Albert County (2021 population 30,749) 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. 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.

Census subdivisionCensus subdivisions

Municipalities

There are four municipalities within Albert County (listed by 2021 population):

Parishes

The county's six parishes serve as rural census subdivisions, which do not include the municipalities within them (listed by 2021 population):

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Albert County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Language

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:

Highways

• None

Principal Routes

Secondary Routes:

External Routes:

• None

List of protected areas of New BrunswickProtected areas and attractions

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

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick

• Royal eponyms in Canada

Notes

References

External links

• Albert County Guide