Editing New Brunswick (section)

==Demographics==
{{Main|Demographics of New Brunswick|List of people from New Brunswick}}
[[File:NB Population Density 2021.svg|thumb|right|Population density of New Brunswick]]
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At the [[2021 Canadian census]], New Brunswick had a population of 775,610, a 3.8% increase since the [[2016 Canadian census]]. As one of the four [[Atlantic Provinces]] which are Canada's least populated provinces, New Brunswick is the [[Population of Canada by province and territory|third-least populous]] province. The census also recorded New Brunswick as being the fourth-most densely populated Canadian province, with 10.9 people per square kilometre, behind [[Ontario]], [[Nova Scotia]] and [[Prince Edward Island]].<ref name=census/> As of September 2024, the population is estimated to be 857,381.<ref>{{cite web |title=Population estimates, quarterly |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1710000901 |website=[[Statistics Canada]] |publisher=[[Government of Canada]] |access-date=July 27, 2024 |date=June 19, 2024}}</ref>

The Atlantic provinces also have higher rural populations. New Brunswick was largely rural until 1951; since then, the rural-urban split has been roughly even.<ref>{{cite web |title=Population, urban and rural, by province and territory (New Brunswick) |url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/demo62e-eng.htm |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=18 November 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010203113/http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/demo62e-eng.htm |archive-date=10 October 2017 |date=15 January 2001}}</ref> Population density in the Maritimes is above average among Canadian provinces; this reflects their small size and the fact that they do not possess large, unpopulated hinterlands like the other seven provinces and three territories.

New Brunswick's 107 municipalities<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amanb-aamnb.ca/ |title=Welcome to the Association of Municipal Administrators of New Brunswick |publisher=The Association of Municipal Administrators of New Brunswick |year=2015 |access-date=16 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801012020/http://amanb-aamnb.ca/ |archive-date=1 August 2015}}</ref> cover {{percentage|6127.12|71377.18|1}} of the province's land mass but are home to {{percentage|490780|751171|1}} of its population. The three major urban areas are in the south of the province and are [[Greater Moncton]], population 157,717, [[Greater Saint John]], population 130,613, and [[Greater Fredericton]], population 108,610.

=== Ethnicity ===
In the 2001 census, the most commonly reported ethnicities were British 40%, [[French Canadian]] and [[Acadians|Acadian]] 31%, Irish 18%, other European 7%, [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] 3%, [[Asian Canadian]] 2%. Each person could choose more than one ethnicity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/themes/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?Temporal=2001&PID=62911&APATH=3&METH=1&PTYPE=55440&THEME=44&FOCUS=0&AID=0&PLACENAME=0&PROVINCE=0&SEARCH=0&GC=99&GK=NA&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&FL=0&RL=0&FREE=0&GID=431531 |title=Ethnic Origin (232), Sex (3) and Single and Multiple Responses (3) (2001 Census) |publisher=2.statcan.ca |access-date=23 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101073454/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/themes/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?Temporal=2001&PID=62911&APATH=3&METH=1&PTYPE=55440&THEME=44&FOCUS=0&AID=0&PLACENAME=0&PROVINCE=0&SEARCH=0&GC=99&GK=NA&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&FL=0&RL=0&FREE=0&GID=431531 |archive-date=1 January 2017}}</ref>

=== Language ===
[[File:New Brunswick CSD Languages, 2016.svg|thumb|The province's distribution of English and French is highly regional.]]
As of the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Canadian Census]], the most spoken languages in the province included English (698,025 or 91.94%), French (317,825 or 41.86%), Spanish (7,580 or 1%), Arabic (6,090 or 0.8%), Tagalog (4,225 or 0.56%), and Hindi (3,745 or 0.49%).<ref name="language2021">{{cite web |last=Government of Canada |date=17 August 2022 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table New Brunswick [Province] |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A000213&HEADERlist=,15,13,18,12,16,14,17&SearchText=New%20Brunswick |access-date=17 August 2022 |website=Statistics Canada |archive-date=17 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817234814/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A000213&HEADERlist=,15,13,18,12,16,14,17&SearchText=New%20Brunswick |url-status=live }}</ref> The question on knowledge of languages allows for multiple responses.

According to the [[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms#Language rights|Charter of Rights and Freedoms]] in the Canadian Constitution, both English and French are the official languages of New Brunswick,<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Languages Act |url=https://www.gnb.ca/legis/bill/editform-e.asp?ID=134&legi=54&num=4 |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=17 November 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041348/https://www.gnb.ca/legis/bill/editform-e.asp?ID=134&legi=54&num=4 |archive-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> making it the only officially bilingual province. Government and public services are available in both English and French.<ref name=langrights>{{cite web |title=FACTSHEET 1 - Government and public services |url=https://officiallanguages.nb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/your_language_rights_-_1_the_government_and_public_services.pdf |website=Your language rights in New Brunswick |publisher=Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick |access-date=25 April 2020 |date=March 2017 |archive-date=22 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522163018/https://officiallanguages.nb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/your_language_rights_-_1_the_government_and_public_services.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
For education, English-language and French-language systems serve the two linguistic communities at all levels.<ref name=langrights/> Anglophone New Brunswickers make up roughly two-thirds of the population, while about one-third are Francophone. Recently there has been growth in the numbers of people reporting themselves as bilingual, with 34% reporting that they speak both English and French. This reflects a trend across Canada.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Brunswick bilingualism rate rises to 34% |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-bilingual-language-census-2016-1.4231814 |date=2 August 2017 |publisher=CBC |access-date=17 November 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106195412/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-bilingual-language-census-2016-1.4231814 |archive-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
According to the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]], religious groups in New Brunswick included:<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=26 October 2022 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=New%20Brunswick&DGUIDlist=2021A000213&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=9 November 2022 |website=Statistics Canada |archive-date=1 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101211600/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=New%20Brunswick&DGUIDlist=2021A000213&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Christianity in Canada|Christianity]] (512,645 persons or 67.5%)
* [[Irreligion in Canada|Irreligion]] (225,125 persons or 29.7%)
* [[Islam in Canada|Islam]] (9,190 persons or 1.2%)
* [[Hinduism in Canada|Hinduism]] (3,340 persons or 0.4%)
* [[Sikhism in Canada|Sikhism]] (1,780 persons or 0.2%)
* [[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhism]] (1,120 persons or 0.1%)
* [[Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous Spirituality]] (1,005 persons or 0.1%)
* [[Judaism in Canada|Judaism]] (1,000 persons or 0.1%)
* Other (3,990 persons or 0.5%)

In the 2011 census, 84% of provincial residents reported themselves as Christian:<ref name="hc"/> 52% were [[Roman Catholicism in Canada|Roman Catholic]], 8% [[Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches|Baptist]], 8% [[United Church of Canada]], 7% [[Anglican Church of Canada|Anglican]] and 9% other [[Christians|Christian]]. 15% percent of residents reported no religion.