List of population centres in New Brunswick

A population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre.^[1]

The term was first introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that, Statistics Canada used the term urban area.^[1]

In the 2021 Census of Population, Statistics Canada listed 31 population centres in the province of New Brunswick.^[2]

List

The below table is a list of those population centres in New Brunswick from the 2021 Census of Population as designated, named, and delineated by Statistics Canada.^[2]

Rank	Population centre[2]	Size group[2]	Population (2021)[2]	Population (2016)[2]	Change[2]	Land area (km2)[2]	Population density[2]
1	Moncton	Large urban	119,785	109,075	+9.8%	110.73	1,081.8/km2
2	Fredericton	Medium	64,614	61,014	+5.9%	89.6	721.1/km2
3	Saint John	Medium	63,447	61,152	+3.8%	70.05	905.7/km2
4	Quispamsis - Rothesay	Small	24,881	24,549	+1.4%	37.05	671.6/km2
5	Bathurst	Small	15,985	15,867	+0.7%	27.92	572.5/km2
6	Edmundston	Small	13,125	12,945	+1.4%	19.06	688.6/km2
7	Chatham - Douglastown	Small	11,594	11,364	+2.0%	27.78	417.4/km2
8	Campbellton	Small	8,833	8,790	+0.5%	17.8	496.2/km2
9	Oromocto	Small	8,585	8,810	−2.6%	10	858.5/km2
10	Shediac	Small	8,563	7,712	+11.0%	14.06	609.0/km2
11	Sussex	Small	5,447	5,308	+2.6%	10.65	511.5/km2
12	Woodstock	Small	4,602	4,332	+6.2%	4.5	1,022.7/km2
13	Tracadie-Sheila	Small	4,528	4,322	+4.8%	9.68	467.8/km2
14	Grand Falls / Grand-Sault	Small	4,349	4,490	−3.1%	7.17	606.6/km2
15	Sackville	Small	3,798	3,053	+24.4%	6	633.0/km2
16	Hampton	Small	3,499	3,436	+1.8%	7.73	452.7/km2
17	St. Stephen	Small	3,389	3,233	+4.8%	3.57	949.3/km2
18	Caraquet	Small	3,190	3,185	+0.2%	7.72	413.2/km2
19	Dalhousie	Small	2,372	2,351	+0.9%	2.56	926.6/km2
20	Starlight Village	Small	2,222	2,193	+1.3%	5.27	421.6/km2
21	Shippagan	Small	2,189	2,130	+2.8%	2.84	770.8/km2
22	New Maryland	Small	2,179	2,219	−1.8%	2.7	807.0/km2
23	Saint-Quentin	Small	2,141	2,194	−2.4%	4.24	505.0/km2
24	Bouctouche	Small	1,944	1,845	+5.4%	4.83	402.5/km2
25	Saint Andrews	Small	1,715	1,511	+13.5%	2.55	672.5/km2
26	Salisbury	Small	1,546	1,534	+0.8%	2.7	572.6/km2
27	Richibucto 15	Small	1,464	1,435	+2.0%	2.52	581.0/km2
28	McEwen	Small	1,445	1,462	−1.2%	0.83	1,741.0/km2
29	Saint-Antoine	Small	1,383	1,353	+2.2%	2.57	538.1/km2
30	Wells	Small	1,263	1,266	−0.2%	2.88	438.5/km2
31	St. Leonard	Small	1,043	1,119	−6.8%	2.01	518.9/km2

See also

• List of the largest population centres in Canada

References

1. "From urban areas to population centres" Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine. Statistics Canada, May 5, 2011.
2. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2022.