Albert County | |
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![]() Farm landscape near Alma | |
![]() Location within New Brunswick | |
Coordinates: 45°49′N64°51′W / 45.82°N 64.85°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
Established | 1845 |
Area | |
• Land | 1,806.23 km2 (697.39 sq mi) |
Population (2021) [1] | |
• Total | 30,749 |
• Density | 17.0/km2 (44/sq mi) |
• Pop 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 13,476 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Area code | 506 |
Albert County (2021 population 30,749) [1] 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. [2] 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. [3]
There are four municipalities within Albert County (listed by 2021 population): [4]
Official Name | Status | Area km2 | Population | Parish |
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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 |
The county's six parishes serve as rural census subdivisions, which do not include the municipalities within them (listed by 2021 population): [4]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1851 | 6,313 | — |
1861 | 9,444 | +49.6% |
1871 | 10,672 | +13.0% |
1881 | 12,329 | +15.5% |
1891 | 10,971 | −11.0% |
1901 | 10,925 | −0.4% |
1911 | 9,691 | −11.3% |
1921 | 8,607 | −11.2% |
1931 | 7,679 | −10.8% |
1941 | 8,421 | +9.7% |
1951 | 9,910 | +17.7% |
1956 | 10,943 | +10.4% |
1961 | 12,485 | +14.1% |
1966 | 13,944 | +11.7% |
1971 | 16,307 | +16.9% |
1976 | 22,159 | +35.9% |
1981 | 23,632 | +6.6% |
1986 | N/A | — |
1991 | 25,640 | — |
1996 | 26,492 | +3.3% |
2001 | 26,749 | +1.0% |
2006 | 27,562 | +3.0% |
2011 | 28,846 | +4.7% |
2016 | 29,158 | +1.1% |
2021 | 30,749 | +5.5% |
[5] [1] |
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Albert County had a population of 30,749 living in 12,913 of its 13,476 total private dwellings, a change of 5.5% from its 2016 population of 29,158. With a land area of 1,806.23 km2 (697.39 sq mi), it had a population density of 17.0/km2 (44.1/sq mi) in 2021. [1]
2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 30,749 (+5.5% from 2016) | 29,158 (+1.1% from 2011) | 28,846 (+4.7% from 2006) |
Land area | 1,806.23 km2 (697.39 sq mi) | 1,807.88 km2 (698.03 sq mi) | 1,806.54 km2 (697.51 sq mi) |
Population density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) | 16.1/km2 (42/sq mi) | 16.0/km2 (41/sq mi) |
Median age | 46.0 (M: 44.8, F: 47.2) | 45.0 (M: 44.0, F: 46.0) | 42.9 (M: 41.8, F: 43.9) |
Private dwellings | 13,476 (total) 12,913 (occupied) | 13,111 (total) | 12,573 (total) |
Median household income | $77,500 | $66,521 | $60,952 |
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Albert County, New Brunswick [5] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | English | French | English & French | Non-official languages | |||||||||||||
Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2016 | 28,930 | 26,105 | ![]() | 90.24% | 1,995 | ![]() | 6.90% | 235 | ![]() | 0.81% | 535 | ![]() | 1.85% | |||||
2011 | 28,590 | 26,135 | ![]() | 91.41% | 1,845 | ![]() | 6.45% | 200 | ![]() | 0.70% | 410 | ![]() | 1.43% | |||||
2006 | 27,260 | 25,130 | ![]() | 92.19% | 1,575 | ![]() | 5.78% | 65 | ![]() | 0.24% | 490 | ![]() | 1.80% | |||||
2001 | 26,470 | 24,640 | ![]() | 93.09% | 1,440 | ![]() | 5.44% | 115 | ![]() | 0.43% | 275 | ![]() | 1.04% | |||||
1996 | 26,255 | 24,665 | n/a | 93.94% | 1,300 | n/a | 4.95% | 100 | n/a | 0.38% | 190 | n/a | 0.72% |
Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits: [8]