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County in New Brunswick, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Queens County (French: Comté de Queens; 2016 population 10,472[1]) is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. The county shire town is the village of Gagetown. The county was named as an expression of loyalty to the Crown and to commemorate a group of earlier settlers originally from Queens County, New York.[2][3]
The county's geography is dominated by the Saint John River and Grand Lake. Coal mining is a major industry in the Minto area. Forestry and mixed farming dominate the rest of the county. The CFB Gagetown military training area takes in a large portion of the western part of the county.
There are four municipalities within Queens County (listed by 2016 population):[4]
The county is subdivided into ten parishes (listed by 2016 population):[4]
Official Name | Area km2 | Population | Municipalities | Unincorporated communities |
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Canning | 174.38 | 924 | Minto (village) | Back Road / Canning / Clarks Corners / Douglas Harbour / Flowers Cove / Lake Road / Maquapit Lake / Newcastle Center / Newcastle Centre / Newcastle Creek / Princess Park / Scotchtown / Sunnyside Beach / Sypher Cove / Upper Gagetown / Wuhr's Beach Road |
Chipman | 483.44 | 913 | Chipman (village) | Briggs Corner / Bronson / Bronson Settlement / Camp Wegesegum / Castaway / Coal Creek / Dufferin / Fowlers Corner / Gaspereau Forks / Harley Road / Iron Bound Cove / Kings Mines / Leckey Road / Midland / Redbank / Salmon Creek / Salmon River / The Ridge / Upper Gaspereau |
Waterborough | 445.55 | 847 | Cox Point / Cumberland Bay / Cumberland Point / Grant Settlement / Mill Cove / New Dominion Road / Pangburn / Rees / The Range / Union Settlement / Waterborough / Youngs Cove | |
Petersville | 590.14 | 681 | Bayard / Blagdon / Clarendon / Enniskillen / Fowlers Corners / Petersville / Welsford / Wirral / Wirral Station / Wirral-Enniskillen | |
Cambridge | 113.65 | 647 | Cambridge-Narrows | Cherry Hill / Jemseg / Lower Cambridge / Lower Jemseg / Robertson Point / Scovil / Whites Cove |
Johnston | 359.32 | 560 | Annidale / Bagdad / Canaan Rapids / Chambres Corner / Codys / Coles Island / Highfield / Johnston / Long Creek / Partridge Valley / Phillipstown / Salmon Creek / Smith Corner / Thornetown / Washademoak / Waterloo Corner / Youngs Cove Road | |
Wickham | 160.34 | 427 | Bald Hill / Belyeas Cove / Big Cove / Carpenter / Crafts Cove / Henderson Settlement / London Settlement / MacDonalds Point / Shannon / Wickham | |
Gagetown | 234.88 | 311 | Gagetown (village) | Coytown / Mill Road / Upper Gagetown |
Hampstead | 212.56 | 277 | Central Hampstead / Elm Hill / Hampstead / McAlpines / Pleasant Villa / Quarries / Queenstown | |
Brunswick | 704.43 | 203 | Alward / Brookvale / Brunswick / Canaan Forks / Cherryvale / Forks Stream / Hunters Home / New Canaan |
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Queens County had a population of 10,998 living in 5,133 of its 6,854 total private dwellings, a change of 5% from its 2016 population of 10,472. With a land area of 3,681.05 km2 (1,421.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.0/km2 (7.7/sq mi) in 2021.[7]
2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
---|---|---|---|
Population | 10,998 (+5.0% from 2016) | 10,472 (−5.5% from 2011) | 11,086 (−5.3% from 2006) |
Land area | 3,681.05 km2 (1,421.26 sq mi) | 3,686.05 km2 (1,423.19 sq mi) | 3,681.98 km2 (1,421.62 sq mi) |
Population density | 3/km2 (7.8/sq mi) | 2.8/km2 (7.3/sq mi) | 3.0/km2 (7.8/sq mi) |
Median age | 56.4 (M: 56, F: 56.8) | 54.4 (M: 54.2, F: 54.6) | 51.3 (M: 51.0, F: 51.7) |
Private dwellings | 5,135 (total) | 7,289 (total) | 7,337 (total) |
Median household income | $48,539 | $45,555 |
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Queens County, New Brunswick[5][6][1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | English |
French |
English & French |
Other | |||||||||||||
Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 |
10,290 |
9,655 | 5.3% | 93.83% | 445 | 11.0% | 4.32% | 40 | 0.39% | 150 | 15.4% | 1.46% | ||||||
2011 |
10,865 |
10,195 | 2.9% | 93.83% | 500 | 18.0% | 4.60% | 40 | 27.3% | 0.37% | 130 | 56.7% | 1.20% | |||||
2006 |
11,460 |
10,495 | 3.4% | 91.58% | 610 | 17.3% | 5.32% | 55 | 37.5% | 0.48% | 300 | 46.3% | 2.62% | |||||
2001 |
11,635 |
10,870 | 4.7% | 93.43% | 520 | 23.0% | 4.47% | 40 | 0.0% | 0.34% | 205 | 57.7% | 1.76% | |||||
1996 |
12,255 |
11,410 | n/a | 93.10% | 675 | n/a | 5.51% | 40 | n/a | 0.37% | 130 | n/a | 1.01% |
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