Beaubassin East, New Brunswick

Beaubassin East was an incorporated rural community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held rural community status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Cap-Acadie.

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Beaubassin East (Grand Barachois) post office
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Coordinates: 46°10′21.2″N 64°18′43.8″W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Westmorland County
Town	Cap-Acadie
Incorporated	8 May 1995
Amalgamated	1 January 2023
Area [1][2]
• Land	291.02 km2 (112.36 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	6,718
• Density	23.1/km2 (60/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	5.4%
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

History

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

The rural community was incorporated on May 8, 1995^[3] from the Local Service Districts of Boudreau West, Grand Barachois, Haute-Aboujagane, and Saint-André & LeBlanc Office, and portions of the parishes of Botsford, Sackville, and Shediac. It completely surrounded the village of Cap-Pelé.

Beaubassin East was divided into six wards,^[4] numbered counterclockwise from its eastern boundary.

1. Ward 1 included Bas-Cap-Pelé, Petit-Cap, Portage, and Shemogue
2. Ward 2 included Saint-André-LeBlanc
3. Ward 3 included Grand-Barachois
4. Ward 4 included Boudreau-Ouest
5. Ward 5 included Haute-Aboujagane
6. Ward 6 included Cormier-Village

In 2006, Trois-Ruisseaux became part of Beaubassin East.^[5]

On 1 January 2023, Beaubassin East amalgamated with Cap-Pelé to form the new town of Cap-Acadie.^[6] The constituent communities' names remain in official use.^[7]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Beaubassin East had a population of 6,718 living in 2,855 of its 3,368 total private dwellings, a change of 5.4% from its 2016 population of 6,376. With a land area of 291.02 km² (112.36 sq mi), it had a population density of 23.1/km² (59.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[8]

	2021	2016	2011
Population	6,718 (+5.4% from 2016)	6,376 (+2.8% from 2011)	6,200 (-3.6% from 2006)
Land area	291.02 km2 (112.36 sq mi)	291.08 km2 (112.39 sq mi)	291.12 km2 (112.40 sq mi)
Population density	23.1/km2 (60/sq mi)	21.9/km2 (57/sq mi)	21.3/km2 (55/sq mi)
Median age	50.8 (M: 50.8, F: 50.8)	49.6 (M: 49.9, F: 49.4)
Private dwellings	3,368 (total)  2,855 (occupied)	3,388 (total)	3,296 (total)
Median household income	$82,000	$68,894

Canada census – Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est community profile

References: 2021^[9] 2016^[10] 2011^[11]

Canada 2016 Census		Population	% of Total Population
Visible minority group Source:[12]	South Asian	0	0.2%
	Chinese	10	0.2%
	Black	0	0%
	Filipino	40	0.6%
	Latin American	25	0.4%
	Arab	10	0.2%
	Southeast Asian	10	0.2%
	West Asian	0	0%
	Korean	0	0%
	Japanese	0	0%
	Other visible minority	10	0.2%
	Mixed visible minority	15	0.2%
Total visible minority population		115	1.8%
Aboriginal group Source:[13]	First Nations	55	0.9%
	Métis	40	0.6%
	Inuit	10	0.2%
	Other Aboriginal	10	0.2%
Total Aboriginal population		115	1.8%
European		6,260	98.2%
Total population		6,376	100%

Notable people

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

See also

• List of rural communities in New Brunswick
• Greater Shediac

References

1. "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Beaubassin East". Statistics Canada. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
2. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Beaubassin East". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
3. "Rural Community of Beaubassin East Regulation - Municipalities Act". Archived from the original on March 6, 2005. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
4. "Beaubassin Wards Map" (PDF). Retrieved November 9, 2011.
5. Government of Canada, 2006 Amalgamation.
6. "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
7. "Proposed entity names reflect strong ties to nature and history" (Press release). Irishtown, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
8. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
9. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
10. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
11. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019.
12. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Beaubassin East (Topic: Visible Minority)". 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
13. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Beaubassin East (Topic: Aboriginal Peoples)". 2016 Census. Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 10, 2019.