Saint John County, New Brunswick

For the former New Brunswick provincial electoral district, see Saint John County (provincial electoral district).

Saint John County (2021 population: 76,558^[1]) is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The city of Saint John dominates the county. Elsewhere in the county, tourism is focused around the Bay of Fundy.^{[citation needed]}

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Saint John
County
Location within New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°18′N 66°00′W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
Established	1785
Area [1]
• Land	1,461.05 km2 (564.11 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	76,558
• Density	52.4/km2 (136/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	3.4%
• Dwellings	36,964
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	506

Census subdivisions

Communities

There are two municipalities within Saint John County (listed by 2016 population):^[2]

Official Name	Designation	Area km2	Population	Parish
Saint John	City	315.96	67,575	Simonds
Fundy-St. Martins	Village	2.35	276	Saint Martins

Parishes

The county is subdivided by the Territorial Division Act (Section 27) into one city and three parishes (listed by 2016 population):^[2]

Official Name	Area km2	Population	Municipalities	Unincorporated communities
Saint John (city)	315.96	67,575	Saint John (city)
Simonds	280.86	3,843		Baxters Corner / Black River / Cape Spencer / Coleraine / Fairfield / Gardner Creek / Garnett Settlement / Grove Hill / Lake View Estates / Mispec / Otter Lake / Primrose / Quaco Road / Simonds / Upper Golden Grove / Upper Loch Lomond / West Beach / Willow Grove
Musquash	235.33	1,194		Chance Harbour / Dam Road / Dipper Harbour East / Dipper Harbour West / Five Fathom Hole / Gilmore Subdivision / Gooseberry Cove / Little Lepreau / Musquash / Point Lepreau / Prince of Wales / Sherwood Road / South Musquash
Saint Martins	629.20	1,132	St. Martins (village)	Bains Corner / Bay View / Burchills Flats / Chapel Flats / Chester / Drawlin Hill / Fair View / Hardingville / Little Beach / Mosher Hill / Orange Hill / Porter Road / Salmon River / Shanklin / Tynemouth Creek / West Quaco

Demographics

Historical Census Data - Saint John County, New Brunswick

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	81,462	—
1996	79,302	−2.7%
2001	76,407	−3.7%
2006	74,621	−2.3%
2011	76,550	+2.6%
2016	74,020	−3.3%
2021	76,558	+3.4%
[3][4][1]

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint John County had a population of 76,558 living in 34,634 of its 36,964 total private dwellings, a change of 3.4% from its 2016 population of 74,020. With a land area of 1,461.05 km² (564.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 52.4/km² (135.7/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

	2021	2016	2011
Population	76,558 (+3.4% from 2016)	74,020 (-3.3% from 2011)	76,550 (+2.6% from 2006)
Land area	1,461.05 km2 (564.11 sq mi)	1,463.70 km2 (565.14 sq mi)	1,464.53 km2 (565.46 sq mi)
Population density	52.4/km2 (136/sq mi)	50.6/km2 (131/sq mi)	52.3/km2 (135/sq mi)
Median age	44.4 (M: 42.4, F: 46)	44.1 (M: 42.6, F: 45.5)	42.3 (M: 40.7, F: 43.8)
Private dwellings	34,635 (total)	36,825 (total)	36,426 (total)
Median household income		$53,887	$48,963

Canada census – Saint John community profile

References: 2021^[5] 2016^[2] 2011^[6]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint John County, New Brunswick[3][4]
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Non-official languages
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		72,645		65,645	4.2%	90.36%		3,075	12.0%	4.23%		410	28.1%	0.56%		3,695	35.3%	5.08%
2011		75,085		68,540	3.0%	91.28%		3,495	3.2%	4.65%		320	5.9%	0.43%		2,730	1.1%	3.64%
2006		73,255		66,545	4.4%	90.84%		3,610	4.1%	4.93%		340	51.1%	0.46%		2,760	69.3%	3.77%
2001		75,195		69,575	4.2%	92.53%		3,765	3.1%	5.01%		225	37.5%	0.30%		1,630	25.4%	2.17%
1996		77,925		72,615	n/a	93.19%		3,650	n/a	4.68%		360	n/a	0.46%		1,300	n/a	1.67%

Access Routes

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

Highways Route 1 Route 7

Principal Routes Route 100 Route 111

Secondary Routes: Route 790 Route 795 Route 820 Route 825

External Routes: None

Protected areas and attractions

See also: List of historic places in Saint John County, New Brunswick

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Saint John County, New Brunswick

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick