Westmorland County, New Brunswick
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Westmorland County (2021 population: 163,576<ref name="2021census"/>) is a county in New Brunswick, a province of Canada. It is in the south-eastern part of the province. It contains the fast-growing commercial centre of Moncton and its northern and eastern suburbs. Also located in the county are the university town of Sackville and the local tourist destination of Shediac.
Westmorland County is centrally located in the Maritimes and is New Brunswick's most populous county. Fishing and tourism are important industries along the Northumberland Strait shore, and there is some mixed farming in the Petitcodiac River Valley and in the Tantramar Marsh region. The city of Moncton accounts for half of the county's population and has developed as a major transportation, distribution, commercial and retail centre. Dorchester is the historic shire town.
Origins
[edit]The county, once a part of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, was one of the original eight counties delineated shortly after the creation of the British colony of New Brunswick in 1784. Initially it included what is now Albert County and part of Saint John County.
Due to sweeping social reforms of the Louis Robichaud premiership, the counties no longer serve their role as regional local government and administrative units.
Transportation
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Census subdivisions
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[edit]There were the eleven municipalities within Westmorland County before the 2023 local governance reforms (listed with 2021 figures):<ref name="cp2016"/>
| Official Name | Designation | Area km2 | Population | Parish |
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| Moncton | City | 141.92 | 79,470 | Moncton |
| Dieppe | City | 54.05 | 28,114 | Dorchester, Moncton |
| Shediac | Town | 53.95 | 7,535 | Shediac |
| Beaubassin East | Rural community | 291.08 | 6,718 | Botsford, Shediac |
| Sackville | Town | 74.17 | 6,099 | Sackville |
| Memramcook | Village | 187.67 | 5,029 | Dorchester |
| Cap-Pelé | Village | 23.36 | 2,441 | Botsford, Shediac |
| Salisbury | Village | 13.54 | 2,387 | Salisbury |
| Petitcodiac | Village | 17.21 | 1,476 | Salisbury |
| Dorchester | Village | 5.79 | 906 | Dorchester |
| Port Elgin | Village | 2.66 | 381 | Sackville, Westmorland |
First Nations
[edit]There is one First Nations reserve in Westmorland County (population as of 2021):<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
| Official Name | Designation | Area km2 | Population | Parish |
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| Fort Folly 1 | Reserve | 0.55 | 36 | Dorchester |
Parishes
[edit]The county is subdivided into seven parishes (listed by 2016 population):<ref name="cp2016" />
Demographics
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Language
[edit]The dominant dialect of Acadian French spoken in Westmorland County is Chiac.Template:Cn
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
| Template:Center | Template:Center | 77,450 | Template:Increase 1.3% | 52.83% | 60,570 | Template:Increase 3.0% | 41.31% | 2,430 | Template:Increase 13.0% | 1.66% | 6,160 | Template:Increase 74.0% | 4.20% | |||||
| Template:Center | Template:Center | 76,475 | Template:Increase 7.8% | 54.27% | 58,795 | Template:Increase 7.2% | 41.72% | 2,115 | Template:Increase 67.2% | 1.50% | 3,540 | Template:Increase 17.6% | 2.51% | |||||
| Template:Center | Template:Center | 70,945 | Template:Increase 3.6% | 54.54% | 54,860 | Template:Increase 7.4% | 42.17% | 1,265 | Template:Decrease 6.3% | 0.97% | 3,010 | Template:Increase 102.7% | 2.31% | |||||
| Template:Center | Template:Center | 68,510 | Template:Increase 1.2% | 55.97% | 51,060 | Template:Increase 6.7% | 41.71% | 1,350 | Template:Decrease 7.2% | 1.10% | 1,485 | Template:Increase 12.9% | 1.21% | |||||
| Template:Center | Template:Center | 67,700 | n/a | 57.21% | 47,860 | n/a | 40.45% | 1,455 | n/a | 1.23% | 1,315 | n/a | 1.11% | |||||
Access routes
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