Sunbury County, New Brunswick: Difference between revisions

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Sunbury County (2021 population 27,864<ref name=2021census/>) is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. A large military base (CFB Gagetown) is located in the western part of the county south of the town of Oromocto. The county also hosts forestry and mixed farming. Burton is the county shire town.

Census subdivisions

Communities

There are three municipalities within Sunbury County (listed by 2016 population):<ref name="census2016">Template:Cite web</ref>

Official Name	Designation	Area km²	Population	Parish
Oromocto	Town	22.44	9,223	Burton
Fredericton Junction	Village	23.85	704	Gladstone
Tracy	Village	29.46	608	Gladstone

Much of the Village of Minto lies within Sunbury County, but since most of it is in Queens County, Statistics Canada considers it as part of Queens. Similarly, a small portion of the city of Fredericton lies within Sunbury County, but is counted as part of York.

First Nations

There is one First Nations reservation in Sunbury County (listed by 2016 population):<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Official Name	Designation	Area km²	Population	Parish
Oromocto 26	Reservation	0.31	282	Burton

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Map of municipal government units in Sunbury County.

Parishes

The county is subdivided into seven parishes (listed by 2016 population):<ref name="census2016"/>

Official Name	Area km²	Population	Municipalities	Unincorporated communities
Lincoln	159.59	7,177		Lincoln / Lower Lincoln / Rusagonis-Waasis / Rusagonis Station / Sunpoke
Burton	259.10	5,119	Oromocto (town) Oromocto 26 (reservation)	Babbitt / Burpees Corner / Burton / French Lake / Geary / Goan / Haneytown / Lower Burton / McGowans Corner / Sheffield / Swan Creek / Waterville / Woodside
Maugerville	921.96	1,831		Maugerville / Noonan / Sunbury / Upper Maugerville
Blissville	341.74	919		Blissville / Central Blissville / Germany / Hoyt / Juvenile Settlement / Mill Settlement / Mill Settlement West / Patterson / Sand Brook
Sheffield	272.16	809		Albrights Corner / Fernmount / Lakeville Corner / Randall Corner / Ripples / Scale / Sheffield
Northfield	303.77	620		Cantor / Duffys Corner / Hardwood Ridge / Humphrey Corner / New Avon / New England Settlement / New Zion / North Forks / Slope Road
Gladstone	362.23	452	Fredericton Junction (village) Tracy (village)	Gladstone / Three Tree Creek / Tracyville / Upper Tracy / Vespra

Demographics

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Census	Population	Change (%)
2016	27,644	Template:Gain 1.8%
2011	27,143	Template:Gain 6.3%
2006	25,542	Template:Loss 0.9%
2001	25,776	Template:Profit 1.6%
1996	25,358	Template:Profit 7.6%
1991	23,575	N/A

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Language	Population	Pct (%)
English only	24,175	87.7%
French only	2,670	9.7%
Other languages	480	1.7%
Both English and French	235	0.9%

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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