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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>

Municipalities

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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

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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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As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Albert County had a population of Template:Val living in Template:Val of its Template:Val total private dwellings, a change of Template:Percentage from its 2016 population of Template:Val. With a land area of Template:Convert, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.<ref name=2021census>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Canada census

Language

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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

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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

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Sunset over the Bay of Fundy near Waterside

Notable people

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See also

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Notes

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References

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