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Coordinates: 47°40′08″N65°05′57″W / 47.668889°N 65.099167°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Gloucester |
Parish | Paquetville |
Town | Hautes-Terres |
Established | 1866 |
Village Status | 1966 |
Electoral Districts Federal | Acadie—Bathurst |
Provincial | Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur |
Area | |
• Land | 9.26 km2 (3.58 sq mi) |
Population (2021) [1] | |
• Total | 718 |
• Density | 77.5/km2 (201/sq mi) |
• Change (2016–21) | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 359 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Postal code(s) | |
Area code | 506 |
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Paquetville is a former village in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. [2] It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Hautes-Terres. It is on the Acadian Peninsula at the intersection of Route 340, Route 135 and Route 350.
Paquetville was founded by Monseigneur Paquet in 1873, who brought several parishioners with him from Shippagan.
On 1 January 2023, Paquetville amalgamated with the village of Saint-Isidore and all or part of six local service districts to form the new town of Hautes-Terres. [3] [4] The community's name remains in official use. [5]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Paquetville had a population of 718 living in 324 of its 359 total private dwellings, a change of -0.3% from its 2016 population of 720. With a land area of 9.26 km2 (3.58 sq mi), it had a population density of 77.5/km2 (200.8/sq mi) in 2021. [1]
2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 718 (-0.3% from 2016) | 720 (+2.0% from 2011) | 706 (+10.0% from 2006) |
Land area | 9.26 km2 (3.58 sq mi) | 9.26 km2 (3.58 sq mi) | 9.40 km2 (3.63 sq mi) |
Population density | 77.5/km2 (201/sq mi) | 77.8/km2 (202/sq mi) | 75.1/km2 (195/sq mi) |
Median age | 53.2 (M: 51.2, F: 54.8) | 48.9 (M: 45.8, F: 51.5) | 46.9 (M: 45.6, F: 48.3) |
Private dwellings | 325 (total) | 346 (total) | 309 (total) |
Median household income | $48,896 | $52,040 |
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Census | Total | French | English | French & English | Other | |||||||||||||
Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 | 680 | 650 | ![]() | 95.59% | 15 | ![]() | 2.21% | 10 | ![]() | 1.47% | 5 | ![]() | 0.73% | |||||
2006 | 600 | 575 | ![]() | 95.83% | 10 | ![]() | 1.67% | 15 | ![]() | 2.50% | 0 | ![]() | 0.00% | |||||
2001 | 655 | 645 | ![]() | 98.47% | 10 | ![]() | 1.53% | 0 | ![]() | 0.00% | 0 | ![]() | 0.00% | |||||
1996 | 665 | 645 | n/a | 96.99% | 20 | n/a | 3.01% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% |
The village is the home of Édith Butler, who sings the song Paquetville.
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