A population centre, in Canadian census data, is a populated place, or a cluster of interrelated populated places, which meets the demographic characteristics of an urban area, having a population of at least 1,000 people and a population density of no fewer than 400 persons per square kilometre. [1]
The term was first introduced in the Canada 2011 Census; prior to that, Statistics Canada used the term urban area. [1]
In the 2021 Census of Population, Statistics Canada listed 31 population centres in the province of New Brunswick. [2]
The below table is a list of those population centres in New Brunswick from the 2021 Census of Population as designated, named, and delineated by Statistics Canada. [2]
Rank | Population centre [2] | Size group [2] | Population (2021) [2] | Population (2016) [2] | Change [2] | Land area (km2) [2] | Population density [2] |
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1 | Moncton | Large urban | 119,785 | 109,075 | +9.8% | 110.73 | 1,081.8/km2 |
2 | Fredericton | Medium | 64,614 | 61,014 | +5.9% | 89.6 | 721.1/km2 |
3 | Saint John | Medium | 63,447 | 61,152 | +3.8% | 70.05 | 905.7/km2 |
4 | Quispamsis - Rothesay | Small | 24,881 | 24,549 | +1.4% | 37.05 | 671.6/km2 |
5 | Bathurst | Small | 15,985 | 15,867 | +0.7% | 27.92 | 572.5/km2 |
6 | Edmundston | Small | 13,125 | 12,945 | +1.4% | 19.06 | 688.6/km2 |
7 | Chatham - Douglastown | Small | 11,594 | 11,364 | +2.0% | 27.78 | 417.4/km2 |
8 | Campbellton | Small | 8,833 | 8,790 | +0.5% | 17.8 | 496.2/km2 |
9 | Oromocto | Small | 8,585 | 8,810 | −2.6% | 10 | 858.5/km2 |
10 | Shediac | Small | 8,563 | 7,712 | +11.0% | 14.06 | 609.0/km2 |
11 | Sussex | Small | 5,447 | 5,308 | +2.6% | 10.65 | 511.5/km2 |
12 | Woodstock | Small | 4,602 | 4,332 | +6.2% | 4.5 | 1,022.7/km2 |
13 | Tracadie-Sheila | Small | 4,528 | 4,322 | +4.8% | 9.68 | 467.8/km2 |
14 | Grand Falls / Grand-Sault | Small | 4,349 | 4,490 | −3.1% | 7.17 | 606.6/km2 |
15 | Sackville | Small | 3,798 | 3,053 | +24.4% | 6 | 633.0/km2 |
16 | Hampton | Small | 3,499 | 3,436 | +1.8% | 7.73 | 452.7/km2 |
17 | St. Stephen | Small | 3,389 | 3,233 | +4.8% | 3.57 | 949.3/km2 |
18 | Caraquet | Small | 3,190 | 3,185 | +0.2% | 7.72 | 413.2/km2 |
19 | Dalhousie | Small | 2,372 | 2,351 | +0.9% | 2.56 | 926.6/km2 |
20 | Starlight Village | Small | 2,222 | 2,193 | +1.3% | 5.27 | 421.6/km2 |
21 | Shippagan | Small | 2,189 | 2,130 | +2.8% | 2.84 | 770.8/km2 |
22 | New Maryland | Small | 2,179 | 2,219 | −1.8% | 2.7 | 807.0/km2 |
23 | Saint-Quentin | Small | 2,141 | 2,194 | −2.4% | 4.24 | 505.0/km2 |
24 | Bouctouche | Small | 1,944 | 1,845 | +5.4% | 4.83 | 402.5/km2 |
25 | Saint Andrews | Small | 1,715 | 1,511 | +13.5% | 2.55 | 672.5/km2 |
26 | Salisbury | Small | 1,546 | 1,534 | +0.8% | 2.7 | 572.6/km2 |
27 | Richibucto 15 | Small | 1,464 | 1,435 | +2.0% | 2.52 | 581.0/km2 |
28 | McEwen | Small | 1,445 | 1,462 | −1.2% | 0.83 | 1,741.0/km2 |
29 | Saint-Antoine | Small | 1,383 | 1,353 | +2.2% | 2.57 | 538.1/km2 |
30 | Wells | Small | 1,263 | 1,266 | −0.2% | 2.88 | 438.5/km2 |
31 | St. Leonard | Small | 1,043 | 1,119 | −6.8% | 2.01 | 518.9/km2 |
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