011_land_area=12.45 |2011_pop_density=115.1 | 2011_median_age = 49.9 |2011_median_age_m=49.5 |2011_median_age_f=50.4 | 2011_total_pvt_dwell = 615 |2011_mean_hh_income=45,362 |2011_access_date=2014-04-05 | 2006_population = 1,422 | 2006_pop_delta=-10.0 | 2006_land_area=12.45 | 2006_pop_density=114.3 | 2006_median_age = 44.8 | 2006_median_age_m=44.7 | 2006_median_age_f=44.8 | 2006_total_pvt_dwell = 604 | 2006_mean_hh_income=42,917 | 2006_access_date=2014-04-05 | 2001_population = 1,580 | 2001_pop_delta=-5.4 | 2001_land_area=12.45 | 2001_pop_density=127.0 | 2001_median_age = 39.7 | 2001_median_age_m=39.3 | 2001_median_age_f=40.0 | 2001_total_pvt_dwell = 609 |2001_mean_hh_income=37,275 | 2001_access_date=2014-04-05 | notes =

| title = Historical Census Data - Lamèque, New Brunswick | percentages = | shading = off | align = none | cols = 3 | 1991 |1687 | 1996 |1671 | 2001 |1580 | 2006 |1422 | 2011 |1432 | 2016 |1285 | footnote =

Language

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Canada Census Mother Tongue - Lamèque, New BrunswickCensusTotalYearResponsesCountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %
1,3602.3%99.27%10n/a%0.73%00.0%0.00%0
1,33010.1%100.00%0100.0%0.00%00.0%0.00%0
1,4805.1%99.00%1550.0%1.00%00.0%0.00%0
1,560n/a98.11%30n/a1.89%0n/a0.00%0
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Economy

Lamèque's economy is tied to the fishing and peat industries. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Ecological_Park_of_the_Acadian_Peninsula.jpg" caption="Ecological Park of the Acadian Peninsula in Lamèque"] ::

Attractions

The Lamèque Eco-Parc offers numerous flora and fauna features representative of the Acadian Peninsula.

Notable people

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

References

References

  1. (6 December 2022). "Census Profile of Lamèque".
  2. Hamilton, William. (1978). "The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names". Macmillan.
  3. Frommers. [http://www.frommers.com/destinations/acadianpeninsula/2978010025.html Acadian Peninsula] {{Webarchive. link. (2004-12-15)
  4. (12 October 2022). "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act".
  5. "RSC 4 Acadian Peninsula Regional Service Commission".
  6. (25 May 2022). "Proposed entity names reflect strong ties to nature and history". Government of New Brunswick.
  7. Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census. 2011]] census
  8. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Lamèque, New Brunswick". Statistics Canada.

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