Lancaster, New Brunswick

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Lancaster
Former city
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Lancaster
Coordinates: 45°15′00″N66°06′00″W / 45.250°N 66.100°W / 45.250; -66.100
CountryCanada
Province New Brunswick
County Saint John
City Saint John
Founded1875
Amalgamated1967
Time zone UTC-4 (Atlantic (AST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code 506

Lancaster is a former city in New Brunswick, Canada that is now within the City of St. John. It is west side of the Saint John River and on the north shore of the Bay of Fundy.

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History

Federal census
population history
of Lancaster
YearPop.±%
1956 12,371    
1961 13,848+11.9%
1966 15,836+14.4%
Source: Statistics Canada [1]

Lancaster was originally five unincorporated communities – Beaconsfield, Fairville, Milford, Randolph, and South Bay. [2] These five communities unified by incorporating as the City of Lancaster on January 1, 1953. [2] Its first mayor was T. B. Horsler. [3] Fourteen years later, Lancaster amalgamated with Saint John on January 1, 1967. [2] The area in which it had been located now consists of the neighbourhood of Saint John West. [4]

Government

Lancaster is part of the provincial Saint John Lancaster riding and the federal Saint John—Rothesay riding. [5]

See also

References

  1. "Table 2: Population of Census Subdivisions, 1921–1971". 1971 Census of Canada. Vol. I: Population, Census Subdivisions (Historical). Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1973.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lancaster 1875-Present". Heritage Resources and New Brunswick Community College - Saint John. Archived from the original on August 28, 2006. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  3. "Canada's Newest City is Born!". Heritage Resources and New Brunswick Community College - Saint John. Archived from the original on August 31, 2006. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  4. Angus, Fred F. (1979). Loyalist city streetcars : the story of street railway transit in Saint John, New Brunswick. West Hill, Ont. : Railfare Enterprises. ISBN   978-0-919130-29-6.
  5. Canada, Elections. "Voter Information Service - Find your electoral district". www.elections.ca. Retrieved September 15, 2020.