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York County, New Brunswick - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 46°00′N 67°00′W / 46.000°N 67.000°W

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York
County
Location within New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
Established	1785
Area ^[1]
• Land	8,131.77 km² (3,139.69 sq mi)
Population (2016)^[1]
• Total	99,411
• Density	12.2/km² (32/sq mi)
• Change 2006-2011	2.2%
• Dwellings	46,855
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	506

Map of municipal government units in York County.

York County (2016 population 99,411^[1]) is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county contains the provincial capital, Fredericton. Outside the city, farming and forestry are two major industries in the county, which is bisected by the Saint John River. The Southwest Miramichi River flows through the northern section of the county.

History

York County was established in 1785, named after the second son of King George III, Prince Frederick-Augustus (1763-1827), who was made Duke of York in 1784.^[2] By 1831,^[2] the top half was highly populated, due to the rich soil in the region, so it was split off to become Carleton County.^[3]

Census subdivisions

Communities

There are eleven municipalities within York County (listed by 2016 population):^[4]

Official Name	Designation	Area km²	Population	Parish
Fredericton	City	132.57	58,220	n/a
Hanwell	Rural community	151.32	4,750	n/a
New Maryland	Village	21.33	4,174	New Maryland
Upper Miramichi	Rural community	1,835.40	2,218	n/a
McAdam	Village	14.28	1,151	McAdam
Nackawic	Town	7.89	941	Southampton
Nashwaak	Rural community	17.11	412	Stanley
Harvey	Village	2.45	358	Manners Sutton
Canterbury	Village	5.33	336	Canterbury
Millville	Village	12.15	273	Southampton
Lakeland Ridges	Village	6.67	173	Canterbury

First Nations

There are two First Nations reserves in York County (listed by 2016 population):

Official Name	Designation	Area km²	Population	Parish
Devon 30	Reserve	2.72	1,038^[5]	Douglas
Kingsclear 6	Reserve	3.81	493^[6]	Kingsclear

Parishes

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

Official Name	Area km²	Population	Municipalities	Unincorporated communities
Douglas	1446.95	6,154	Devon 30 (reserve)	Birdton / Boyds Corner / Cardigan / Carlisle Road / Currieburg / Deersdale / Dorn Ridge / Dorn Ridge Road / Douglas / Estey's Bridge / Fredericksburg / Hamtown Corner / Hurlett / Jones Forks / Keswick / Kingsley / Lower Stoneridge / MacLean Settlement / McLeod Hill / Morehouse Corner / Napadogan / North Tay / Pughs Crossing / Royal Road / Tay Creek / Tay Mills / Upper Stoneridge
Saint Marys	752.68	4,837		Bantalor / Cross Creek Station / Durham Bridge / Glencoe / Lower Durham / Lower Durham Road / Manzer / Mount Hope / Nashwaak / Nashwaak Bridge / Nashwaak Village / Nashwaak West / Penniac / Ross / Saint Marys / Taymouth / Upper Durham / Upper Durham Road / Zionville
Bright	403.72	3,289		Barton / Brewers Mills / Bright / Burtts Corner / Cahill / Central Hainesville / Crocks Point / Greenhill / Greenhill Lake / Hayne / Howland Ridge / Howland Ridge Hill / Jewetts Mills / Keswick Ridge / Lower Hainesville / Mactaquac / Mactaquac Heights / McKeens Corner / Scotch Settlement / Sisson Settlement / Tripp Settlement / Upper Keswick / Vinegar Hill / Zealand
Kingsclear	152.06	2,822	Kingsclear 6 (reserve)	Carriage Hill / Central Kingsclear / French Village / Hanwell Hamlet / Island View / Kingsclear / Longs Creek / Mazerolle Settlement / Newmarket / Oswald Gray / Pinecrest Heights / Smithfield / Somerset Park / Starlight Village / Yoho
New Maryland	375.44	2,606	New Maryland (village)	Beaver Dam / Charters Settlement / Forbes Subdivision / Howarth Acres / Little Lake / Nasonworth / Rooth
Manners Sutton	525.56	1,777	Harvey Station (village)	Acton / Brockway / Christie Ridge / Coburn / Cork / Frog Lake / Harvey lake Shore / Harvey Settlement / Hurley Corner / Lower Brockway / Manners Sutton / Middle District / Prince William Station / Roach / South Tweedside / Swans Shore / Thomaston Corner / Upper Brockway / Upper Mills / Wilmot / York Mills
Southampton	450.04	1,484	Nackawic (town) Millville (village)	Bates Settlement / Bull Lake / Campbell Settlement / Caverhill / Central Waterville / Clarkville / County Line / East Waterville / Hainesville / Hartfield / Hawkins Corner / Maple Ridge / Maplewood / Nortondale / Pikes Peak / Pinder / Ritchie / Rossville / South Waterville / Southampton / Temperance Vale / Temple / West Waterville / Woodman / Woodstock Road
Queensbury	300.65	1,174		Bear Island / Day Hill / Dumfries / Granite Hill / Lower Caverhill / Lower Line Queensbury / Lower Queensbury / McNallys / Middle Hainesville / Scotch Lake / Springfield / Upper Caverhill / Upper Hainesville / Wiggins Mill / York
Stanley	1,222.02	832	Stanley (village)	Cross Creek / English Settlement / Giants Glen / Green Hill / Limekiln / Maple Grove / Maple Grove Station / Mavis Mills / Red Rock / South Portage / Sutherland Siding / Tay Falls / Tay Valley / Ward Settlement / Williamsburg / Woodlands
Prince William	287.71	930		Blaney Ridge / Donnelly Settlement / Lake George / Lake Road / Lower Prince William / Magaguadavic / Magaguadavic Siding / Magundy / Pokiok Settlement / Prince William / Rosborough Settlement
Canterbury	556.15	525	Canterbury (village) Meductic (village)	Benton / Carroll Ridge / Charlie Lake / Dead Creek / Deer Lake / Dorrington Hill / Dow Settlement / Eel River Lake / Hartin Settlement / Johnson Settlement / Marne / Middle Southampton / Scott Siding / Skiff Lake
Dumfries	302.72	356		Barony / Carson / Davidson Lake / Dumfries / Hawkshaw / Lower Dumfries / Murray / Pokiok
North Lake	440.03	233		Forest City / Fosterville / Graham Corner / Green Mountain / Maxwell / North Lake / Pemberton Ridge
McAdam	537.42	73	McAdam (village)	Burpee / Cottrell / St. Croix / Sugar Brook

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, York County had a population of 105,261 living in 45,259 of its 48,294 total private dwellings, a change of 5.8% from its 2016 population of 99,453. With a land area of 8,095.1 km² (3,125.5 sq mi), it had a population density of 13.0/km² (33.7/sq mi) in 2021.^[7]

Population trend^[8]^[9]^[10]^[1]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2016	99,411	2.2%
2011	97,238	8.0%
2006	90,872	4.2%
2001	87,212	1.7%
1996	85,719	4.1%
1991	82,326	N/A

Mother tongue (2016)^[1]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
English only	84,370	85.6%
French only	6,560	6.7%
Other languages	6,825	6.9%
Both English and French	785	0.8%

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Notable people

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Census Profile, 2016 Census: York, County [Census division], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "York County". Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
^ Wright, Esther Clark (February 1972). "The Distribution". The Loyalists of New Brunswick (2nd. ed.). Canada: Moncton Pub. Co. Ltd. p. 197.
^ ^a ^b "Census Profiles, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Devon 30, Indian reserve [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census Kingsclear 6, Indian reserve [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
^ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: York County, New Brunswick
^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: York County, New Brunswick

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v t e Subdivisions of New Brunswick
Cities	Bathurst Campbellton Dieppe Edmundston Fredericton Miramichi Moncton Saint John
Towns	Beaurivage Belle-Baie Cap-Acadie Caraquet Carleton North Champdoré Grand Bay–Westfield Grand Falls Grand-Bouctouche Hampton Hartland Hautes-Terres Heron Bay Île-de-Lamèque Oromocto Quispamsis Riverview Rivière-du-Nord Rothesay Saint-Quentin Salisbury Shediac Shippagan St. Andrews St. Stephen Sussex Tantramar Vallée-des-Rivières Woodstock
Villages	Arcadia Belledune Bois-Joli Doaktown Five Rivers Fredericton Junction Fundy Albert Fundy-St. Martins Grand Lake Grand Manan Lakeland Ridges McAdam Memramcook Neguac New Maryland Nouvelle-Arcadie Southern Victoria Three Rivers Tobique Valley Tracy Valley Waters
Regional municipality	Tracadie
Rural communities	Alnwick Butternut Valley Campobello Island Central York Eastern Charlotte Fundy Shores Hanwell Harvey Haut-Madawaska Kedgwick Maple Hills Miramichi River Valley Nackawic-Millville Nashwaak Strait Shores Sunbury-York South Upper Miramichi
Rural districts	Acadian Peninsula Capital Region Chaleur Fundy Greater Miramichi Kent Kings Northwest Restigouche Southeast Southwest Western Valley
Regional service commissions	Acadian Peninsula Capital Region Chaleur Fundy Greater Miramichi Kent Kings Northwest Restigouche Southeast Southwest Western Valley
School districts	Anglophone North Anglophone South Anglophone East Anglophone West Nord-Est Nord-Ouest Sud
Indian reserves	Big Hole Tract 8 (North Half) Big Hole Tract 8 (South Half) Buctouche 16 Buctouche Micmac Band Extension Devon 30 Eel Ground 2 Eel River 3 Esgenoôpetitj Fort Folly 1 Indian Island 28 Indian Point 1 Indian Ranch Kingsclear 6 Metepenagiag Urban Reserve 3 Metepenagiag Urban Reserve 8 Metepenagiag Uta'nk Moose Meadows 4 Oinpegitjoig Oromocto 26 Pabineau 11 Pokemouche 13 Red Bank 4 Red Bank 7 Renous 12 Richibucto 15 Soegao No. 35 St Basile 10 St. Mary's 24 Tabusintac 9 The Brothers 18 Tobique 20 Woodstock 23
Non-administrative divisions	Counties Civil parishes Local service districts
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