Albert County, New Brunswick

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Albert County (2021 population 30,749)<ref name=2021census/> is New Brunswick's third-youngest county, located on the Western side of the Petitcodiac River on the Chignecto Bay in the Bay of Fundy; the shire town is Hopewell Cape. The county was established in 1845 from parts of Westmorland County and Saint John County, and named after Prince Albert.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Since the abolition of county municipal governments in 1967, its best-known use is as a census division.

The mineral albertite was discovered a few miles away in 1849, giving rise to Albert Mines.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Census subdivisions

Municipalities

There are four municipalities within Albert County (listed by 2021 population):<ref name="cp2021"/>

Official Name	Status	Area km²	Population	Parish
Riverview	Town	34.10	20,584	Coverdale
Hillsborough	Village	12.81	1,348	Hillsborough
Riverside-Albert	Village	3.39	348	Hopewell
Alma	Village	47.64	282	Alma

Parishes

The county's six parishes serve as rural census subdivisions, which do not include the municipalities within them (listed by 2021 population):<ref name="cp2021"/>

Official Name	Area km²	Population	municipalities	Unincorporated communities
Coverdale	236.00	4,766	Riverview (town)	Colpitts Settlement / Five Points / Grub Road / Lower Coverdale / Lower Turtle Creek / Middlesex / Middle Coverdale / Nixon / Pine Glen / Price / Salisbury Back Road / Stoney Creek / Synton / Turtle Creek / Upper Coverdale
Hillsborough	304.03	1,397	Hillsborough (village)	Albert Mines / Baltimore / Beech Hill / Berryton / Caledonia Mountain / Dawson Settlement / Edgetts Landing / Isaiah Corner / Osborne Corner / Rosevale / Salem / Shenstone / Steeves Mills / Steevescote / Weldon
Elgin	519.54	1,064		Church Hill / Churchs Corner / Elgin / Ferndale / Forest Hill / Goshen / Gowland Mountain / Harrison Settlement / Hillside / Little River / Mapleton / Meadow / Midland / Parkindale / Pleasant Vale / Prosser Brook / Ross Corner
Hopewell	149.14	597	Riverside-Albert (village)	Cape Station / Chemical Road / Chester / Curryville / Demoiselle Creek / Hopewell Cape / Hopewell Hill / Lower Cape / McGinleys Corner / Memel Settlement / Mountville / Shepody
Harvey	276.85	358		Beaver Brook / Brookville / Cape Enrage / Derrys Corner / Germantown / Harvey / Harvey Bank / Little Ridge / Midway / New Horton / New Ireland / Upper New Horton / Waterside / West River
Alma	222.74	5<ref group=lower-alpha>Population is rounded in census for privacy reasons.</ref>	Alma (village)	Mitchells Corner / Teahans Corner

Demographics

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Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Albert County, New Brunswick<ref name="scpast"/>
Census	Total	Template:Center			Template:Center			Template:Center			Template:Center
Year	Responses	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %	Count	Trend	Pop %
Template:Center	Template:Center	26,695	Template:Increase 2.3%	87.51%	2,195	Template:Increase 10.0%	7.20%	490	Template:Increase 108.5%	1.61%	935	Template:Increase 74.8%	3.07%
Template:Center	Template:Center	26,105	Template:Decrease 0.2%	90.24%	1,995	Template:Increase 8.1%	6.90%	235	Template:Increase 17.5%	0.81%	535	Template:Increase 30.5%	1.85%
Template:Center	Template:Center	26,135	Template:Increase 4.0%	91.41%	1,845	Template:Increase 17.1%	6.45%	200	Template:Increase 207.7%	0.70%	410	Template:Decrease 16.3%	1.43%
Template:Center	Template:Center	25,130	Template:Increase 2.0%	92.19%	1,575	Template:Increase 9.4%	5.78%	65	Template:Decrease 43.5%	0.24%	490	Template:Increase 78.2%	1.80%
Template:Center	Template:Center	24,640	Template:Decrease 0.1%	93.09%	1,440	Template:Increase 10.8%	5.44%	115	Template:Increase 15.0%	0.43%	275	Template:Increase 44.7%	1.04%
Template:Center	Template:Center	24,665	n/a	93.94%	1,300	n/a	4.95%	100	n/a	0.38%	190	n/a	0.72%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:<ref>Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas Template:ISBN</ref> Template:Col-begin Template:Col-4