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Madawaska County, New Brunswick

County in New Brunswick, Canada

Field	Value
name	Madawaska
settlement_type	County
image_map	Map of New Brunswick highlighting Madawaska County.png
map_caption	Location of Madawaska County.
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	New Brunswick
established_title	Established
established_date	1873
unit_pref
area_footnotes
area_land_km2	3,454.97
population_as_of	2021
population_footnotes
population_total	32,603
population_density_km2	9.4
population_blank1_title	Change
2016-2021
population_blank1	0.4%
population_blank2_title	Dwellings
population_blank2	15,851
timezone	AST
utc_offset	-4
timezone_DST	ADT
utc_offset_DST	-3
area_code	506

2016-2021

Map of municipal government units in Madawaska County prior to incorporation of rural community of Haut-Madawaska in 2017.

Madawaska County (2021 population 32,603 is located in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. 94% of the county’s population speaks French (88% as first language, 6.1% as second language). Its Francophone population are known as "Brayons." Forestry is the major industry in the county.

History

The first inhabitants of what is now called Madawaska County were the Maliseet or Wolastoqiyik, who occupied and used the land along the Saint John River Valley north to the St. Lawrence River and south to the Penobscot River. There is debate concerning the true origin of the word "Madawaska". The earliest settlers were from Quebec. The area was the focus of the bloodless Aroostook War, a border dispute led by businessman and political activist John Baker.

The earliest settlers of the Upper Saint John River Valley have been clearly verified, with census results of the Madawaska region taken in 1820 showing where most families had originated from Quebec.

Census subdivisions

Communities

There are ten municipalities within Madawaska County (listed by 2016 population):

Official name	Designation	Area km2	Population	Parish
Edmundston	City	106.85	16,580	Madawaska, Saint-Basile, Saint-Jacques, Saint-Joseph
Saint-Léonard	Town	5.22	1,300	Saint-Léonard
Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska	Village	9.19	957	Sainte-Anne
Clair	Village	10.61	781	Clair
Saint-André	Rural community	8.04	772	Saint-André Parish
Rivière-Verte	Village	6.70	724	Rivière-Verte
Lac-Baker	Village	37.18	690	Lac-Baker
Baker-Brook	Village	12.27	564	Baker Brook
Saint-François-de-Madawaska	Village	6.39	470	Saint-François
Saint-Hilaire	Village	5.68	252	Saint-Hilaire

First Nations

There is one First Nations reserve in Madawaska County (listed by 2016 population):

Official name	Designation	Area km2	Population	Parish
St. Basile 10	Reserve	3.22	214	Saint-Basile

Parishes

The county is subdivided into fourteen parishes (listed by 2016 population):

Official name	Area km2	Population	Municipalities or equivalents	Unincorporated communities
Saint-Jacques	299.49	1,596	Edmundston	Ennemond / Grandmaison / Moulin-Morneault / Patrieville /
Petite-Rivière-à-la-Truite / Saint-Jacques / St. Joseph Settlement
Saint-Joseph	322.89	1,538	Edmundston	Deuxième-Sault / Francoeur / Lévesque / Rang-des-Bossé / Rang-des-Couturier /
Saint-Joseph-de-Madawaska / Sicard / Toussaint / Violette
Saint-André	128.18	1,129	Saint-André	Comeau Ridge / Gaudreau Park / Lévesque Settlement / McManus Siding /
Powers Creek / Saint-Amand / Woodville
Saint-Léonard	343.39	975	Saint-Léonard	Bellefleur / Coombes Road / Cyr Junction / Grand-Ruisseau /
Martin Siding / Poitras / Rang-des-Bourgoin / Saint-Léonard-Parent
Sainte-Anne	368.89	964	Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska	Fourche-à-Clark / Miller Line Cache / Prime / Rang-des-Deschêne /
Ringuette Settlement / Siegas / Siegas Lake Settlement / Sirois
Rivière-Verte	715.86	711	Rivière-Verte	Beardsley Depot / Davis Mill / Montagne-de-la-Croix / Montagne-des-Roy /
Rang-des-Hubert
Saint-François	344.59	606	Haut-Madawaska	Concession-des-Jaunes / Concession-des-Viel / Connors / Lac-Unique /
Little River Mills / Mouth of St. Francis / Pelletiers Mill / Val Oakes
Saint-Basile	129.61	592	Edmundston
St. Basile 10 (native reserve)	Boniface Bridge / Green River Settlement / Jalbert / Maillet /
Montagne-des-Therrien / Rang-des-Lavoie /
Saint-Hilaire	41.90	478	Haut-Madawaska	Riceville
Clair	43.92	283	Haut-Madawaska	Caron Brook / Concession-des-Lang / Concession-des-Vasseur / Crockett /
Les Rapides
Baker Brook	125.17	275	Haut-Madawaska	Concession-de-Baker-Brook / Concession-des-Ouellette / Rang-des-Morneault /
Rang-Saint-Joseph / Val-Lambert / Val-Nadeau
Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes	187.18	275		Durette Settlement / Flemming / Harrison Brook Settlement / La Montagne /
Lower Siegas / Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
Madawaska	173.18	10	Edmundston
Haut-Madawaska
Lac Baker	24.30	5	Lac-Baker
Haut-Madawaska	Boundary / Portage-du-Lac / Rang-des-Collin / Saint-Castin / Pelletiers Mill /
Soucy

Demographics

| 1991 |36554 | 1996 |36814 | 2001 |35611 | 2006 |34071 | 2011 |33422 | 2016 |32741

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Madawaska County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 3454.97 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Language

Responses	Count	Trend	Count	Trend	Pop %	Trend	Pop %	Count	Pop %
29,765	2.5%	92.71%	1,645	7.5%	5.12%	372	24.0%	1.17%	320
30,500	2.2%	93.82%	1,530	8.1%	4.71%	300	13.2%	0.92%	180
31,185	4.7%	93.06%	1,665	6.1%	4.97%	265	26.4%	0.79%	395
32,735	3.8%	93.94%	1,570	14.2%	4.51%	360	14.3%	1.03%	180
34,030	n/a	93.75%	1,830	n/a	5.04%	315	n/a	0.87%	125

Access routes

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

Highways

Principal Routes

Secondary Routes:

External Routes:

[[File:US 1.svg|18px]] U.S. Route 1
[[File:Quebec Autoroute 85.svg|18px]][[File:Trans-Canada Highway Quebec.svg|18px]] Quebec Autoroute 85 (TCH)
[[File:Qc289.svg|18px]] Quebec Route 289

Protected areas and attractions

Notable people

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

References

"Rivers of Canada - St. John River : Can Geo Education".
"Government of Canada Immigration Profile for Madawaska County".
"Visit of the Bishop of Québec to the upper St.John River valley, 1686". C. Gagnon.
"1820 US Census of Penobscot County, Maine - Matawasca Parish, French Settlement". C. Gagnon.
"Census Profile, 2016 Census - Select Region". Statistics Canada.
Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census. 1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census. 2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census. 2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census. 2011]] census
(February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". [[Statistics Canada]].
"Census Profile, 2016 Census Madawaska, County [Census division], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada.
Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas {{ISBN. 978-1-55368-618-7

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