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Gloucester County (2021 population 78,256<ref name=2021census/>) is located in the northeastern corner of New Brunswick, Canada.<ref name="GNB">New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Gloucester County</ref> Fishing, mining and forestry are the major industries in the county. The eastern section of the county is known for its Acadian culture. The county is named for Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Census subdivisions

Communities

There are 19 municipalities within the county. They are listed below by 2016 population:<ref name="cp2016"/>

Official Name	Designation	Area km²	Population	Parish
Bathurst	City	92.04	11,897	Bathurst
Tracadie-Sheila	Town (dissolved)	24.65	5,171	Saumarez
Beresford	Town	19.41	4,288	Beresford
Caraquet	Town	68.35	4,248	Caraquet
Shippagan	Town	10.02	2,580	Shippagan
Petit-Rocher	Village	4.52	1,897	Beresford
Belledune	Village	189.47	1,417	Beresford
Bas-Caraquet	Village	31.01	1,305	Caraquet
Lamèque	Town	12.51	1,285	Shippagan
Bertrand	Village	57.44	1,166	Caraquet
Nigadoo	Village	7.65	963	Beresford
Grande-Anse	Village	24.33	899	New Bandon
Pointe-Verte	Village	13.79	886	Beresford
Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël	Village	15.90	879	Shippagan
Le Goulet	Village	5.49	793	Shippagan
Saint-Isidore	Village	22.94	764	Saint-Isidore
Paquetville	Village	9.26	720	Paquetville
Saint-Léolin	Village	19.73	647	New Bandon
Maisonnette	Village	12.90	495	New Bandon

First Nations

There is one First Nations reservation in Gloucester County (listed with 2016 population):<ref name="cp2016" />

Official Name	Designation	Area km²	Population	Parish
Pabineau 11	Reservation	4.92	134	Bathurst

Parishes

The county is subdivided into ten parishes (listed by 2016 population):<ref name="cp2016" />

Official Name	Area km²	Population	Municipalities	Unincorporated communities
Saumarez	326.78	6,618	Tracadie-Sheila (town)	Benoit / Charnisay / Commeau / Ferguson Point / Gauvreau / Haut-Sheila / Leech / Little Gaspereau / Losier Settlement / Petit-Tracadie / Pointe-à-Bouleau / Pont-Lafrance / Rivière-à-la-truite / Saint Irénée and Alderwood / Saint-Isidore Station / Saint-Pons / Saumarez / St. Pierre / Tracadie Beach / Val-Comeau
Beresford	456.86	6,248	Beresford (town) Petit-Rocher (village) Belledune (village) Nigadoo (village) Pointe-Verte (village)	Alcida and Dauversière / Dempsey Settlement / Devereaux / Dunlop / Free Grant / LaPlante / Lincour / Madran / Massabielle / Nicholas-Denys / Robertville / Saint-Laurent / Sainte-Louise / Sainte-Rosette / Sormany / St. George / Tremblay / Val-Michaud
Shippegan	208.08	4,800	Shippagan (town) Lamèque (town) Le Goulet (village) Ste-Marie-St-Raphaël (village)	Cap-Bateau / Chiasson-Savoy / Coteau Road / Haut-Lamèque / Haut-Shippagan / Herring Point / Miscou Centre / Miscou Harbour / Miscou Lighthouse / Miscou Plains / Petite-Lamèque / Petite-Rivière-de-l'lle / Petit-Shippagan / Pigeon Hill / Pointe-Alexandre / Pointe-Brûlé / Pointe-Canot / Sainte-Cécile / Shippagan Portage / Wilson Point
Bathurst	1504.87	4,797	Bathurst (city) Pabineau 11 (reservation)	Bartibog Station / Bathurst Mines / Big Antler / Big Moose / Big River / Blue Mountain Settlement / Bruce / Brunswick Mines / Chamberlain Settlement / Goodwin Mill / Gloucester Junction / Hachey Siding / Lawson Brook Siding / Miller Brook / Nepisiguit Junction / North Tetagouche / Ottawa Road / Pitre Road / Red Pine / Rio Grande / Russell / Salmon Beach / South Tetagouche / Tetagouche Hill / Upper Rosehill
Inkerman	107.56	2,366		Boudreau Road / Cowans Creek / Evangeline / Four Roads / Gaspereau / Haché Road / Haut Pokemouche / Inkerman / Inkerman Ferry / Landry / Maltampec / Pokemouche / Pokemouche Junction / Sainte-Rose-Gloucester / Six Roads
Paquetville	220.51	2,329	Paquetville (village)	Burnsville / Notre-Dame-des-Érables / Petit-Paquetville / Rang-Saint-Georges / Saint-Amateur / Trudel / Val-Doucet
Allardville	654.69	2,032		Allardville / Allardville East / Veniot / Bear Landing / Beaubois / Butte-d'Or / Daulnay / Goodwin Mill / Jeanne-Mance / Saint-Sauveur
Saint-Isidore	173.25	1,361	Saint-Isidore (village)	Bois-Blanc / Bois-Gagnon / Boishébert / Duguayville / Hacheyville / Haut-Saint-Isidore / Haut Tilley Road / Pokemouche Landing / Pont-Landry / Spruce Brook / Tilley Road
Caraquet	109.97	1,337	Caraquet (town) Bas-Caraquet (village) Bertrand (village)	Blanchard Settlement / Caraquet Island / Haut-Saint-Simon / Marsoliau / Pokesudie / Saint-Simon / Saint-Simon Centre
New Bandon	359.11	1,214	Grande-Anse (village) Maisonnette (village) Saint-Léolin (village)	Anse-Bleue / Bertrand Station / Black Rock / Canobie / Clifton / Dugas / Janeville / Johnson / Lobster Beach / New Bandon-Salmon Beach / Pokeshaw / Rocheville / Springfield / Stonehaven / Village-des-Poirier / Village-Saint-Paul / Waterloo Settlement

Demographics

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Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Gloucester 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	64,890	Template:Increase 1.0%	84.20%	10,795	Template:Decrease 2.8%	14.01%	810	Template:Increase 8.0%	1.05%	220	Template:Decrease 44.3%	0.28%
Template:Center	Template:Center	64,270	Template:Decrease 1.4%	84.00%	11,105	Template:Decrease 0.5%	14.51%	745	Template:Increase 19.2%	0.97%	395	Template:Decrease 41.5%	0.52%
Template:Center	Template:Center	65,210	Template:Decrease 4.7%	83.95%	11,165	Template:Decrease 8.9%	14.37%	625	Template:Decrease 26.0%	0.80%	675	Template:Increase 206.8%	0.87%
Template:Center	Template:Center	68,440	Template:Decrease 5.0%	83.71%	12,255	Template:Decrease 9.5%	14.99%	845	Template:Increase 8.3%	1.03%	220	Template:Decrease 6.4%	0.27%
Template:Center	Template:Center	72,060	n/a	83.19%	13,545	n/a	15.64%	780	n/a	0.90%	235	n/a	0.27%

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-5