Gloucester County, New Brunswick

Gloucester County (2021 population 78,256^[1]) is located in the northeastern corner of New Brunswick, Canada.^[2] Fishing, mining and forestry are the major industries in the county. The eastern section of the county is known for its Acadian culture. The county is named for Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh.^[3]

Gloucester
County
Gloucester County
Location within New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
Established	1826
Named after	Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Area [1]
• Land	4,734.30 km2 (1,827.92 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	78,256
• Density	16.5/km2 (43/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	0.2%
• Dwellings	39,145
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	506

Census subdivisions

Communities

There are 19 municipalities within the county. They are listed below by 2016 population:^[4]

Official Name	Designation	Area km2	Population	Parish
Bathurst	City	92.04	11,897	Bathurst
Tracadie-Sheila	Town (dissolved)	24.65	5,171	Saumarez
Beresford	Town	19.41	4,288	Beresford
Caraquet	Town	68.35	4,248	Caraquet
Shippagan	Town	10.02	2,580	Shippagan
Petit-Rocher	Village	4.52	1,897	Beresford
Belledune	Village	189.47	1,417	Beresford
Bas-Caraquet	Village	31.01	1,305	Caraquet
Lamèque	Town	12.51	1,285	Shippagan
Bertrand	Village	57.44	1,166	Caraquet
Nigadoo	Village	7.65	963	Beresford
Grande-Anse	Village	24.33	899	New Bandon
Pointe-Verte	Village	13.79	886	Beresford
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël	Village	15.90	879	Shippagan
Le Goulet	Village	5.49	793	Shippagan
Saint-Isidore	Village	22.94	764	Saint-Isidore
Paquetville	Village	9.26	720	Paquetville
Saint-Léolin	Village	19.73	647	New Bandon
Maisonnette	Village	12.90	495	New Bandon

First Nations

There is one First Nations reservation in Gloucester County (listed with 2016 population):^[4]

Official Name	Designation	Area km2	Population	Parish
Pabineau 11	Reservation	4.92	134	Bathurst

Parishes

The county is subdivided into ten parishes (listed by 2016 population):^[4]

Official Name	Area km2	Population	Municipalities	Unincorporated communities
Saumarez	326.78	6,618	Tracadie-Sheila (town)	Benoit / Charnisay / Commeau / Ferguson Point / Gauvreau / Haut-Sheila / Leech / Little Gaspereau / Losier Settlement / Petit-Tracadie / Pointe-à-Bouleau / Pont-Lafrance / Rivière-à-la-truite / Saint Irénée and Alderwood / Saint-Isidore Station / Saint-Pons / Saumarez / St. Pierre / Tracadie Beach / Val-Comeau
Beresford	456.86	6,248	Beresford (town) Petit-Rocher (village) Belledune (village) Nigadoo (village) Pointe-Verte (village)	Alcida and Dauversière / Dempsey Settlement / Devereaux / Dunlop / Free Grant / LaPlante / Lincour / Madran / Massabielle / Nicholas-Denys / Robertville / Saint-Laurent / Sainte-Louise / Sainte-Rosette / Sormany / St. George / Tremblay / Val-Michaud
Shippegan	208.08	4,800	Shippagan (town) Lamèque (town) Le Goulet (village) Ste-Marie-St-Raphaël (village)	Cap-Bateau / Chiasson-Savoy / Coteau Road / Haut-Lamèque / Haut-Shippagan / Herring Point / Miscou Centre / Miscou Harbour / Miscou Lighthouse / Miscou Plains / Petite-Lamèque / Petite-Rivière-de-l'lle / Petit-Shippagan / Pigeon Hill / Pointe-Alexandre / Pointe-Brûlé / Pointe-Canot / Sainte-Cécile / Shippagan Portage / Wilson Point
Bathurst	1504.87	4,797	Bathurst (city) Pabineau 11 (reservation)	Bartibog Station / Bathurst Mines / Big Antler / Big Moose / Big River / Blue Mountain Settlement / Bruce / Brunswick Mines / Chamberlain Settlement / Goodwin Mill / Gloucester Junction / Hachey Siding / Lawson Brook Siding / Miller Brook / Nepisiguit Junction / North Tetagouche / Ottawa Road / Pitre Road / Red Pine / Rio Grande / Russell / Salmon Beach / South Tetagouche / Tetagouche Hill / Upper Rosehill
Inkerman	107.56	2,366		Boudreau Road / Cowans Creek / Evangeline / Four Roads / Gaspereau / Haché Road / Haut Pokemouche / Inkerman / Inkerman Ferry / Landry / Maltampec / Pokemouche / Pokemouche Junction / Sainte-Rose-Gloucester / Six Roads
Paquetville	220.51	2,329	Paquetville (village)	Burnsville / Notre-Dame-des-Érables / Petit-Paquetville / Rang-Saint-Georges / Saint-Amateur / Trudel / Val-Doucet
Allardville	654.69	2,032		Allardville / Allardville East / Veniot / Bear Landing / Beaubois / Butte-d'Or / Daulnay / Goodwin Mill / Jeanne-Mance / Saint-Sauveur
Saint-Isidore	173.25	1,361	Saint-Isidore (village)	Bois-Blanc / Bois-Gagnon / Boishébert / Duguayville / Hacheyville / Haut-Saint-Isidore / Haut Tilley Road / Pokemouche Landing / Pont-Landry / Spruce Brook / Tilley Road
Caraquet	109.97	1,337	Caraquet (town) Bas-Caraquet (village) Bertrand (village)	Blanchard Settlement / Caraquet Island / Haut-Saint-Simon / Marsoliau / Pokesudie / Saint-Simon / Saint-Simon Centre
New Bandon	359.11	1,214	Grande-Anse (village) Maisonnette (village) Saint-Léolin (village)	Anse-Bleue / Bertrand Station / Black Rock / Canobie / Clifton / Dugas / Janeville / Johnson / Lobster Beach / New Bandon-Salmon Beach / Pokeshaw / Rocheville / Springfield / Stonehaven / Village-des-Poirier / Village-Saint-Paul / Waterloo Settlement

Demographics

Historical Census Data - Gloucester County, New Brunswick

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	87,613	—
1996	87,601	−0.0%
2001	82,929	−5.3%
2006	78,948	−4.8%
2011	77,792	−1.5%
2011 rev	79,943	+2.8%
2016	78,444	−1.9%
2021	78,256	−0.2%
The 2011 population count was revised[5][1]

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gloucester County had a population of 78,256 living in 35,830 of its 39,145 total private dwellings, a change of -0.2% from its 2016 population of 78,444. With a land area of 4,734.3 km² (1,827.9 sq mi), it had a population density of 16.5/km² (42.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

Canada census – Gloucester community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	78,256 (-0.2% from 2016)	78,444 (+0.8% from 2011)	77,792 (-1.5% from 2006)
Land area	4,734.30 km2 (1,827.92 sq mi)	4,743.67 km2 (1,831.54 sq mi)	4,675.21 km2 (1,805.11 sq mi)
Population density	16.5/km2 (43/sq mi)	16.5/km2 (43/sq mi)	16.6/km2 (43/sq mi)
Median age	53.6 (M: 52.8, F: 54.0)	51.1 (M: 50.5, F: 51.6)	47.9 (M: 47.4, F: 48.4)
Private dwellings	39,145 (total)  35,830 (occupied)	38,789 (total)	36,482 (total)
Median household income	$60,800	$52,793	$46,728

References: 2021^[6] 2016^[4] 2011^[7]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Gloucester County, New Brunswick[5]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Non-official languages
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		77,065		64,890	1.0%	84.20%		10,795	2.8%	14.01%		810	8.0%	1.05%		220	44.3%	0.28%
2011		76,515		64,270	1.4%	84.00%		11,105	0.5%	14.51%		745	19.2%	0.97%		395	41.5%	0.52%
2006		77,675		65,210	4.7%	83.95%		11,165	8.9%	14.37%		625	26.0%	0.80%		675	206.8%	0.87%
2001		81,760		68,440	5.0%	83.71%		12,255	9.5%	14.99%		845	8.3%	1.03%		220	6.4%	0.27%
1996		86,620		72,060	n/a	83.19%		13,545	n/a	15.64%		780	n/a	0.90%		235	n/a	0.27%

Access Routes

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

Highways Route 8 Route 11

Principal Routes Route 113 Route 134 Route 135 Route 145 Route 150 Route 160 Route 180

Secondary Routes: Route 315 Route 320 Route 322 Route 303 Route 305 Route 310 Route 313 Route 325 Route 330 Route 335

Secondary Routes (cont): Route 340 Route 345 Route 350 Route 355 Route 360 Route 363 Route 365 Route 370 Route 430

External Routes: None

Protected areas and attractions

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

Notable people

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

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick
• Royal eponyms in Canada