Westmorland County, New Brunswick

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Westmorland County (2021 population: 163,576[1]) 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

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Census subdivisions

Communities

There were the eleven municipalities within Westmorland County before the 2023 local governance reforms (listed with 2021 figures):[2]

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):[3]

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):[2]

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

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Language

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Canada Census Mother Tongue - Westmorland County, New Brunswick[4][5][6]
Census Total
English
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Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2016
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		77,450 Increase 1.3% 52.83% 60,570 Increase 3.0% 41.31% 2,430 Increase 13.0% 1.66% 6,160 Increase 74.0% 4.20%
2011
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140,925
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		76,475 Increase 7.8% 54.27% 58,795 Increase 7.2% 41.72% 2,115 Increase 67.2% 1.50% 3,540 Increase 17.6% 2.51%
2006
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130,080
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		70,945 Increase 3.6% 54.54% 54,860 Increase 7.4% 42.17% 1,265 Decrease 6.3% 0.97% 3,010 Increase 102.7% 2.31%
2001
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		68,510 Increase 1.2% 55.97% 51,060 Increase 6.7% 41.71% 1,350 Decrease 7.2% 1.10% 1,485 Increase 12.9% 1.21%
1996
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		67,700 n/a 57.21% 47,860 n/a 40.45% 1,455 n/a 1.23% 1,315 n/a 1.11%

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:[7]

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See also

References

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External links


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