Baker-Brook, New Brunswick

This article is about the former village. For the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision, see Baker Brook Parish, New Brunswick. For the Newfoundland community, see Bakers Brook (settlement).

Baker-Brook (2016 population: 564^[2]) is a former village in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.^[3]

Village of Baker-Brook
Village
Village of Baker-Brook Location of Baker-Brook, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47.3025°N 68.51°W / 47.3025; -68.51
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Parish	Baker Brook
Village Status	1967
Electoral Districts    Federal	Madawaska—Restigouche
Provincial	Madawaska-les-Lacs
Government [1]
• Type	Village Council
• Mayor	Francine Caron
• Councillors	List of Members Cynthia Bélanger Michel Bouffard Roland Caron
Area [2]
• Total	12.27 km2 (4.74 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	564
• Density	46.0/km2 (119/sq mi)
• Change 2016-16	3.6%
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	506
Dwellings	235
Median Household Income*	$54,400 CDN
Access Routes	Route 120
Median household income, 2015 (all households)

Geography

It is located on the Saint John River 20 kilometres west of Edmundston.

History

The village takes its name from 19th-century sawmill businessman John Baker.

In 1818, Baker, a native of Maine, settled in the area, along with several other American families. He was dissatisfied with the official borders, and in 1827 declared the village to be capital of the "Republic of Madawaska", a self-proclaimed unrecognized sovereign state being part neither of the United States nor of British America (Canada) although comprising portions of both. Baker was subsequently briefly jailed by the British for treason. A US citizen by birth, John Baker continued to live on his settlement as a somewhat reluctant British subject after Baker Brook was officially declared part of New Brunswick.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Baker Brook had a population of 555 living in 226 of its 240 total private dwellings, a change of -1.6% from its 2016 population of 564. With a land area of 12.31 km² (4.75 sq mi), it had a population density of 45.1/km² (116.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Population trend[5][6][2] Census Population Change (%) 2016 564 3.6% 2011 585 11.4% 2006 525 12.4% 2001 599 4.8% 1996 629 3.1% 1991 649 N/A

Mother tongue (2016)[2] Language Population Pct (%) French only 460 93.9% English only 20 4.1% Both English and French 10 2.0% Other languages 0 0%

Attractions

The local Roman Catholic church, houses noted religious artwork, including stained-glass windows from the workshop of Belgian artist José Gaterrath and the Stations of the Cross by the famous Spanish ceramist Jordi Bonet.

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick