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Westmorland County, New Brunswick
County in New Brunswick, Canada
County in New Brunswick, Canada
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Westmorland |
| settlement_type | County |
| image_map | Map of New Brunswick highlighting Westmorland County.png |
| map_caption | Location within New Brunswick. |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | New Brunswick |
| established_title | Established |
| established_date | 1785 |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_land_km2 | 3,659.74 |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 163,576 |
| population_density_km2 | 44.7 |
| population_blank1_title | Change 2016-2021 |
| population_blank1 | 9.3% |
| population_blank2_title | Dwellings |
| population_blank2 | 75,506 |
| timezone | AST |
| utc_offset | -4 |
| timezone_DST | ADT |
| utc_offset_DST | -3 |
| coordinates | |
| area_code | 506 |
Westmorland County (2021 population: 163,576) 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
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
Major highways
Census subdivisions
Communities
There were the eleven municipalities within Westmorland County before the 2023 local governance reforms (listed with 2021 figures):
| Official name | Designation | Area km2 | Population | Parish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
There is one First Nations reserve in Westmorland County (population as of 2021):
| Official name | Designation | Area km2 | Population | Parish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Folly 1 | Reserve | 0.55 | 36 | Dorchester |
Parishes
The county is subdivided into seven parishes (listed by 2016 population):
| Official name | Area km2 | Population | Municipalities | Unincorporated communities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| 1991 |114745 | 1996 |120531 | 2001 |124688 | 2006 |132849 | 2011 |144158 | 2016 |149623 | 2021 |163576
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Westmorland 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 3659.74 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
Language
The dominant dialect of Acadian French spoken in Westmorland County is Chiac.
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Westmorland County, New Brunswick | Census | Total | Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77,450 | 1.3% | 52.83% | 60,570 | 3.0% | 41.31% | 2,430 | 13.0% | 1.66% | 6,160 | |||||||
| 76,475 | 7.8% | 54.27% | 58,795 | 7.2% | 41.72% | 2,115 | 67.2% | 1.50% | 3,540 | |||||||
| 70,945 | 3.6% | 54.54% | 54,860 | 7.4% | 42.17% | 1,265 | 6.3% | 0.97% | 3,010 | |||||||
| 68,510 | 1.2% | 55.97% | 51,060 | 6.7% | 41.71% | 1,350 | 7.2% | 1.10% | 1,485 | |||||||
| 67,700 | n/a | 57.21% | 47,860 | n/a | 40.45% | 1,455 | n/a | 1.23% | 1,315 |
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:
References
References
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Fort Folly 1, Indian reserve [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". 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: Westmorland, County [Census division], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada.
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas {{ISBN. 978-1-55368-618-7
- [http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CD&Code1=1307&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=Westmorland&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Westmorland County, New Brunswick]
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