Editing Albert County, New Brunswick

{{short description|County in New Brunswick, Canada}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Albert County
| other_name              =
| native_name             =
| nickname                =
| settlement_type         = [[List of counties of New Brunswick|County]]
| motto                   =
| image_skyline           = NB Alma2 tango7174.jpg
| image_caption           = Farm landscape near Alma
| image_flag              =
| image_seal              =
| image_shield            =
| image_map               = Map of New Brunswick highlighting Albert County.png
| map_caption             = Location within New Brunswick
| subdivision_type        = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name        = Canada
| subdivision_type1       = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Province]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[New Brunswick]]
| government_footnotes    =
| government_type         =
| leader_title            =
| leader_name             =
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1845
| area_magnitude          =
| unit_pref               =
| area_footnotes          = <ref name=2021census/>
| area_total_km2          =
| area_land_km2           = 1806.23
| area_water_km2          =
| area_water_percent      =
| population_as_of        = 2021
| population_footnotes    = <ref name=2021census/>
| population_note         =
| population_total        = 30,749
| population_density_km2  = 17.0
| population_blank1_title = Pop&nbsp;{{small|2016-2021}}
| population_blank1       = {{increase}} 5.5%
| population_blank2_title = Dwellings
| population_blank2       = 13,476
| timezone                = [[Atlantic Standard Time Zone|AST]]
| utc_offset              = -4
| timezone_DST            = [[Atlantic Standard Time Zone|ADT]]
| utc_offset_DST          = -3
| coordinates             = {{coord|45.82|-64.85|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes     =
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| area_code               = [[Area code 506|506]]
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}}
{{Commons category|Albert County, New Brunswick}}

'''Albert County''' (2021 population 30,749)<ref name=2021census/> is New Brunswick's third-youngest [[List of counties of New Brunswick|county]], located on the Western side of the Petitcodiac River on the [[Chignecto Bay]] in the [[Bay of Fundy]];  the [[County seat|shire town]] is [[Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick|Hopewell Cape]]. The county was established in 1845 from parts of [[Westmorland County, New Brunswick|Westmorland County]] and [[Saint John County, New Brunswick|Saint John County]], and named after [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Hamilton | first = William Baillie | title = Place Names of Atlantic Canada | publisher = [[University of Toronto Press]] | isbn = 0-8020-7570-3 | year = 1996 | pages = 43}}</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>{{Cite book|last=Hamilton|first=William|title=The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=0-7715-9754-1|location=Toronto|pages=70}}</ref>

==[[Census subdivision]]s==

===Municipalities===
There are four municipalities within Albert County (listed by 2021 population):<ref name="cp2021"/>
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Official Name
! Status
! Area km<sup>2</sup>
! Population
! Parish
|-
| [[Riverview, New Brunswick|Riverview]]
| Town
| align="right"|34.10
| align="right"|20,584
| align="center"|[[Coverdale Parish, New Brunswick|Coverdale]]
|-
| [[Hillsborough, New Brunswick|Hillsborough]]
| Village
| align="right"|12.81
|  align="right"|1,348
| align="center"|[[Hillsborough Parish, New Brunswick|Hillsborough]]
|-
| [[Riverside-Albert, New Brunswick|Riverside-Albert]]
| Village
| align="right"|3.39
|  align="right"|348
| align="center"|[[Hopewell Parish, New Brunswick|Hopewell]]
|-
| [[Alma, New Brunswick|Alma]]
| Village
| align="right"|47.64
|  align="right"|282
| align="center"|[[Alma Parish, New Brunswick|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"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Official Name
! Area km<sup>2</sup>
! Population
! municipalities
! Unincorporated communities
|-
| [[Coverdale Parish, New Brunswick|Coverdale]]
| align="right"|236.00
| align="right"|4,766
| align="center"|[[Riverview, New Brunswick|Riverview (town)]]
| [[Colpitts Settlement, New Brunswick|Colpitts Settlement]]  / [[Five Points, Albert County|Five Points]] / [[Grub Road, New Brunswick|Grub Road]] / [[Lower Coverdale, New Brunswick|Lower Coverdale]] / [[Lower Turtle Creek, New Brunswick|Lower Turtle Creek]] / [[Middlesex, New Brunswick|Middlesex]] / [[Middle Coverdale, New Brunswick|Middle Coverdale]] / [[Nixon, New Brunswick|Nixon]] / [[Pine Glen, New Brunswick|Pine Glen]] / [[Price, New Brunswick|Price]] / [[Salisbury Back Road, New Brunswick|Salisbury Back Road]] / [[Stoney Creek, New Brunswick|Stoney Creek]] / [[Synton, New Brunswick|Synton]] / [[Turtle Creek, New Brunswick|Turtle Creek]] / [[Upper Coverdale, New Brunswick|Upper Coverdale]]
|-
| [[Hillsborough Parish, New Brunswick|Hillsborough]]
| align="right"|304.03
| align="right"|1,397
| align="center"|[[Hillsborough, New Brunswick|Hillsborough (village)]]
| [[Albert Mines, New Brunswick|Albert Mines]] / [[Baltimore, New Brunswick|Baltimore]] / [[Beech Hill, New Brunswick|Beech Hill]] / [[Berryton, New Brunswick|Berryton]] / [[Caledonia Mountain, New Brunswick|Caledonia Mountain]] / [[Dawson Settlement, New Brunswick|Dawson Settlement]] / [[Edgetts Landing, New Brunswick|Edgetts Landing]] / [[Isaiah Corner, New Brunswick|Isaiah Corner]] / [[Osborne Corner, New Brunswick|Osborne Corner]] / [[Rosevale, New Brunswick|Rosevale]] / [[Salem, Albert County|Salem]] / [[Shenstone, New Brunswick|Shenstone]] / [[Steeves Mills, New Brunswick|Steeves Mills]] / [[Steevescote, New Brunswick|Steevescote]] / [[Weldon, New Brunswick|Weldon]]
|-
| [[Elgin Parish, New Brunswick|Elgin]]
| align="right"|519.54
| align="right"|1,064
| align="center"|
| [[Church Hill, New Brunswick|Church Hill]] / [[Churchs Corner, New Brunswick|Churchs Corner]] / [[Elgin, New Brunswick|Elgin]] / [[Ferndale, New Brunswick|Ferndale]] / [[Forest Hill, New Brunswick|Forest Hill]] / [[Goshen, New Brunswick|Goshen]] / [[Gowland Mountain, New Brunswick|Gowland Mountain]] / [[Harrison Settlement, New Brunswick|Harrison Settlement]] / [[Hillside, New Brunswick|Hillside]] / [[Little River, Albert County|Little River]] / [[Mapleton, New Brunswick|Mapleton]] / [[Meadow, New Brunswick|Meadow]] / [[Midland, Albert County, New Brunswick|Midland]] / [[Parkindale, New Brunswick|Parkindale]] / [[Pleasant Vale, New Brunswick|Pleasant Vale]] / [[Prosser Brook, New Brunswick|Prosser Brook]] / [[Ross Corner, New Brunswick|Ross Corner]]
|-
| [[Hopewell Parish, New Brunswick|Hopewell]]
| align="right"|149.14
|  align="right"|597
| align="center"|[[Riverside-Albert, New Brunswick|Riverside-Albert (village)]]
| [[Cape Station, New Brunswick|Cape Station]] / [[Chemical Road, New Brunswick|Chemical Road]] / [[Chester, New Brunswick|Chester]] / [[Curryville, New Brunswick|Curryville]] / [[Demoiselle Creek, New Brunswick|Demoiselle Creek]] / [[Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick|Hopewell Cape]] / [[Hopewell Hill, New Brunswick|Hopewell Hill]] / [[Lower Cape, New Brunswick|Lower Cape]] / [[McGinleys Corner, New Brunswick|McGinleys Corner]] / [[Memel Settlement, New Brunswick|Memel Settlement]] / [[Mountville, New Brunswick|Mountville]] / [[Shepody, New Brunswick|Shepody]]
|-
| [[Harvey Parish, New Brunswick|Harvey]]
| align="right"|276.85
|  align="right"|358
| align="center"|
| [[Beaver Brook, New Brunswick|Beaver Brook]] / [[Brookville, New Brunswick|Brookville]] / [[Cape Enrage, New Brunswick|Cape Enrage]] / [[Derrys Corner, New Brunswick|Derrys Corner]] / [[Germantown, New Brunswick|Germantown]] / [[Harvey, New Brunswick|Harvey]] / [[Harvey Bank, New Brunswick|Harvey Bank]] / [[Little Ridge, New Brunswick|Little Ridge]] / [[Midway, New Brunswick|Midway]] / [[New Horton, New Brunswick|New Horton]] / [[New Ireland, New Brunswick|New Ireland]] / [[Upper New Horton, New Brunswick|Upper New Horton]] / [[Waterside, New Brunswick|Waterside]] / [[West River, New Brunswick|West River]]
|-
| [[Alma Parish, New Brunswick|Alma]]
| align="right"|222.74
|  align="right"|5<ref group=lower-alpha>Population is rounded in census for privacy reasons.</ref>
| align="center"|[[Alma, New Brunswick|Alma (village)]]
| [[Mitchells Corner, New Brunswick|Mitchells Corner]] / [[Teahans Corner, New Brunswick|Teahans Corner]]
|}

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
| title= Historical Census Data - Albert County, New Brunswick
| percentages = 
| shading = off
| align = right
| cols = 
| 1851 |6313
| 1861 |9444
| 1871 |10672
| 1881 |12329
| 1891 |10971
| 1901 |10925
| 1911 |9691
| 1921 |8607
| 1931 |7679
| 1941 |8421
| 1951 |9910
| 1956 |10943
| 1961 |12485
| 1966 |13944
| 1971 |16307
| 1976 |22159
| 1981 |23632
| 1986 |N/A
| 1991 |25640
| 1996 |26492
| 2001 |26749
| 2006 |27562
| 2011 |28846
| 2016 |29158
| 2021 |30749
| footnote = <ref name="scpast">Statistics Canada: [[Canada 1996 Census|1996]], [[Canada 2001 Census|2001]], [[Canada 2006 Census|2006]], [[Canada 2011 Census|2011]] census</ref><ref name=2021census/>
}}

As a [[Census divisions of Canada|census division]] in the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Albert County had a population of {{val|30749|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|12913|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|13476|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:30749-29158}}|29158|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|29158|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|1806.23|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|30749|1806.23|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000701 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=April 3, 2022}}</ref>
{{Canada census
 |location = Albert
 |2021_population=30,749 | 2021_pop_delta=+5.5  | 2021_land_area=1,806.23 | 2021_pop_density=17
 |2021_median_age=46.0 | 2021_median_age_m=44.8 | 2021_median_age_f=47.2
 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=13,476 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=12,913 |2021_mean_hh_income=77,500 
 |2021_geocode=2021A00031306 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19
 |2016_population=29,158 |2016_pop_delta=+1.1 |2016_land_area=1,807.88 |2016_pop_density=16.1
 |2016_median_age=45.0 |2016_median_age_m=44.0 |2016_median_age_f=46.0
 |2016_total_pvt_dwell=13,111 |2016_mean_hh_income=66,521 |2016_access_date=2019-09-03
 |2011_population=28,846 |2011_pop_delta=+4.7 |2011_land_area=1,806.54 |2011_pop_density=16.0
 |2011_median_age=42.9 |2011_median_age_m=41.8 |2011_median_age_f=43.9
 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=12,573 |2011_mean_hh_income=60,952 |2011_access_date=2014-03-31
 |2006_population=27,562 | 2006_pop_delta=+3.0 | 2006_land_area=1,806.12 | 2006_pop_density=15.3
 |2006_median_age=41.0 | 2006_median_age_m=40.2 | 2006_median_age_f=41.7
 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=11,503 | 2006_mean_hh_income=54,297 | 2006_access_date=2014-03-31
 |2001_population=26,749 | 2001_pop_delta=+1.0 | 2001_land_area=1,806.12 | 2001_pop_density=14.8
 |2001_median_age=38.6 | 2001_median_age_m=37.8 | 2001_median_age_f=39.3
 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=10,705 |2001_mean_hh_income=47,799 | 2001_access_date=2014-03-31
 |notes=
}}

===Language===
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="19"|Canada Census Mother Tongue - Albert County, New Brunswick<ref name="scpast"/>
|-
! Census
|
! Total
|colspan="1"| 
!colspan="3"|{{center|English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|French}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|English & French}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|Non-official languages}}
|-
! Year
|
! Responses
| 
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|-
| {{center|2021}}
|
| {{center|30,505}}
|
| 26,695
| {{increase}} 2.3%
| 87.51%
|
| 2,195
| {{increase}} 10.0%
| 7.20%
|
| 490
| {{increase}} 108.5%
| 1.61%
|
| 935
| {{increase}} 74.8%
| 3.07%
|-
| {{center|2016}}
|
| {{center|28,930}}
|
| 26,105
| {{decrease}} 0.2%
| 90.24%
|
| 1,995
| {{increase}} 8.1%
| 6.90%
|
| 235
| {{increase}} 17.5%
| 0.81%
|
| 535
| {{increase}} 30.5%
| 1.85%
|-
| {{center|2011}}
|
| {{center|28,590}}
|
| 26,135
| {{increase}} 4.0%
| 91.41%
|
| 1,845
| {{increase}} 17.1%
| 6.45%
|
| 200
| {{increase}} 207.7%
| 0.70%
|
| 410
| {{decrease}} 16.3%
| 1.43%
|-
| {{center|2006}}
|
| {{center|27,260}}
|
| 25,130
| {{increase}} 2.0%
| 92.19%
|
| 1,575
| {{increase}} 9.4%
| 5.78%
|
| 65
| {{decrease}} 43.5%
| 0.24%
|
| 490
| {{increase}} 78.2%
| 1.80%
|-
| {{center|2001}}
|
| {{center|26,470}}
|
| 24,640	
| {{decrease}} 0.1%
| 93.09%
|
| 1,440
| {{increase}} 10.8%
| 5.44%
|
| 115	
| {{increase}} 15.0%
| 0.43%
|
| 275
| {{increase}} 44.7%
| 1.04%
|-
| {{center|1996}}
|
| {{center|26,255}}
|
| 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 {{ISBN|978-1-55368-618-7}}</ref>
{{col-begin|width=75%}}
{{col-4}}
*'''Highways'''
**None
{{col-4}}
*'''Principal Routes'''
**{{jct|state=NB|NB|112}}
**{{jct|state=NB|NB|114}}
{{col-4}}
*'''Secondary Routes:'''
**{{jct|state=NB|NB|895}}
**{{jct|state=NB|NB|905}}
**{{jct|state=NB|NB|910}}
**{{jct|state=NB|NB|915}}
{{col-4}}
*'''External Routes:'''
**None
{{col-end}}

==[[List of protected areas of New Brunswick|Protected areas and attractions]]==
{{See also|List of historic places in Albert County, New Brunswick}}
[[File:NB Fundy5 tango7174.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2|Sunset over the Bay of Fundy near Waterside]]
* [[Fundy National Park]]
**Chignecto North
**Headquarters
**Point Wolfe
**Visitors Centre
* [[Hopewell Rocks]]
* [[Shepody National Wildlife Area]]
* [[Wilson Brook Natural Protected Area]]
* [[Cape Enrage]]
* [[Albert County Museum]]

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of people from Albert County}}

==See also==
* [[List of communities in New Brunswick]]
* [[Royal eponyms in Canada]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://newbrunswick.countyguide.ca/albert/ Albert County Guide]
<br>
{{Geographic location
| Centre    = Albert County
| North     = [[Westmorland County, New Brunswick|Westmorland County]]
| Northeast =
| East      = [[Westmorland County, New Brunswick|Westmorland County]]
| Southeast =
| South     = ''[[Bay of Fundy]]'' <br> {{flagicon|NS}} [[Cumberland County, Nova Scotia]]
| Southwest =
| West      = [[Kings County, New Brunswick|Kings County]] <br> [[Saint John County, New Brunswick|Saint John County]]
| Northwest =
}}
<br>
{{Subdivisions of New Brunswick|counties=yes|state=expanded}}

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[[Category:Counties of New Brunswick]]