Moncton is the most populous city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley,Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces. The city has earned the nickname "Hub City" because of its central inland location in the region and its history as a railway and land transportation hub for the Maritimes. As of the 2021 Census,the city had a population of 79,470. The metropolitan population in 2022 was 171,608,making it the fastest growing CMA in Canada for the year with a growth rate of 5.3%. Its land area is 140.67 km2 (54.31 sq mi).
The Archer-Daniels-Midland Company,commonly known as ADM,is an American multinational food processing and commodities trading corporation founded in 1902 and headquartered in Chicago,Illinois. The company operates more than 270 plants and 420 crop procurement facilities worldwide,where cereal grains and oilseeds are processed into products used in food,beverage,nutraceutical,industrial,and animal feed markets worldwide.
Kenneth Colin Irving,was a Canadian businessman whose business began with a family sawmill in Bouctouche,New Brunswick,in 1882. In 1989,he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Irving Oil Ltd. is a Canadian privately-owned intergenerational gasoline,oil,and natural gas producing and exporting company,a subsidiary of the parent company Irving Group of Companies,—one of the largest "private conglomerates" in North America. Irving Oil was one established in 1924 by Canadian oil baron and billionaire,Kenneth "K.C." Irving,whose family fortune when he died in 1992 was estimated by Forbes at USD$5 billion. His son,Arthur,became chairman and president of Irving Oil. Arthur Irving died in 2024
The Moncton Wildcats are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) based in Moncton,New Brunswick. The franchise was granted for the 1995–96 season,and were known as the Moncton Alpines for one season prior to rebranding as the Wildcats. The team played at the Moncton Coliseum from 1995 until 2018,and moved into the Avenir Centre prior to the 2018–19 season. After winning the 2005–06 QMJHL championship,the team hosted the 2006 Memorial Cup and reached the final game. The Wildcats also won the league championship in 2009–10,which sent the team to compete at the 2010 Memorial Cup in Brandon,Manitoba where they were eliminated from contention after going winless in the round-robin portion of the tournament.
James Kenneth Irving,was a Canadian billionaire businessman and the first of three sons in the Irving family born to industrialist K.C. Irving. Born in Saint John,New Brunswick,he was the owner and later chairman of J. D. Irving. By the time of his death,his net worth was estimated between $5.5 and $7.2 billion.
J. D. Irving Limited (JDI) is a privately owned conglomerate company headquartered in Saint John,New Brunswick,Canada. It is a part of the Irving Group of Companies and consists of various subsidiaries such as Irving Tissue,Irving Equipment,Kent Building Supplies,New Brunswick Railway,New Brunswick Southern Railway,Eastern Maine Railway,Maine Northern Railway,Brunswick News,Acadia Broadcasting,Irving Shipbuilding,and Cavendish Farms,among others. It is involved in many industries including forestry,forestry products,agriculture,food processing,transportation,and shipbuilding. JDI along with Irving Oil,Ocean Capital Investments and Brunswick News,forms the bulk of the Irving Group of Companies,which groups the interests of the Irving family.
The Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL) is a Junior A ice hockey league under Hockey Canada,a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). It consists of six teams from New Brunswick,which make up the EastLink North Division,five teams from Nova Scotia,and one team from Prince Edward Island,which make up the Eastlink South Division. The winner of the MHL playoffs competes for the Centennial Cup against the winners of the 8 other tier 2 junior A leagues across Canada. Prior to the pandemic the MHL champions participated in the Fred Page Cup. This tournament involved the Bogart Cup champions from the Central Canada Hockey League (Ontario),the Kent Cup champions from the MHL (Maritimes) and the winner of La Coupe Napa of the Quebec Junior Hockey League (Quebec) as well as a predetermined host. The winner moved on to compete for the Canadian National Junior A Championship. However with the departure of the British Columbia Hockey League from affiliation with the CJHL in March 2021 as well as Hockey Canada in June 2023,no Centennial Cup qualifying tournaments such as the Kent Cup have been played since 2022,and instead all the league champions directly advance to the Centennial Cup.
Brunswick News Inc. (BNI) was a Canadian newspaper publishing company based on Bloor Street in Toronto. Once privately owned by James K. Irving and based in Saint John,New Brunswick,it was sold to Postmedia Network in 2022.
Saint John Shipbuilding was a Canadian shipbuilding company located in Saint John,New Brunswick. The shipyard was active from 1923 to 2003.
The Fredericton station,also known as York Street station is a former Canadian Pacific Railway station located on York Street in Fredericton,New Brunswick,Canada.
Acadia Broadcasting Limited is a Canadian radio broadcasting network that operates 5 FM radio stations in Northwestern Ontario and 10 in the Atlantic Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. It is owned by Ocean Capital Investments which is considered a part of the Irving Group of Companies. It is headquartered at 58 King Street in Saint John,New Brunswick. The company was formed by a 2001 operations merger between the Saint John based New Brunswick Broadcasting Company and the Bridgewater,Nova Scotia based Acadia Broadcasting Co. Limited. In 2003,the merged companies began operating under the simpler shared name,Acadia Broadcasting Limited. Since the merger,Acadia Broadcasting has launched new stations and acquired several stations owned and operated by other broadcasters throughout the provinces of Nova Scotia,New Brunswick and Ontario. Acadia Broadcasting radio stations attract a monthly average of over 400,000 listeners,and their websites see 5.3 million pageviews over the same period. Their markets are reached by an average of 8,400 advertising clients.
James Edward Lockyer is a Canadian lawyer,law professor,and former politician.
The Irving Oil Refinery is a Canadian oil refinery located in Saint John,New Brunswick. It is currently the largest oil refinery in Canada,capable of processing more than 320,000 barrels (51,000 m3) of crude oil per day. Over 80 per cent of the production is exported to the United States,accounting for 19 per cent of the country's gasoline imports and 75 per cent of Canada's gasoline exports to the US.
The Irving Group of Companies is an informal name given to those companies owned and controlled by the Irving family of New Brunswick—descendants of Canadian industrialist K.C. Irving:his sons James K. (1928–2024),Arthur (1930–2024),and John (1932–2010),and their respective children.
David Charles Coon is a Canadian conservationist and politician who has served as leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick since 2012 and as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Fredericton South since 2014.
Avenir Centre is an indoor arena in Moncton,New Brunswick. Opened in September 2018,it serves as the home to the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League.
Cavendish Farms is a Canadian food processing company and subsidiary of the J. D. Irving group of companies. Its headquarters are in Dieppe,New Brunswick and potato processing plants in New Annan,Prince Edward Island,Lethbridge,Alberta,and Jamestown,North Dakota,and an appetizer plant in Wheatley,Ontario. It is the 4th largest processor of frozen potato products in North America. It was established in 1980. The New Annan facility employs about 700 people. It is "one of the largest employers on Prince Edward Island. Cavendish Farms is the "largest private-sector employer on P.E.I." About 80 P.E.I. farmers grow potatoes for Cavendish Farms.
The Irving family is a wealthy Maritime family located mostly in New Brunswick,Canada.
