Queens County, New Brunswick
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Queens County (Template:Langx; 2021 population 10,998<ref name=2021census/>) is located in south central New Brunswick, Canada. The county shire town is the village of Gagetown. The county was named as an expression of loyalty to the Crown and to commemorate a group of earlier settlers originally from Queens County, New York.<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Geography
The county's geography is dominated by the Saint John River and Grand Lake. Coal mining is a major industry in the Minto area. Forestry and mixed farming dominate the rest of the county. The CFB Gagetown military training area takes in a large portion of the western part of the county.
Communities
There are four municipalities within Queens County (listed by 2021 population):<ref name="cp2021"/>
| Official name | Designation | Area km2 | Population | Parish |
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| Minto | Village | 31.36 | 2,234 | Canning |
| Chipman | Village | 19.00 | 1,201 | Chipman |
| Gagetown | Village | 49.32 | 787 | Gagetown |
| Cambridge-Narrows | Village | 106.79 | 715 | Cambridge |
- Part of Minto lies within Sunbury County, but since most of it is in Queens County, Statistics Canada considers it as part of Queens.
Parishes
The county is subdivided into ten parishes (listed by 2021 population):<ref name="cp2021"/>
Demographics
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As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Queens County had a population of Template:Val living in Template:Val of its Template:Val total private dwellings, a change of Template:Percentage from its 2016 population of Template:Val. With a land area of Template:Convert, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.<ref name=2021census>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Canada census
Language
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
| Template:Center | Template:Center | 10,170 | Template:Increase 5.3% | 94.08% | 385 | Template:Decrease 13.5% | 3.56% | 70 | Template:Increase 75.0% | 0.65% | 170 | Template:Increase 13.3% | 1.57% | |||||
| Template:Center | Template:Center | 9,655 | Template:Decrease 5.3% | 93.83% | 445 | Template:Decrease 11.0% | 4.32% | 40 | Template:Steady | 0.39% | 150 | Template:Increase 15.4% | 1.46% | |||||
| Template:Center | Template:Center | 10,195 | Template:Decrease 2.9% | 93.83% | 500 | Template:Decrease 18.0% | 4.60% | 40 | Template:Decrease 27.3% | 0.37% | 130 | Template:Decrease 56.7% | 1.20% | |||||
| Template:Center | Template:Center | 10,495 | Template:Decrease 3.4% | 91.58% | 610 | Template:Increase 17.3% | 5.32% | 55 | Template:Increase 37.5% | 0.48% | 300 | Template:Increase 46.3% | 2.62% | |||||
| Template:Center | Template:Center | 10,870 | Template:Decrease 4.7% | 93.43% | 520 | Template:Decrease 23.0% | 4.47% | 40 | Template:Steady 0.0% | 0.34% | 205 | Template:Increase 57.7% | 1.76% | |||||
| Template:Center | Template:Center | 11,410 | n/a | 93.10% | 675 | n/a | 5.51% | 40 | n/a | 0.37% | 130 | n/a | 1.01% | |||||
Transportation
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Protected areas and attractions
Notable people
See also
References
External links
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