Shippagan
Town in New Brunswick, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the town. For the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision, see Shippegan Parish, New Brunswick.
Shippagan is a Canadian town within[lower-alpha 1] Shippegan Parish, Gloucester County, New Brunswick.
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Shippagan | |
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Coordinates: 47.743889°N 64.717778°W / 47.743889; -64.717778 | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Gloucester |
Parish | Shippegan |
Founded | 1790 |
Government | |
• Type | Town Council |
• Mayor | Kassim Doumbia[1] |
Area | |
• Land | 9.96 km2 (3.85 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 2,672 |
• Density | 268.3/km2 (695/sq mi) |
• Change (2016–21) | 3.6% |
• Dwellings | 1,274 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 506 |
Website | www |
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The parish retains the original English spelling, while the town officially adopted the colloquial French spelling on 1 July 1981.[4]
Shippagan was greatly enlarged on 1 January 2023, when it amalgamated with Le Goulet and all or part of seven local service districts[5][6] Revised census figures have not been released.