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Wikipedia / Restigouche County, New Brunswick

Restigouche County (; 2021 population 30,700) is located in north-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county is named for the Restigouche River which flows through the county and is famous for its salmon pools, which have attracted wealthy American and Canadian tourists to the region's summer colonies for decades. Forestry dominates the local economy.

Census subdivisions

Communities

There are nine municipalities within Restigouche County (listed by 2016 population):

Official name

Designation

Area km2

Pop 2016

Parish

Campbellton

City

18.58

6,883

Addington

Atholville

Village

119.60

3,570

Addington

Dalhousie

Town

15.22

3,126

Dalhousie

Saint-Quentin

Town

4.24

2,194

Saint-Quentin

Kedgwick

Rural community

658.08

1,979

Grimmer

Eel River Dundee

Village

65.48

1,953

Dalhousie

Balmoral

Village

43.39

1,674

Balmoral

Charlo

Village

31.30

1,310

Colborne

Tide Head

Village

19.43

938

Addington

First Nations

There are two First Nations reservations in Restigouche County (listed by 2016 population):

Official name

Designation

Area km2

Population

Parish

Eel River 3

Reservation

1.46

329

Dalhousie

Indian Ranch

Reservation

0.58

89

Dalhousie

Parishes

The county is subdivided into eight parishes. (Listed by 2016 population, excluding municipalities):

Official name

Area km2

Population

Municipalities

Unincorporated communities

Saint-Quentin

2,478.57

1,532

Saint-Quentin (town)

Five Fingers / Rang-Cinq-et-Six / Rang-Dix / Rang-Dix-Huit / Rang-Douze-Nord / Rang-Douze-Sud / Rang-Quatorze / Rang-Seize / Rang-Sept-et-Huit / Saint-Martin-de-Restigouche

Durham

410.89

1,076

Black Point / Doyleville / Gravel Hill / Halfway / Hickey Settlement / Keepover / Lapointe Settlement / Lorne / Nash Creek / Paradise Camp / Sea Side / Winton Crossing

Dalhousie

62.70

1,067

Dalhousie (town)Eel River Dundee (village)Eel River 3 (reserve)Indian Ranch (reserve)

Dalhousie Junction / Lac-des-Lys / Maple Green / McLeods / McNeish / Point La Nim /Upper Dundee

Durham

410.89

1,076

Black Point / Doyleville / Gravel Hill / Halfway / Hickey Settlement / Keepover / Lapointe Settlement / Lorne / Nash Creek / Paradise Camp / Sea Side / Winton Crossing

Eldon

1,681.46

657

Adams Gulch / Dawsonville / Evergreen / Glenwood / Menneval / Mann Mountain Settlement / Mann Siding /Robinsonville / Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Restigouche / Upsalquitch / Wyers Brook

Addington

935.17

656

Campbellton (city)Atholville (village)Tide Head (village)

Colebrooke Settlement / Dubé Settlement / Flatlands / Glen Levit / Glencoe / Malauze /McKendrick / Popelogan Depot / Saint-Arthur / Val-d'Amour / Val-Melanson

Balmoral

1,089.41

278

Balmoral (village)

Maltais / Ramsay Sheds / Simpsons Field

Colborne

754.96

227

Charlo (village)

Benjamin River / Blackland / Caribou Depot / New Mills / Upper Crossing

Grimmer

see *note

Kedgwick (rural community)

  • note: Grimmer Parish has been dissolved and amalgamated as part of the Rural Community of Kedgwick, effective July 2012.

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Restigouche 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

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Census

Total

Year

Responses

Count

Trend

Pop %

Count

Trend

Pop %

Count

Trend

Pop %

Count

Trend

Pop %

19,415

3.6%

64.38%

9,930

7.11%

32.93%

555

0.89%

1.84%

255

6.25%

0.85%

20,150

4.2%

63.68%

10,690

4.3%

33.79%

560

31.8%

1.77%

240

42.2%

0.76%

21,030

5.7%

63.64%

11,175

9.2%

33.82%

425

21.3%

1.29%

415

62.7%

1.25%

22,300

5.2%

62.98%

12,310

10.3%

34.77%

540

21.2%

1.53%

255

21.4%

0.72%

23,530

n/a

61.68%

13,720

n/a

35.97%

685

n/a

1.80%

210

n/a

0.55%

Access routes

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

Highways

Principal Routes

Secondary Routes:

External Routes:

Protected areas and attractions

Notable people

See also

References