Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick

This article is about the former village. For the geographic parish, rural census subdivision, and former local service district, see Saint-François Parish, New Brunswick.

Saint-François-de-Madawaska (2016 pop.: 470^[2]) is a former Canadian village in Madawaska County, New Brunswick.^[3]

Saint-François-de-Madawaska
Village
Location of Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47.2425°N 68.705°W / 47.2425; -68.705
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Parish	Saint-François
Village Status	1966
Electoral Districts    Federal	Madawaska—Restigouche
Provincial	Madawaska-les-Lacs
Government [1]
• Type	Village Council
• Mayor	Gérard Cyr Cyr
• Councillors	List of Members Colette Levesque Chantal Veilleux Pierre Ouellette Sylvain St-Onge
Area [2]
• Total	6.39 km2 (2.47 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	470
• Density	73.5/km2 (190/sq mi)
• Change 2011–16	11.8%
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	506
Dwellings	265
Median Household Income*	$45,952 CDN
Access Routes	Route 205 Route 215
Median household income, 2015 (all households)

The village is known as the province's "Chicken Capital", referring to its role in the poultry industry. Former and merged names for the community include Webster's Creek and Winding Ledges.

Nearby attractions include Glazier Lake and the Forges Jos B. Michaud, a blacksmith museum.

The largest employers of the village include a poultry slaughtering factory and processing plant owned by Maple Lodge, two chicken-raising company owned by Westco.

Demographics

Population trend[4][5][2] Census Population Change (%) 2016 470 11.8% 2011 533 8.9% 2006 585 2.3% 2001 572 9.4% 1996 631 4.5% 1991 661 N/A

Mother tongue (2016)[2] Language Population Pct (%) French only 440 94.6% English only 20 4.3% Both English and French 5 1.1% Other languages 0 0%

History

See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Madawaska County, New Brunswick

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Madawaska County, New Brunswick

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick

References

1. Government of New Brunswick website: Saint-François-de-Madawaska Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Saint-François de Madawaska, Village [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
3. "Saint-François-de-Madawaska". New Brunswick Provincial Archives.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
5. Statistics Canada^{[permanent dead link]} Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses

47°14′33″N 68°42′18″W