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{{Short description|City in New Brunswick, Canada}}
{{About|the city|the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision|Moncton Parish, New Brunswick|other uses|Moncton (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=March 2015}}
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| leader_name2       = [[Ginette Petitpas Taylor]]
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| leader_name3       = [[Tania Sodhi]]<br />[[Alexandre Cédric Doucet]]<br />[[Rob McKee]]<br />[[Claire Johnson]] <br />[[Sherry Wilson]]
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'''Moncton''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ʌ|ŋ|k|t|ən}}; {{IPA|fr|mɔŋktœn}}) is the most populous city in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[New Brunswick]]. Situated in the [[Petitcodiac River]] Valley, it lies at the geographic centre of the [[The Maritimes|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 2024 Statistics Canada estimates, the city had a population of 97,523. The metropolitan population in 2024 was 188,036, making it the fastest growing [[census metropolitan area]] (CMA) in Canada for the year with a growth rate of 5.1%.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morrison |first1=Catherine |title=Celebrating Excellence in Economic Development |url=https://monctonimpact.ca/ |website=Moncton Impact |access-date=29 April 2025 |date=April 2025 }}</ref> Its land area is {{convert|140.67|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="auto"/>

Although the Moncton area was first settled in 1733, Moncton was officially founded in 1766 with the arrival of [[Pennsylvania German]] immigrants from [[Philadelphia]]. Initially an agricultural settlement, Moncton was not incorporated until 1855. It was named for Lt. Col. [[Robert Monckton]], the British officer who had captured nearby [[Fort Beauséjour]] a century earlier. A significant wooden shipbuilding industry had developed in the community by the mid-1840s, allowing for the civic incorporation of the town in 1855. The shipbuilding economy collapsed in the 1860s, causing the town to lose its civic charter in 1862. Moncton regained its charter in 1875 after the community's economy rebounded, mainly due to a growing railway industry. In 1871, the [[Intercolonial Railway of Canada]] chose Moncton as its headquarters, and Moncton remained a railway town for well over a century until the [[Canadian National Railway]] (CNR) locomotive shops closed in the late 1980s.

Although Moncton's economy was significantly impacted by the collapse of the shipbuilding industry in the 1860s and by the closure of the CNR locomotive shops in the 1980s, the city was able to rebound strongly on both occasions. It adopted the motto ''Resurgo'' (Latin: "I rise again") after its rebirth as a [[railway town]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Moncton's motto Resurgo holds historic importance to city |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-s-motto-resurgo-holds-historic-importance-to-city-1.2674403 |website=CBC News – New Brunswick |access-date=May 19, 2019 |date=June 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829045229/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-s-motto-resurgo-holds-historic-importance-to-city-1.2674403 |archive-date=August 29, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Its economy is stable and diversified, primarily based on its traditional transportation, distribution, retailing, and commercial heritage, and supplemented by strength in the educational, health care, financial, information technology, and insurance sectors. The strength of Moncton's economy has received national recognition in part due to a local unemployment rate that is consistently lower than the national average.

==History==
{{Main|History of Moncton}}
{{For timeline}}
{{See also|List of historic places in Moncton, New Brunswick}}
[[Acadians]] settled the head of the [[Bay of Fundy]] in the 1670s.<ref>Boudreau 12</ref> The first reference to the "Petcoucoyer River" was on the De Meulles map of 1686.<ref>Boudreau 16</ref> Settlement of the [[Petitcodiac River|Petitcodiac]] and [[Memramcook]] river valleys began about 1700, gradually extending inland and reaching the site of present-day Moncton in 1733. The first Acadian settlers in the Moncton area established a marshland farming community and chose to name their settlement ''Le Coude'' ("The Elbow"),<ref name="Moncton Article">{{cite encyclopedia |author=Medjuck, Sheva |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/moncton/ <!--Bot repaired link--> |title=Moncton |date=March 13, 2007 |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |access-date=July 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415111626/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/moncton/ |archive-date=April 15, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> an allusion to the 90° bend in the river near the site of the settlement.
[[File:Fort Beauséjour - Fort Cumberland National Historic Site.jpg|thumb|left|[[Fort Beauséjour]]. in 1755, the [[France|French]] fort was captured by British forces under the command of [[Robert Monckton]].]]
In 1755, nearby [[Fort Beauséjour]] was captured by British forces under the command of Lt. Col. [[Robert Monckton]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Parks Canada – Fort Beauséjour – Fort Cumberland National Historic Site of Canada – Natural Wonders & Cultural Treasures – Cultural Heritage |url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nb/beausejour/natcul/index_E.asp |publisher=[[Parks Canada]] |access-date=July 9, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208184944/http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/nb/beausejour/natcul/index_e.asp |archive-date=February 8, 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The Beaubassin region including the Memramcook and Petitcodiac river valleys subsequently fell under English control.<ref>Larracey 30</ref> Later that year, Governor [[Charles Lawrence (British Army officer)|Charles Lawrence]] issued a decree ordering the [[History of Acadia|expulsion of the Acadian]] population from [[Nova Scotia]] (including recently captured areas of Acadia such as Le Coude). This action came to be known as the "[[Great Upheaval]]".<ref name="History of Acadia">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/history-of-acadia/ <!--Bot repaired link--> |title=Acadia, History of |date=March 13, 2007 |encyclopedia=[[Canadian Encyclopedia]] |access-date=July 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220213617/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/history-of-acadia/ |archive-date=February 20, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The reaches of the upper Petitcodiac River valley then came under the control of the Philadelphia Land Company (one of the principals of which was [[Benjamin Franklin]].) In 1766, [[Pennsylvania German]] settlers arrived to reestablish the preexisting farming community at Le Coude.<ref>Larracey 32</ref> The Settlers consisted of eight families: Heinrich Stief ([[Steeves]]), Jacob Treitz (Trites), Matthias Sommer (Somers), Jacob Reicker (Ricker), Charles Jones (Schantz),<ref>[http://www.onelibrary.com/genealogy/reports/Charles-Jones-of-Philadelphia-and-Monckton.pdf The German Origins of Charles Jones, aka Johann Carl Schantz, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Monckton, New Brunswick] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508195702/http://www.onelibrary.com/genealogy/reports/Charles-Jones-of-Philadelphia-and-Monckton.pdf |date=May 8, 2016 }} By Rick Crume, with genealogical research by Dawn Edlund, November 2008</ref> George Wortmann (Wortman), Michael Lutz (Lutes), and George Koppel (Copple). There is a plaque dedicated in their honour at the mouth of Hall's Creek.<ref name="Pennsylvania Deutsch Settlers">{{cite web |url=http://tourism.moncton.ca/Travel_Trade/General_Information/The_History_of_Moncton.htm |title=The History of Moncton |year=2008 |work=Tourism Moncton |access-date=October 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115021223/http://tourism.moncton.ca/Travel_Trade/General_Information/The_History_of_Moncton.htm |archive-date=January 15, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> They renamed the settlement "The Bend".<ref name="Moncton Article" /> The Bend remained an agricultural settlement for nearly 80 more years. Even by 1836, there were only 20 households in the community. At that time, the Westmorland Road became open to year-round travel and a regular mail coach service was established between [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]] and [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]. The Bend became an important transfer and rest station along the route. Over the next decade, lumbering and then shipbuilding became important industries in the area.

The community's turning point came when [[Joseph Salter]] took over (and expanded) a shipyard at the Bend in 1847. The shipyard grew to employ about 400 workers. The Bend subsequently developed a service-based economy to support the shipyard and gradually began to acquire all the amenities of a growing town.<ref>Larracey 45</ref> The prosperity engendered by the wooden [[shipbuilding industry]] allowed The Bend to incorporate as the town of Moncton in 1855. Although the town was named for Monckton,<ref name="Moncton Article" /> a clerical error at the time the town was incorporated resulted in the misspelling of its name, which has remained to the present day. Moncton's first mayor was the shipbuilder Joseph Salter.

In 1857, the [[European and North American Railway]] opened its line from Moncton to nearby [[Shediac]]. This was followed in 1859 by a line from Moncton to [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]].<ref name="Canadian Biography">{{cite book |first=George W. |last=Brown |title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography|url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofcana02toro |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofcana02toro/page/727 727]|publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=1966 |isbn=0-8020-3142-0}}</ref> At about the time of the railway's arrival, the popularity of steam-powered ships forced an end to the era of wooden shipbuilding. The Salter shipyard closed in 1858. The resulting industrial collapse caused Moncton to surrender its civic charter in 1862.<ref name="Moncton Article" />
[[File:Intercolonial Railway Logo People.jpg|thumb|left|The city's economy was revitalized when it was selected as the headquarters for the [[Intercolonial Railway|Intercolonial Railway of Canada]] in 1871]]
Moncton's economic depression did not last long; a second era of prosperity came to the area in 1871, when Moncton was selected to be the headquarters of the [[Intercolonial Railway of Canada]] (ICR).<ref name="Moncton Article" /> The arrival of the ICR in Moncton was a seminal event for the community. For the next 120 years, the history of the city was firmly linked with the railway's. In 1875,<ref name="Moncton Article" /> Moncton reincorporated as a town, and a year later, the ICR line to [[Quebec]] opened. The railway boom that emanated from this and the associated employment growth allowed Moncton to achieve city status on April 23, 1890.<ref>Larracey 25</ref>

[[File:Gare des Chemins de fer nationaux du Canada, Moncton (Nouveau-Brunswick).jpg|thumb|The Canadian National Railway station in 1927, since replaced by a simpler [[Moncton station | modern structure]]]]
Moncton grew rapidly during the early 20th century, particularly after provincial lobbying helped the city become the eastern terminus of the massive [[National Transcontinental Railway]] project in 1912.<ref name="National Transcontinental Railway">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/national-transcontinental-railway/ <!--Bot repaired link--> |title=National Transcontinental Railway |date=March 13, 2007 |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |access-date=July 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144717/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/national-transcontinental-railway/ |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1918, the federal government merged the ICR and the [[National Transcontinental Railway]] (NTR) into the newly formed [[Canadian National Railways]] (CNR) system.<ref name="National Transcontinental Railway"/> The ICR shops became CNR's major locomotive repair facility for the Maritimes and Moncton became the headquarters for CNR's Maritime division.<ref>Larracey 28</ref> The [[Eatons|T. Eaton Company's]] catalogue warehouse moved to the city in the early 1920s, employing over 700 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Company Histories: Eaton's |url=http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/catalog/cat2403e.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080125054741/http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/catalog/cat2403e.html |archive-date=January 25, 2008 |publisher=[[Virtual Museum of Canada]]|access-date=January 24, 2009}}</ref> Transportation and distribution became increasingly important to Moncton's economy in the mid-20th century. The first scheduled air service out of Moncton was established in 1928. During the [[Second World War]], the [[Canadian Army]] built a large military supply base in the city to service the Maritime military establishment. The CNR continued to dominate the economy of the city; railway employment in Moncton peaked at nearly 6,000 workers in the 1950s before beginning a slow decline.<ref>Larracey 46</ref>
[[File:Aliant Turm.JPG|thumb|left|The Aliant tower symbolizes Moncton's position in Atlantic Canada as a communications and transportation hub]]
Moncton was placed on the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] network in the early 1960s after [[New Brunswick Route 2|Route 2]] was built along the city's northern perimeter. Later, the [[New Brunswick Route 15|Route 15]] was built between the city and [[Shediac]].<ref>Larracey 52</ref> At the same time, the [[Petitcodiac River Causeway]] was constructed.<ref name="Moncton Article" /> The [[Université de Moncton]] was founded in 1963<ref>{{cite web |title=Musée acadien de l'Université de Moncton – Canada – |url=http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Instruments/Anglais/maum_c_txt01_en.html |publisher=virtualmuseum.ca |access-date=July 9, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702082139/http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Instruments/Anglais/maum_c_txt01_en.html |archive-date=July 2, 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and became an important resource in the development of Acadian culture in the area.<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Moncton |url=http://agora.virtualmuseum.ca/Agora/ViewLoitLo.do?method=preview&lang=EN&id=229 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721235712/http://agora.virtualmuseum.ca/Agora/ViewLoitLo.do?method=preview&lang=EN&id=229 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 21, 2012 |date=March 13, 2006 |work=Government of [[New Brunswick]] |access-date=February 16, 2008}}</ref>

The late 1970s and the 1980s were a period of economic hardship for the city as several major employers closed or restructured.<ref>Larracey 62</ref> The [[Eatons]] catalogue division, CNR's locomotive shops facility and [[CFB Moncton]] closed during this time,<ref name="Moncton Article4">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.bartleby.com/65/mo/Moncton.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208164412/http://www.bartleby.com/65/mo/Moncton.html|archive-date=December 8, 2007|title=Moncton |date=March 13, 2001 |encyclopedia=[[The Columbia Encyclopedia]], Sixth Edition |access-date=July 19, 2007}}</ref> throwing thousands of citizens out of work.<ref name="Greater Moncton Garisson">{{cite web|url=http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/cfb_gagetown/branch/monctn_e.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040317005939/http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/cfb_gagetown/branch/monctn_e.asp|archive-date=March 17, 2004|title=CFB Gagetown Support Detachment Moncton |date=September 12, 2006 |work=[[Department of National Defence (Canada)|Department of National Defence]] |access-date=July 15, 2007}}</ref>

The city diversified in the early 1990s with the rise of information technology, led by [[call centre]]s that made use of the city's [[bilingual]] workforce.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wickens |first=Barbara |date=October 27, 1997 |title=When cheaper is better |magazine=[[Maclean's]] |issue=43 |volume=110 |page=10 }}</ref> By the late 1990s, retail, manufacturing and service expansion began to occur in all sectors and within a decade of the closure of the CNR locomotive shops Moncton had more than made up for its employment losses. This dramatic turnaround in the city's fortunes has been termed the "Moncton Miracle".<ref>{{cite web |title=Turner and Drake newsletter: Spring 1994 |url=http://www.turnerdrake.com/newsresearch/newsletters.asp |publisher=Turner Drake & Partners Ltd |access-date=July 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070717004956/http://www.turnerdrake.com/newsresearch/newsletters.asp |archive-date=July 17, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The community's growth has accelerated since the 1990s. The confidence of the community has been bolstered by its ability to host major events such as the [[Francophonie#Summits|Francophonie Summit]] in 1999, a [[Rolling Stones]] concert in 2005, the [[Memorial Cup]] in 2006, and both the [[IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics]] and a neutral site regular season CFL football game in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Organization internationale de la Francophonie: Choronologie |url=http://www.francophonie.org/doc/doc-historique/chronologie-oif.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307170154/http://www.francophonie.org/doc/doc-historique/chronologie-oif.pdf |archive-date=March 7, 2008 |publisher=[[Francophonie]]|access-date=January 24, 2009 |page=2 |language=fr}}</ref> Positive developments include the [[Atlantic Baptist University]] (later renamed [[Crandall University]]) achieving full university status and relocating to a new campus in 1996, the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport opening a new terminal building and becoming a designated international airport in 2002,<ref name="AirportHistory">{{cite web|title=GMIA Home |publisher=[[Greater Moncton International Airport]] |url=http://www.gmia.ca/english/corp/history.asp |access-date=July 15, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041107010058/http://www.gmia.ca/english/corp/history.asp |archive-date=November 7, 2004 }}</ref> and the opening of the new [[Gunningsville Bridge]] to Riverview in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gunningsville Bridge opens to traffic (05/11/19) |url=http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/tran/2005e1581tr.htm |publisher=Communications New Brunswick |date=November 19, 2005 |access-date=July 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514164213/http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/tran/2005e1581tr.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2002, Moncton became Canada's first officially bilingual city.<ref name="Bilingual">{{cite news|title=Moncton votes to become Canada's first bilingual city |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/moncton-votes-to-become-canada-s-first-bilingual-city-1.333298 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |date=August 7, 2002 |access-date=June 25, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016000635/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2002/08/07/moncton_biling020807.html |archive-date=October 16, 2006 }}</ref> In the 2006 census, it was designated a [[Census Metropolitan Area]] and became New Brunswick's largest metropolitan area.<ref name=statcan2006CMA>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMA&Code1=305__&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=Moncton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|title=2006 Community Profiles|work=[[Statistics Canada]]|year=2006|access-date=July 20, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208232043/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMA&Code1=305__&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=Moncton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|archive-date=December 8, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 1 January 2023, Moncton annexed an area including Charles Lutes Road and Zack Road.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act |url=https://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/2022-50 |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=11 January 2023 |date=12 October 2022 |archive-date=November 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129144519/https://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/2022-50// |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="GovRefMapRSC7">{{cite web |title=RSC 7 Southeast Regional Service Commission |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/local-governance/maps/RSC7.html |website=Government of New Brunswick |date=January 31, 2022 |access-date=17 January 2023 |archive-date=January 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118012940/https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/local-governance/maps/RSC7.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Moncton aerial 3847.jpg|thumb|Moncton is located along the north bank of the [[Petitcodiac River]], at a point where the river bends acutely from a west–east to north–south flow.]]
Moncton lies in southeastern [[New Brunswick]], at the geographic centre of the [[The Maritimes|Maritime Provinces]]. The city is along the north bank of the Petitcodiac River at a point where the river bends acutely from west−east to north−south flow. This geographical feature has contributed significantly to historical names for the community. ''Petitcodiac'' in the [[Mi'kmaq language]] has been translated as "bends like a bow". The early Acadian settlers in the region named their community ''Le Coude'' ("the elbow").<ref name="Moncton Article" /> Subsequent English immigrants changed the settlement's name to The Bend of the Petitcodiac (or simply "The Bend").<ref name="Moncton Article" />

The Petitcodiac river valley at Moncton is broad and relatively flat, bounded by a long ridge to the north (Lutes Mountain) and by the rugged Caledonia Highlands to the south. Moncton lies at the original head of navigation on the river, but a causeway to Riverview (constructed in 1968) resulted in extensive [[sedimentation]] of the river channel downstream and rendered the Moncton area of the waterway unnavigable.<ref name="Moncton Article" /> On April 14, 2010, the causeway gates were opened in an effort to restore the silt-laden river.<ref name="After 42 Years...">{{cite web|url=http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/search/article/1017959|title=After 42 Years, a River Finally Runs Through it|year=2010|access-date=March 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513162532/http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/search/article/1017959|archive-date=May 13, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Tidal bore===
[[file:Surfing the Tidal Bore.jpg|thumb|Close-up of a [[tidal bore]] on the Petitcodiac River in Moncton. The River exhibits one of North America's few examples of a tidal bore.]]
The Petitcodiac River exhibits one of North America's few [[tidal bore]]s: a regularly occurring wave that travels up the river on the leading edge of the incoming tide. The bore is a result of the [[Bay of Fundy]]'s extreme tides. Originally, the bore was very impressive, sometimes between {{convert|1|and|2|m}} high and extending across the {{convert|1|km}} width of the Petitcodiac River in the Moncton area. This wave occurred twice a day at high tide, travelling at an average speed of {{convert|13|km/h|abbr=on}} and producing an audible roar.<ref name="The Tidal Bore">{{cite web |url=http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2000/11/the-tidal-bore/ |title=Legion Magazine : The Tidal Bore |year=2000 |work=Legion Magazine |access-date=June 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511112002/http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2000/11/the-tidal-bore/ |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Unsurprisingly, the "bore" became a very popular early tourist attraction for the city, but when the Petitcodiac causeway was built in the 1960s, the river channel quickly silted in and reduced the bore so that it rarely exceeded {{convert|15|to|20|cm}} in height.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2000/11/the-tidal-bore/ |title=Info on the Tidal bore in Moncton |date=March 13, 2007 |work=Legion Magazine |access-date=June 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511112002/http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2000/11/the-tidal-bore/ |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> On April 14, 2010, the causeway gates were opened in an effort to restore the silt-laden river.<ref name="After 42 Years..."/> A recent tidal bore since the opening of the causeway gates measured a {{convert|2|ft|m|adj=mid|-high}} wave, unseen for many years.<ref name="Tidal Bore Makes Waves">{{cite web|url=http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/front/article/1031687|title=Tidal Bore Makes Waves|year=2010|access-date=March 27, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501122518/http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/front/article/1031687|archive-date=May 1, 2010}}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Main|Climate of Moncton}}
Despite being less than {{convert|50|km|0|abbr=on}} from the [[Bay of Fundy]] and less than {{convert|30|km|0|abbr=on}} from the [[Northumberland Strait]], the climate tends to be more continental than maritime during the summer and winter seasons, with maritime influences somewhat tempering the transitional seasons of spring and autumn.<ref name="weather_of_moncton">{{cite web|url=http://atlantic-web1.ns.ec.gc.ca/climatecentre/default.asp?lang=En&n=7A6129C7-1|title=Moncton Climate data |date=March 13, 2007 |work=[[Environment Canada]], Climate of New Brunswick Report |access-date=July 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603042617/http://atlantic-web1.ns.ec.gc.ca/climatecentre/default.asp?lang=En&n=7A6129C7-1 |archive-date=June 3, 2007}}</ref>
[[File:Joseph Salter - Resurgo - by Claude Roussel.jpg|left|thumb|Hoar frost on a chilly mid-winter morning in Moncton's Bore Park. The mean daily minimum in January is about minus 13°C]]
Moncton has a warm summer [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Dfb'') with uniform precipitation distribution. Winter days are typically cold but sunny, with solar radiation generating some warmth. Daytime high temperatures usually range a few degrees below the freezing point. Major snowfalls can result from [[Nor'easter]] ocean storms moving up the east coast of North America.<ref name="Nor'easters">{{cite web |url=http://www3.cet.edu/weather2/h17.html |title=Nor'easters |date=March 13, 2007 |work=[[Wheeling Jesuit University]] |access-date=July 18, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626044252/http://www3.cet.edu/weather2/h17.html |archive-date=June 26, 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> These major snowfalls typically average 20–30&nbsp;cm (8–12&nbsp;in) and are frequently mixed with rain or freezing rain. Spring is often delayed because the [[sea ice]] that forms in the nearby [[Gulf of St. Lawrence]] during the winter requires time to melt, and this cools onshore winds, which can extend inland as far as Moncton. The ice burden in the gulf has diminished considerably over the last decade,<ref>{{cite web |title=Global warming disaster as thousands of harp seal pups perish: Experts call for annual seal hunt to be cancelled |url=http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=209471 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207073200/http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=209471 |archive-date=February 7, 2008 |publisher=[[International Fund for Animal Welfare]]|access-date=January 24, 2009}}</ref> and the springtime cooling effect has weakened as a result. Daytime temperatures above freezing are typical by late February. Trees are usually in full leaf by May.<ref name="airport">{{cite web |url=http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=6207&lang=e&dCode=1&StationName=MONCTON&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216042553/http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=6207&lang=e&dCode=1&StationName=MONCTON&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 16, 2012 |title=Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, Moncton Airport |publisher=Environment Canada |access-date=March 24, 2012 }} </ref> Summers are warm, sometimes hot, and can be somewhat humid due to the seasonal prevailing westerly winds strengthening the climate's continental tendencies.<ref name="weather_of_moncton" /> Daytime highs sometimes reach more than 30&nbsp;°C (86&nbsp;°F). Rainfall is generally modest, especially in late July and August, and short periods of drought occur on occasion.<ref name="airport" /> Autumn daytime temperatures remain mild until late October.<ref name="weather_of_moncton" /> First snowfalls usually do not occur until late November and consistent snow cover on the ground does not happen until late December. New Brunswick's Fundy coast occasionally experiences the effects of post-tropical storms.<ref name="airport" /> The stormiest weather of the year, with the greatest precipitation and the strongest winds, usually occurs during the fall/winter transition (November to mid-January).<ref name="airport" />

The highest temperature ever recorded in Moncton was {{convert|37.8|C|0}} on August 18 and 19, 1935.<ref name= "Daily Temperature August 1935">{{cite web
| publisher = [[Environment Canada]]
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jlXAL5arzOwC&q=editions:OCLC2927672
| title = Monthly Record, Meteorological Observations in Canada
| date = 1935
| access-date = November 15, 2016
| archive-date = November 7, 2021
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211107095825/https://books.google.com/books?id=jlXAL5arzOwC&q=editions%3AOCLC2927672
| url-status = live
}}</ref> The coldest ever recorded was {{convert|-37.8|C|0}} on February 5, 1948.<ref name="Canadian Climate Normals"/>

{{Weather box
| collapsed =
| location = Moncton, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1881–present
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan record high C = 17.2
| Feb record high C = 18.0
| Mar record high C = 26.1
| Apr record high C = 29.0
| May record high C = 34.5
| Jun record high C = 34.4
| Jul record high C = 36.1
| Aug record high C = 37.8
| Sep record high C = 35.0
| Oct record high C = 28.3
| Nov record high C = 23.0
| Dec record high C = 18.3
|year record high C = 37.8
| Jan high C = -3.2
| Feb high C = -1.7
| Mar high C = 2.7
| Apr high C = 9.0
| May high C = 16.5
| Jun high C = 21.9
| Jul high C = 25.3
| Aug high C = 24.7
| Sep high C = 20.0
| Oct high C = 13.2
| Nov high C = 6.4
| Dec high C = -0.1
|year high C = 11.2
| Jan mean C = −8.2
| Feb mean C = -7.0
| Mar mean C = -2.3
| Apr mean C = 4.2
| May mean C = 10.7
| Jun mean C = 16.0
| Jul mean C = 19.5
| Aug mean C = 19.0
| Sep mean C = 14.5
| Oct mean C = 8.3
| Nov mean C = 2.5
| Dec mean C = -4.3
|year mean C = 6.1
| Jan low C = -13.1
| Feb low C = -12.2
| Mar low C = -7.2
| Apr low C = -0.7
| May low C = 4.9
| Jun low C = 10.0
| Jul low C = 13.7
| Aug low C = 13.2
| Sep low C = 8.9
| Oct low C = 3.3
| Nov low C = -1.5
| Dec low C = -8.4
|year low C = 0.9
| Jan record low C = -36.7
| Feb record low C = -37.8
| Mar record low C = -31.7
| Apr record low C = -17.8
| May record low C = -7.2
| Jun record low C = -3.9
| Jul record low C = 0.0
| Aug record low C = -1.1
| Sep record low C = -6.1
| Oct record low C = -9.4
| Nov record low C = -21.1
| Dec record low C = -34.4
|year record low C = -37.8
|precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 97.7
| Feb precipitation mm = 84.0
| Mar precipitation mm = 105.9
| Apr precipitation mm = 92.0
| May precipitation mm = 101.7
| Jun precipitation mm = 88.0
| Jul precipitation mm = 84.8
| Aug precipitation mm = 76.6
| Sep precipitation mm = 93.7
| Oct precipitation mm = 105.9
| Nov precipitation mm = 93.8
| Dec precipitation mm = 100.0
| year precipitation mm = 1124.0
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 30.3
|Feb rain mm = 30.2
|Mar rain mm = 47.4
|Apr rain mm = 63.4
|May rain mm = 96.8
|Jun rain mm = 88.0
|Jul rain mm = 84.8
|Aug rain mm = 76.6
|Sep rain mm = 93.7
|Oct rain mm = 104.6
|Nov rain mm = 77.1
|Dec rain mm = 49.1
|year rain mm = 842.0
|snow colour = green
|Jan snow cm = 67.4
|Feb snow cm = 53.8
|Mar snow cm = 58.5
|Apr snow cm = 28.5
|May snow cm = 4.9
|Jun snow cm = 0.0
|Jul snow cm = 0.0
|Aug snow cm = 0.0
|Sep snow cm = 0.0
|Oct snow cm = 1.3
|Nov snow cm = 16.7
|Dec snow cm = 50.8
|year snow cm = 282.0
|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 14.6
|Feb precipitation days = 11.8
|Mar precipitation days = 13.6
|Apr precipitation days = 14.2
|May precipitation days = 14.8
|Jun precipitation days = 13.4
|Jul precipitation days = 12.5
|Aug precipitation days = 10.9
|Sep precipitation days = 11.4
|Oct precipitation days = 13.1
|Nov precipitation days = 15.3
|Dec precipitation days = 15.3
|year precipitation days = 160.8
|unit rain days = 0.2 mm
|Jan rain days = 4.8
|Feb rain days = 4.3
|Mar rain days = 7.0
|Apr rain days = 11.3
|May rain days = 14.6
|Jun rain days = 13.4
|Jul rain days = 12.5
|Aug rain days = 10.9
|Sep rain days = 11.4
|Oct rain days = 12.9
|Nov rain days = 12.6
|Dec rain days = 7.1
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|unit snow days = 0.2&nbsp;cm
|Jan snow days = 11.7
|Feb snow days = 9.1
|Mar snow days = 8.7
|Apr snow days = 5.2
|May snow days = 0.75
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.36
|Nov snow days = 4.3
|Dec snow days = 10.1
|year snow days = 50.1
| source 1 = [[Environment Canada]]<ref name= "Canadian Climate Normals">{{cite web
| publisher = [[Environment Canada]]
| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=6206&autofwd=1
| title = Moncton, NB
| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010
|date = September 25, 2013| access-date = March 19, 2016
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170517092729/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=6206&autofwd=1
| archive-date = May 17, 2017
| url-status = live
}}</ref><ref name="Sep 2010">{{cite web
| publisher = [[Environment Canada]]
| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1881-07-01%7C2013-09-04&mlyRange=1881-01-01%7C2006-02-01&StationID=6206&Prov=NB&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=9&Day=26&txtStationName=moncton&timeframe=2&Year=2010
| title = Daily Data Report for September 2010
| work = Canadian Climate Data
|date = October 31, 2011| access-date = June 26, 2016
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160812175406/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1881-07-01%7C2013-09-04&mlyRange=1881-01-01%7C2006-02-01&StationID=6206&Prov=NB&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=9&Day=26&txtStationName=moncton&timeframe=2&Year=2010
| archive-date = August 12, 2016
| url-status = live
}}</ref><ref name="Mar 2012">{{cite web
| publisher = [[Environment Canada]]
| url = http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1953-01-01%7C2012-06-07&dlyRange=1939-12-01%7C2012-06-10&mlyRange=1939-01-01%7C2012-06-01&StationID=6207&Prov=NB&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=2&searchMethod=contains&Month=3&Day=26&txtStationName=moncton&timeframe=2&Year=2012
| title = Daily Data report for March 2012
| work = Canadian Climate Data
|date = October 31, 2011 |access-date = June 26, 2016
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160812175137/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1953-01-01%7C2012-06-07&dlyRange=1939-12-01%7C2012-06-10&mlyRange=1939-01-01%7C2012-06-01&StationID=6207&Prov=NB&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=2&searchMethod=contains&Month=3&Day=26&txtStationName=moncton&timeframe=2&Year=2012
| archive-date = August 12, 2016
| url-status = live
}}</ref><ref name= "Daily Temperature August 1935"/>
| date = August 2010
}}
{{Weather box
|collapsed = yes
|location     = [[Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport]], 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1939–present
|metric first = Y
|single line  = Y

|Jan maximum humidex = 20.1
|Feb maximum humidex = 16.3
|Mar maximum humidex = 28.5
|Apr maximum humidex = 30.0
|May maximum humidex = 37.6
|Jun maximum humidex = 40.9
|Jul maximum humidex = 43.7
|Aug maximum humidex = 44.5
|Sep maximum humidex = 40.9
|Oct maximum humidex = 32.5
|Nov maximum humidex = 28.2
|Dec maximum humidex = 20.3
|year maximum humidex = 44.5

|Jan record high C = 16.1
|Feb record high C = 15.3
|Mar record high C = 26.1
|Apr record high C = 28.5
|May record high C = 34.2
|Jun record high C = 35.6
|Jul record high C = 35.6
|Aug record high C = 37.2
|Sep record high C = 34.1
|Oct record high C = 26.9
|Nov record high C = 26.9
|Dec record high C = 23.7
|year record high C = 37.2

|Jan high C = -3.5
|Feb high C = -2.5
|Mar high C = 2.2
|Apr high C = 8.6
|May high C = 16.1
|Jun high C = 21.3
|Jul high C = 25.1
|Aug high C = 24.7
|Sep high C = 20.2
|Oct high C = 13.2
|Nov high C = 6.3
|Dec high C = 0.0
|year high C =

|Jan mean C = -8.4
|Feb mean C = -7.6
|Mar mean C = -2.6
|Apr mean C = 3.6
|May mean C = 10.0
|Jun mean C = 15.3
|Jul mean C = 19.3
|Aug mean C = 18.7
|Sep mean C = 14.2
|Oct mean C = 8.1
|Nov mean C = 2.1
|Dec mean C = -4.4
|year mean C =

|Jan low C = -13.3
|Feb low C = -12.7
|Mar low C = -7.4
|Apr low C = -1.5
|May low C = 3.9
|Jun low C = 9.2
|Jul low C = 13.4
|Aug low C = 12.7
|Sep low C = 8.1
|Oct low C = 2.9
|Nov low C = -2.2
|Dec low C = -8.7
|year low C =

|Jan record low C = −32.2
|Feb record low C = −31.7
|Mar record low C = −27.4
|Apr record low C = −16.1
|May record low C = −6.1
|Jun record low C = −2.1
|Jul record low C = 1.2
|Aug record low C = 0.6
|Sep record low C = −3.3
|Oct record low C = −10.0
|Nov record low C = −17.4
|Dec record low C = −29.0
|year record low C = −32.2

|Jan chill = -49.4
|Feb chill = -46.0
|Mar chill = -39.3
|Apr chill = -27.7
|May chill = -12.6
|Jun chill = -4.9
|Jul chill = 0.0
|Aug chill = 0.0
|Sep chill = -9.0
|Oct chill = -14.7
|Nov chill = -27.1
|Dec chill = -43.5
|year chill = -49.4

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 102.4
|Feb precipitation mm = 87.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 110.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 94.2
|May precipitation mm = 98.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 95.4
|Jul precipitation mm = 87.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 77.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 102.9
|Oct precipitation mm = 123.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 108.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 115.2
|year precipitation mm =

|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 16.9
|Feb precipitation days = 13.6
|Mar precipitation days = 14.8
|Apr precipitation days = 15.1
|May precipitation days = 16.1
|Jun precipitation days = 15.3
|Jul precipitation days = 14.5
|Aug precipitation days = 11.9
|Sep precipitation days = 12.0
|Oct precipitation days = 14.1
|Nov precipitation days = 15.5
|Dec precipitation days = 16.4
|year precipitation days =

|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 31.4
|Feb rain mm = 25.8
|Mar rain mm = 49.7
|Apr rain mm = 60.7
|May rain mm = 96.0
|Jun rain mm = 95.1
|Jul rain mm = 87.1
|Aug rain mm = 77.2
|Sep rain mm = 102.9
|Oct rain mm = 121.7
|Nov rain mm = 88.1
|Dec rain mm = 56.4
|year rain mm =

|unit rain days = 0.2 mm
|Jan rain days = 6.0
|Feb rain days = 4.4
|Mar rain days = 8.0
|Apr rain days = 12.2
|May rain days = 16.0
|Jun rain days = 15.3
|Jul rain days = 14.5
|Aug rain days = 11.9
|Sep rain days = 12.0
|Oct rain days = 14.0
|Nov rain days = 12.5
|Dec rain days = 8.7
|year rain days =

|snow colour = green
|Jan snow cm = 73.9
|Feb snow cm = 65.0
|Mar snow cm = 60.3
|Apr snow cm = 29.2
|May snow cm = 2.3
|Jun snow cm = 0.0
|Jul snow cm = 0.0
|Aug snow cm = 0.0
|Sep snow cm = 0.0
|Oct snow cm = 1.6
|Nov snow cm = 18.7
|Dec snow cm = 59.0
|year snow cm = 310.0

|unit snow days = 0.2 cm
|Jan snow days = 15.0
|Feb snow days = 12.4
|Mar snow days = 11.4
|Apr snow days = 6.5
|May snow days = 0.76
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.43
|Nov snow days = 5.7
|Dec snow days = 12.1
|year snow days = 64.3

|time day = 15:00 LST
|Jan humidity = 70.7
|Feb humidity = 66.3
|Mar humidity = 63.3
|Apr humidity = 60.2
|May humidity = 58.3
|Jun humidity = 59.2
|Jul humidity = 60.5
|Aug humidity = 59.2
|Sep humidity = 60.7
|Oct humidity = 63.6
|Nov humidity = 70.9
|Dec humidity = 74.5
|year humidity =

|Jan sun = 116.2
|Feb sun = 124.3
|Mar sun = 139.9
|Apr sun = 165.6
|May sun = 207.5
|Jun sun = 232.8
|Jul sun = 256.3
|Aug sun = 241.1
|Sep sun = 173.3
|Oct sun = 149.4
|Nov sun = 95.1
|Dec sun = 101.1
|year sun = 2002.2

|Jan percentsun = 41.3
|Feb percentsun = 42.7
|Mar percentsun = 37.9
|Apr percentsun = 40.8
|May percentsun = 44.8
|Jun percentsun = 49.4
|Jul percentsun = 53.8
|Aug percentsun = 55.0
|Sep percentsun = 45.9
|Oct percentsun = 44.0
|Nov percentsun = 33.4
|Dec percentsun = 37.5
|year percentsun = 43.9

|source 1 = [[Environment Canada]]<ref name = ECCC>
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==Cityscape==
[[File:MonctonSkylineb.jpg|thumb|Skyline of [[Downtown Moncton]], with the [[Bell Aliant Tower]] to the right. The Tower is the tallest free-standing structure in [[Atlantic Canada]].]]
{{See also|List of tallest buildings in Moncton}}
Moncton generally remains a "low rise" city, but its skyline encompasses buildings and structures with varying architectural styles from many periods. The city's most dominant structure is the [[Bell Aliant Tower]], a {{convert|127|m}} [[microwave communications]] tower built in 1971. When it was constructed, it was the tallest microwave communications tower of its kind in North America. It remains the tallest structure in Moncton, dwarfing the neighbouring Place L'Assomption by {{convert|46|m}}.<ref name="Bell Aliant Tower">{{cite web |url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/com-ful_e.aspx?id=5386 |title=Bell Aliant Tower |date=April 20, 2007 |work=Canada's Historic Places |access-date=July 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003109/http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/com-ful_e.aspx?id=5386 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> Indeed, the Bell Aliant Tower is also the tallest free-standing structure in all four Atlantic provinces.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} [[Assumption Place]] is a 20-story office building and the headquarters of [[Assumption Life|Assumption Mutual Life Insurance]]. This building is {{convert|81|m}} tall and tied with Brunswick Square ([[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]]) as the tallest building in the province.<ref name="NB Diagrams">{{cite web |url=http://www.assumption.ca/English/press/details.cfm?id=105 |title=Assumption Life and the Drop Zone Create Some Extreme Thrills |date=August 31, 2006 |work=Assumption Life |access-date=May 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510083351/http://www.assumption.ca/English/press/details.cfm?id=105 |archive-date=May 10, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Blue Cross Centre]] is a nine-story building in [[Downtown Moncton]]. It is architecturally distinctive, encompasses a full city block, and is the city's largest office building by square footage.<ref name="Blue Cross">{{cite web |url=http://www.fortisproperties.com/en/home/realestate/ourproperties/blue_cross_centre.aspx |title=Blue Cross Centre |date=April 20, 2006 |work=[[Fortis Inc.]] |access-date=July 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208232036/http://www.fortisproperties.com/en/home/realestate/ourproperties/blue_cross_centre.aspx |archive-date=December 8, 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> It is the home of [[Medavie Blue Cross]] and the [[Moncton Public Library]]. There are about a half dozen other buildings in Moncton between eight and 12 stories, including the Delta Beausejour and Brunswick Crowne Plaza Hotels and the Terminal Plaza office complex.
[[File:Autumninmoncton.JPG|thumb|[[Centennial Park (Moncton)|Centennial Park]] is one of several public parks managed by the city.]]

===Urban parks===
The most popular park in the area is [[Centennial Park (Moncton)|Centennial Park]] which has lighted cross country skiing and hiking trails, the city's largest playground, lawn bowling and tennis facilities, a boating pond, a treetop adventure course, and Rocky Stone Field, a city owned 2,500 seat football stadium with artificial turf, and home to the Moncton Minor Football Association.<ref name="Centennial Park">{{cite web |url=http://www.moncton.ca/Page2162.aspx |title=Centennial Park |date=April 6, 2008 |work=www.moncton.ca |access-date=May 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331095930/http://www.moncton.ca/page2162.aspx |archive-date=March 31, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The city's other main parks are [[Mapleton Park]] in the city's north end, [[Irishtown Nature Park]] (one of the largest urban nature parks in Canada) and St. Anselme Park (located in [[Dieppe, New Brunswick|Dieppe]]). The numerous neighbourhood parks throughout the [[metro Moncton]] area include Bore View Park (which overlooks the Petitcodiac River), and the downtown [[Victoria Park, New Brunswick|Victoria Park]], which features a [[bandshell]], flower gardens, fountain, and the city's [[cenotaph]].<ref name="Community Parks">{{cite web |url=http://www.moncton.ca/Page2196.aspx |title=Community Parks |date=April 6, 2008 |work=www.moncton.ca |access-date=May 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308084832/http://www.moncton.ca/page2196.aspx |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> There is an extensive system of hiking and biking trails in [[Metro Moncton]]. The [[Riverfront Trail, Greater Moncton|Riverfront Trail]] is part of the [[Trans Canada Trail]] system, and various monuments and pavilions can be found along its length.<ref>Merlin 4</ref>

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
| title = Historical population
| type  = CA
|align       = right
| width       =
| state       =
| shading     = on
| pop_name    =
| percentages =
| footnote    =
| source      =
|1861 |1396
|1871 |600
|1881 |5032
|1891 |8762
|1901 |9026
|[[Canada 1911 Census|1911]] |11345
|1921 |17488
|1931 |20689
|1941 |22763
|1951 |27334
|1956 |36003
|1961 |43840
|1966 |45847
|1971 |54864
|1976 |55934
|1981 |54741
|1986 |55468
|1991 |56823
|[[Canada 1996 Census|1996]] |59313
|[[Canada 2001 Census|2001]] |61046
|[[Canada 2006 Census|2006]] |64128
|[[Canada 2011 Census|2011]] |69074
|[[Canada 2016 Census|2016]] |71889
|[[Canada 2021 Census|2021]] |79470
|}}

In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], the City of Moncton had a population of {{val|79470|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|35118|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|37318|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:79470-71889}}|71889|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|71889|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|140.67|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|79470|140.67|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000213 |title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), New Brunswick |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=February 21, 2022 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206222305/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000213 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Moncton's urban area (''population centre'') had a population of {{val|119785|fmt=commas}} living in an area of {{convert|110.73|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. Residents lived in 51,830 dwellings out of the 54,519 total private dwellings.<ref name="auto1"/>

[[Greater Moncton]], the Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), had a population of {{val|157717|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|67179|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|70460|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings; a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:157717-144810}}|144810|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|144810|fmt=commas}}. The CMA includes the neighbouring city of [[Dieppe, New Brunswick|Dieppe]] and the town of [[Riverview, New Brunswick|Riverview]], as well as adjacent suburban areas in [[Westmorland County, New Brunswick|Westmorland]] and [[Albert County, New Brunswick|Albert]] counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page_Hier1.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMA&Code1=305__&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=moncton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|title=Geographical hierarchy|work=[[Statistics Canada]]|date=January 19, 2009|access-date=January 24, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219033818/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page_Hier1.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CMA&Code1=305__&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=moncton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=|archive-date=February 19, 2012}}</ref> With a land area of {{convert|2562.47|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|157717|2562.47|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021censusCMA>{{cite web |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000501 |title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327085922/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000501 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Moncton's urban area is the third largest in Atlantic Canada, after [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], and [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]], and the second largest in [[The Maritimes]].

In 2016, the median age in Moncton was 41.4, close to the national median age of 41.2.

The [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]] reported that [[Immigration to Canada|immigrants]] (individuals born outside Canada) comprise 8,460 persons or 10.9% of the total population of Moncton. Of the total immigrant population, the top countries of origin were Philippines (795 persons or 9.4%), India (655 persons or 7.7%), United States of America (555 persons or 6.6%), China (475 persons or 5.6%), Nigeria (470 persons or 5.6%), United Kingdom (395 persons or 4.7%), Syria (385 persons or 4.6%), South Korea (380 persons or 4.5%), France (290 persons or 3.4%), and Democratic Republic of the Congo (270 persons or 3.2%).<ref name="2021censusB"/>

=== Ethnicity ===
As of 2021, approximately 82.4% of Moncton's residents were of European ancestry, while 14.9% were visible minorities and 2.7% were Indigenous.<ref name="2021censusB"/> The largest ethnic minority groups in Moncton were Black (5.3%), South Asian (3.0%), Arab (1.5%), Filipino (1.3%), Chinese (0.9%), Southeast Asian (0.8%), Korean (0.7%), and Latin American (0.7%).<ref name="2021censusB"/>

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|+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the City of Moncton (2001−2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Moncton&DGUIDlist=2021A00051307022&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=June 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616223610/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Moncton&DGUIDlist=2021A00051307022&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&HEADERlist=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2021-10-27 |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1307022&Geo2=CD&Code2=1307&SearchText=Moncton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=June 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616223613/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1307022&Geo2=CD&Code2=1307&SearchText=Moncton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="2011censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2015-11-27 |title=NHS Profile |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1307022&Data=Count&SearchText=Moncton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621181202/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1307022&Data=Count&SearchText=Moncton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2006<ref name="2006censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-08-20 |title=2006 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1307022&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=Moncton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621181210/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1307022&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=Moncton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="2001censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-07-02 |title=2001 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1307022&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=Moncton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621181208/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1307022&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=Moncton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |url-status=live }}</ref>
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!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
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|-
| [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name=euro}}
| 63,780
| {{Percentage | 63780 | 77405 | 2 }}
| 63,130
| {{Percentage | 63130 | 70115 | 2 }}
| 62,730
| {{Percentage | 62730 | 67450 | 2 }}
| 60,575
| {{Percentage | 60575 | 62965 | 2 }}
| 58,450
| {{Percentage | 58450 | 60080 | 2 }}
|-
| [[African-Canadian|African]]
| 4,075
| {{Percentage | 4075 | 77405 | 2 }}
| 1,830
| {{Percentage | 1830 | 70115 | 2 }}
| 1,180
| {{Percentage | 1180 | 67450 | 2 }}
| 710
| {{Percentage | 710 | 62965 | 2 }}
| 555
| {{Percentage | 555 | 60080 | 2 }}
|-
| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 2,310
| {{Percentage | 2310 | 77405 | 2 }}
| 330
| {{Percentage | 330 | 70115 | 2 }}
| 490
| {{Percentage | 490 | 67450 | 2 }}
| 265
| {{Percentage | 265 | 62965 | 2 }}
| 145
| {{Percentage | 145 | 60080 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 2,080
| {{Percentage | 2080 | 77405 | 2 }}
| 1,795
| {{Percentage | 1795 | 70115 | 2 }}
| 1,415
| {{Percentage | 1415 | 67450 | 2 }}
| 640
| {{Percentage | 640 | 62965 | 2 }}
| 470
| {{Percentage | 470 | 60080 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia]]n{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name=SoutheastAsian}}
| 1,595
| {{Percentage | 1595 | 77405 | 2 }}
| 665
| {{Percentage | 665 | 70115 | 2 }}
| 505
| {{Percentage | 505 | 67450 | 2 }}
| 115
| {{Percentage | 115 | 62965 | 2 }}
| 95
| {{Percentage | 95 | 60080 | 2 }}
|-
| [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name=EastAsian}}
| 1,300
| {{Percentage | 1300 | 77405 | 2 }}
| 1,085
| {{Percentage | 1085 | 70115 | 2 }}
| 690
| {{Percentage | 690 | 67450 | 2 }}
| 275
| {{Percentage | 275 | 62965 | 2 }}
| 215
| {{Percentage | 215 | 60080 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name=MiddleEastern}}
| 1,260
| {{Percentage | 1260 | 77405 | 2 }}
| 950
| {{Percentage | 950 | 70115 | 2 }}
| 270
| {{Percentage | 270 | 67450 | 2 }}
| 185
| {{Percentage | 185 | 62965 | 2 }}
| 65
| {{Percentage | 65 | 60080 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 565
| {{Percentage | 565 | 77405 | 2 }}
| 195
| {{Percentage | 195 | 70115 | 2 }}
| 85
| {{Percentage | 85 | 67450 | 2 }}
| 55
| {{Percentage | 55 | 62965 | 2 }}
| 25
| {{Percentage | 25 | 60080 | 2 }}
|-
| Other/[[Multiracial people|multiracial]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name=Other}}
| 440
| {{Percentage | 440 | 77405 | 2 }}
| 135
| {{Percentage | 135 | 70115 | 2 }}
| 85
| {{Percentage | 85 | 67450 | 2 }}
| 150
| {{Percentage | 150 | 62965 | 2 }}
| 65
| {{Percentage | 65 | 60080 | 2 }}
|-
! Total responses
! 77,405
! {{Percentage | 77405 | 79470 | 2 }}
! 70,115
! {{Percentage | 70115 | 71889 | 2 }}
! 67,450
! {{Percentage | 67450 | 69074 | 2 }}
! 62,965
! {{Percentage | 62965 | 64128 | 2 }}
! 60,080
! {{Percentage | 60080 | 61046 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total population
! 79,470
! {{Percentage | 79470 | 79470 | 2 }}
! 71,889
! {{Percentage | 71889 | 71889 | 2 }}
! 69,074
! {{Percentage | 69074 | 69074 | 2 }}
! 64,128
! {{Percentage | 64128 | 64128 | 2 }}
! 61,046
! {{Percentage | 61046 | 61046 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="11" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}}
|}

=== Language ===
[[File:Moncton Welcome.JPG|thumb|right|A sign at the entrance of Moncton. Both [[Canadian English|English]] and French is used on the sign, the two most spoken languages in the city.]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+Canada Census Mother Tongue - Moncton, New Brunswick <ref name=":0">{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?DGUIDlist=2021A00051307022&GENDERlist=1&HEADERlist=0&Lang=E&STATISTIClist=1&SearchText=Moncto | title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Moncton, City (C) &#91;Census subdivision&#93;, New Brunswick | date=February 9, 2022 | access-date=December 25, 2022 | archive-date=December 25, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225192307/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?DGUIDlist=2021A00051307022&GENDERlist=1&HEADERlist=0&Lang=E&STATISTIClist=1&SearchText=Moncto | url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! Census
|
! Total
|colspan="1"| 
!colspan="3"|{{center|English}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|French}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|English & French}}
|colspan="1"|
!colspan="3"|{{center|Other}}
|-
! Year 
|
! Responses
| 
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|
! Count
! Trend
! Pop %
|-
| {{center|2021}}
|
| {{center|78,210}}
|
| 45,765
| {{increase}} 4.68%
| 58.52%
|
| 21,375
| {{decrease}} 0.95%
| 27.33%
|
| 2,230
| {{increase}} 79.12%
| 2.85%
|
| 8,470
| {{increase}} 51.36%
| 10.83%
|-
| {{center|2016}}
|
| {{center|70,670}}
|
| 43,720
| {{increase}} 1.60%
| 61.87%
|
| 21,580
| {{increase}} 1.43%
| 30.54%
|
| 1,245
| {{increase}} 15.81%
| 1.76%
|
| 4,120
| {{increase}} 61.57%
| 5.83%
|-
| {{center|2011}}
|
| {{center|67,930}}
|
| 43,030
| {{n/a}} 
| 63.34%
|
| 21,275
| {{n/a}} 
| 31.32%
|
| 1,075
| {{n/a}} 
| 1.58%
|
| 2,550
| {{n/a}} 
| 3.75%
|}

Moncton is a bilingual city, 58.5% of its residents having English as their mother tongue, while 27.3% have French, 2.9% learned both English and French as a first language, and 10.8% speak another language as their mother tongue.<ref name=":0" /> About 46% of the city population is [[bilingual]] and understands both English and French;<ref name="2011 Community Profiles">{{cite web |date=February 8, 2012 |title=2011 Community Profiles |url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1307022&Geo2=CD&Code2=1307&Data=Count&SearchText=moncton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212192528/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1307022&Geo2=CD&Code2=1307&Data=Count&SearchText=moncton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |archive-date=February 12, 2015 |access-date=May 19, 2014 |work=[[Statistics Canada]]}}</ref> the only other Canadian cities that approach this level of linguistic duality are [[Ottawa]], [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], and [[Montreal]]. Moncton became the first officially bilingual city in the country in 2002. This means that all municipal services, as well as public notices and information, are available in both French and English.<ref name="Bilingual" /> The adjacent city of [[Dieppe, New Brunswick|Dieppe]] is about 64% [[Francophone]] and has benefited from an ongoing rural depopulation of the [[Acadian Peninsula]] and areas in northern and eastern [[New Brunswick]].<ref name="2011 Community Profiles" /> The town of [[Riverview, New Brunswick|Riverview]] meanwhile is heavily (95%) [[English-speaking world|Anglophone]].<ref name="2011 Community Profiles" />

A total of 67% of its residents are fluent in English and 47% are fluent in French.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2024-02-28 |title=Participation in French immersion, bilingualism and the use of French in adulthood, 2021 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/98-200-X/2021018/98-200-X2021018-eng.cfm |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>

Common non-official languages spoken as mother tongues are [[Arabic]] (1.4%), [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] (0.7%), [[Chinese language|Chinese]] (0.7%), [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] (0.6%), [[Korean language|Korean]] (0.6%), [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (0.6%), [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] (0.5%), and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] (0.5%). 1.2% of residents listed both English and a non-official language as mother tongues, while 0.4% listed both French and a non-official language.

=== Religion ===
According to the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]], religious groups in Moncton included:<ref name="2021censusB2">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=moncton&DGUIDlist=2021A00051307022&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca |archive-date=November 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112234641/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=moncton&DGUIDlist=2021A00051307022&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Christianity in Canada|Christianity]] (45,645 persons or 59.0%)
*[[Irreligion in Canada|Irreligion]] (26,615 persons or 34.4%)
*[[Islam in Canada|Islam]] (2,485 persons or 3.2%)
*[[Hinduism in Canada|Hinduism]] (995 persons or 1.3%)
*[[Sikhism in Canada|Sikhism]] (605 persons or 0.8%)
*[[Judaism in Canada|Judaism]] (205 persons or 0.3%)
*[[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhism]] (180 persons or 0.2%)
*[[Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous Spirituality]] (10 persons or <0.1%)
*Other (660 persons or 0.9%)

==Economy==
{{See also|List of companies headquartered in Moncton}}
The underpinnings of the local economy are based on Moncton's heritage as a commercial, distribution, transportation, and retailing centre. This is due to Moncton's central location in the Maritimes: it has the largest [[catchment area (human geography)|catchment area]] in Atlantic Canada with 1.6&nbsp;million people living within a three-hour drive of the city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Downtown Moncton at a Glance |publisher=DMCI |url=http://downtownmoncton.nb.ca/dmci.php |access-date=June 18, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414021508/http://www.downtownmoncton.nb.ca/dmci.php |archive-date=April 14, 2010 }}</ref> The insurance, information technology, educational, and health care sectors also are major factors in the local economy with the city's two hospitals alone employing over five thousand people, along with a growing high tech sector that includes companies such as Nanoptix,<ref>{{cite web |title=nanoptix |url=http://www.nanoptix.ca |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231025332/http://nanoptix.ca/ |archive-date=December 31, 2018 |access-date=February 18, 2008 |publisher=nanoptix}}</ref> [[International Game Technology]], OAO Technology Solutions, BMM Test Labs, TrustMe,<ref>{{cite web |title=TrustMe |url=http://www.trustmesecurity.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221163917/http://www.trustmesecurity.com/ |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |access-date=February 19, 2008 |publisher=TrustMe Security}}</ref> and BelTek Systems Design.<ref name="TowardsaVision">{{cite web |title=The Greater Moncton Economy "Towards a Vision" |url=http://www.greatermoncton.org/uploadedfiles/Final%20Research%20Report(1).pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060505121840/http://www.greatermoncton.org/uploadedFiles/Final%20Research%20Report%281%29.pdf |archive-date=May 5, 2006 |access-date=June 18, 2007 |publisher=greatermoncton.org |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
[[File:Riverfront Park - 52027055643.jpg|thumb|left|The Blue Cross Centre is the headquarters for [[Medavie Blue Cross]]. A number of headquarters are located in Moncton.]]
Moncton has garnered national attention because of the strength of its economy. The local unemployment rate averages around 6%, which is below the national average.<ref>{{cite web|title=Selected trend data for Moncton (CMA), 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/trends/Table_1.cfm?TID=0&T=CMA&PRCODE=13&GEOCODE=305&geosubCSD=Submit&GEOLVL=CMA|work=[[Statistics Canada]]|date=June 2008|access-date=January 14, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2004 ''[[Canadian Business]]'' magazine named it "The best city for business in Canada",<ref>{{cite web|first=Andy |last=Holloway |title=The best cities for business in Canada |url=http://www.canadianbusiness.com/investing/article.jsp?content=20041122_63812_63812&page=1 |work=[[Canadian Business]] |date=November 2004 |access-date=June 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205103702/http://www.canadianbusiness.com/investing/article.jsp?content=20041122_63812_63812&page=1 |archive-date=February 5, 2008 }}</ref> and in 2007 FDi magazine named it the fifth most business-friendly small-sized city in North America.<ref>{{cite web |title=Moncton ranked among most business-friendly cities, Times and Transcript May 9, 2007 |url=http://www.colliersmn.com/prod/cclod.nsf/city/7B608AE3E969EF80852572D6005B3C2C |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070927180118/http://www.colliersmn.com/prod/cclod.nsf/city/7B608AE3E969EF80852572D6005B3C2C |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |publisher=Colliers International|access-date=June 25, 2007}}</ref>

Moncton's high proportion of bilingual workers and its status as border-city between majority francophone and majority anglophone areas makes it an attractive centre for both federal employment and the stationing of call-centres for Canadian companies (who provide services in both languages). The city is home to the regional head offices for several Canadian federal agencies such as [[Correctional Service Canada]], [[Transport Canada]], the Gulf Fisheries Centre and the [[Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency]]. There are 37 [[call centre]]s in the city which employ over 5,000 people. Some of the larger centres include [[Asurion]], [[Numeris]], [[ExxonMobil]], [[Royal Bank of Canada]], [[Tangerine Bank]], [[United Parcel Service|UPS]], [[Fairmont Hotels & Resorts]], [[Rogers Communications]] and [[Nordia Inc.]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Colliers International (Atlantic) Inc. – Moncton |url=http://www.colliersmn.com/prod/cclod.nsf/city/F35DDD35924AE29585256D9C0065E75C?OpenDocument |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060427211229/http://www.colliersmn.com/prod/cclod.nsf/city/F35DDD35924AE29585256D9C0065E75C?OpenDocument |archive-date=April 27, 2006 |access-date=June 18, 2007 |publisher=[[Colliers International]]}}</ref>

A number of nationally or regionally prominent corporations have their head offices in Moncton including [[Atlantic Lottery Corporation]], [[Assumption Life]] Insurance, [[Medavie Blue Cross]] Insurance, [[Armour Transportation Systems]] and [[Major Drilling Group International]]. [[TD Bank]] announced in 2018 a new banking services centre to be located in Moncton which will employ over 1,000 people (including a previously announced customer contact centre).<ref>{{cite web|title=TD Bank announces new banking services centre in Moncton|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-call-centre-jobs-td-moncton-1.4626202|access-date=May 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526212905/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-call-centre-jobs-td-moncton-1.4626202|archive-date=May 26, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Meanwhile, several arms of the [[JD Irving|Irving]] corporation have their head offices and/or major operations in greater Moncton. These include Midland Transport, Majesta/Royale Tissues, Irving Personal Care, Master Packaging, Brunswick News, and Cavendish Farms. Kent Building Supplies (an Irving subsidiary) opened their main distribution centre in the Caledonia Industrial Park in 2014. The Irving group of companies employs several thousand people in the Moncton region.<ref>{{cite web |title=Irving Group Moncton |url=http://www.irvingmoncton.com/ |publisher=[[JD Irving]] |access-date=June 18, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928134957/http://www.irvingmoncton.com/ |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

There are three large industrial parks in the metropolitan area. The Irving operations are concentrated in the Dieppe Industrial Park. The Moncton Industrial Park in the city's west end has been expanded. [[Molson Coors]] opened a brewery in the Caledonia Industrial Park in 2007, its first new brewery in over fifty years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Molson to establish small brewery in Moncton by 2007 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/molson-to-establish-small-brewery-in-moncton-by-2007/article18276801/ |newspaper=[[Globe & Mail]] |access-date=January 24, 2009 |archive-date=December 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213193847/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/molson-to-establish-small-brewery-in-moncton-by-2007/article18276801/ |url-status=live }}</ref> All three industrial parks also have large concentrations of warehousing and regional trucking facilities.
[[File:DowntownMoncton.jpg|thumb|Downtown Moncton acts as the central business district for the city. It houses a number of government and financial offices.]]
A new four-lane [[Gunningsville Bridge]] was opened in 2005, connecting downtown [[Riverview, New Brunswick|Riverview]] directly with [[downtown Moncton]]. On the Moncton side, the bridge connects with an extension of Vaughan Harvey Boulevard as well as to Assumption Boulevard and will serve as a catalyst for economic growth in the downtown area.<ref name="Gunningsville Bridge">{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=302&SR=1&S=3&O=D&RPP=25&CMA=0&PR=13 |title=Gunningsville Bridge information |date=November 19, 2005 |work=[[Politics of New Brunswick|Government of New Brunswick]] |access-date=July 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723224016/http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/index-eng.cfm |archive-date=July 23, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> This has become already evident as an expansion to the [[Blue Cross Centre]] was completed in 2006 and a [[Marriott International|Marriott]] Residence Inn opened in 2008. The new regional [[Moncton Law Courts|law courts]] on Assumption Blvd opened in 2011. A new 8,800 seat downtown arena (the Avenir Centre) recently opened in September 2018. On the [[Riverview, New Brunswick|Riverview]] side, the [[Gunningsville Bridge]] now connects to a new ring road around the town and is expected to serve as a catalyst for development in east [[Riverview, New Brunswick|Riverview]].<ref name="Gunningsville Bridge"/>

The retail sector in Moncton has become one of the most important pillars of the local economy. Major retail projects such as [[Champlain Place]] in Dieppe and the [[Trinity Power Centre|Wheeler Park Power Centre]] on Trinity Drive have become major destinations for locals and for tourists alike.<ref>{{cite web|title=The operative word for Moncton during 2006 was "up"! Moncton for Business – Moncton en Affaires|url=http://www.mid.nb.ca/english/business/article_detail.cfm?id=98|publisher=Moncton for Business|access-date=June 18, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927063738/http://www.mid.nb.ca/english/business/article_detail.cfm?id=98|archive-date=September 27, 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Living in Greater Moncton">{{cite web |url=http://www.moncton.org/search/english/CITYLIVING/Living+in+Greater+Moncton.pdf |title=Living in Greater Moncton |date=July 15, 2003 |work=City of Moncton |access-date=June 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409141006/http://www.moncton.org/search/english/CITYLIVING/Living%20in%20Greater%20Moncton.pdf |archive-date=April 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[File:Magic mountain water park moncton.jpg|220px|thumb|[[Magnetic Hill (Moncton)|Magnetic Hill]] water park]]
Tourism is an important industry in Moncton and historically owes its origins to the presence of two natural attractions, the tidal bore of the Petitcodiac River (see above) and the optical illusion of [[Magnetic Hill (Moncton)|Magnetic Hill]]. The tidal bore was the first phenomenon to become an attraction but the construction of the Petitcodiac causeway in the 1960s effectively extirpated the attraction.<ref name="The Tidal Bore"/> [[Magnetic Hill (Moncton)|Magnetic Hill]], on the city's northwest outskirts, is the city's most famous attraction. The [[Magnetic Hill, New Brunswick|Magnetic Hill area]] includes (in addition to the [[Magnetic Hill (Moncton)|phenomenon itself]]), a golf course, [[Magic Mountain Water Park|major water park]], [[Magnetic Hill Zoo|zoo]], and an [[Magnetic Hill Concert Site|outdoor concert facility]]. A $90&nbsp;million [[Casino New Brunswick|casino/hotel/entertainment complex]] opened at [[Magnetic Hill, New Brunswick|Magnetic Hill]] in 2010.

==Culture==
[[File:Extérieur Théâtre Capitol Moncton.jpg|thumb|Moncton's [[Capitol Theatre (Moncton)|Capitol Theatre]] is a performing arts venue and hosts productions for the [[Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada]], and [[Theatre New Brunswick]].]]
Moncton's [[Capitol Theatre (Moncton)|Capitol Theatre]], an 800-seat restored 1920s-era [[vaudeville]] house on Main Street, is the main centre for cultural entertainment for the city.<ref name="Capitol History">{{cite web|url=http://www.capitol.nb.ca/e/theater.php|title=Capitol History |date=March 13, 2007 |work=Capitol Theater|access-date=July 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716071007/http://www.capitol.nb.ca/e/theater.php |archive-date=July 16, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/554558|title=Defining 'Culture' in Moncton|date=January 29, 2009|work=Here NB|access-date=January 30, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708113044/http://herenb.canadaeast.com/rss/article/554558|archive-date=July 8, 2011}}</ref> The theatre hosts a performing arts series and provides a venue for various theatrical performances as well as Symphony New Brunswick and the [[Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada]].<ref name="Capitol History" /> The adjacent Empress Theatre offers space for smaller performances and recitals.<ref name="Capitol History" /> The Molson Canadian Centre at [[Casino New Brunswick]] provides a 2,000-seat venue for major touring artists and performing groups.

The Moncton-based Atlantic Ballet Theatre tours mainly in [[Atlantic Canada]] but also tours nationally and internationally on occasion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/content/article/1041346311.html |author=O'Haver, Kimberly |work=Pointe Magazine |access-date=January 31, 2009 }} {{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Théâtre l'Escaouette is a Francophone live theatre company which has its own auditorium and performance space on Botsford Street. The Anglophone Live Bait Theatre is based in the nearby university town of [[Sackville, New Brunswick|Sackville]]. There are several private dance and music academies in the metropolitan area, including the Capitol Theatre's own performing arts school.
[[File:Aberdeen cultural center.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Aberdeen Cultural Centre]] is an Acadian cultural cooperative containing multiple studios and galleries.]]
The [[Aberdeen Cultural Centre]] is a major Acadian cultural cooperative containing multiple studios and galleries. Among other tenants, the centre houses the Galerie Sans Nom, the principal [[art museum|private art gallery]] in the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=About The Aberdeen Cultural Centre (French) |url=http://www.centreculturelaberdeen.ca/aberdeen/index.cfm |publisher=Aberdeen Cultural Centre |access-date=July 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704042415/http://www.centreculturelaberdeen.ca/aberdeen/index.cfm |archive-date=July 4, 2007 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

The city's two main museums are the Moncton Museum at [[Resurgo Place]] on Mountain Road<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://resurgo.ca/ |title=Resurgo Place |access-date=December 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906043516/https://www.resurgo.ca/ |archive-date=September 6, 2018 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> and the Musée acadien at Université de Moncton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-maum/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809141002/http://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-maum/|url-status=dead|title=Musée acadien &#124; Campus de Moncton|archive-date=August 9, 2011|website=www.umoncton.ca}}</ref> The Moncton Museum reopened following major renovations and an expansion to include the Transportation Discovery Centre. The Discovery Centre includes many hands on exhibits highlighting the city's transportation heritage. The city also has several recognized historical sites. The Free Meeting House was built in 1821 and is a New England–style meeting house located adjacent to the Moncton Museum.<ref name="Moncton Museum">{{cite web|url=http://www.moncton.ca/Page2056.aspx|title=Moncton Museum|date=April 13, 2008|access-date=May 8, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719031323/http://www.moncton.ca/Page2056.aspx|archive-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref> The Thomas Williams House, a former home of a city industrialist built in 1883, is now maintained in period style and serves as a [[genealogical]] research centre and is also home to several multicultural organizations.<ref name="Moncton Museum" /> The Treitz Haus is located on the riverfront adjacent to Bore View Park and has been dated to 1769 both by architectural style and by [[dendrochronology]].<ref name="Treitz Haus">{{CRHP|4868|Treitz Haus|2009-01-30}}</ref> It is the only surviving building from the [[Pennsylvania Dutch]] era and is the oldest surviving building in the province of New Brunswick.
[[File:Treitz Haus.jpg|thumb|The Treitz Haus in Moncton, New Brunswick]]
In film production, the city has since 1974 been home to the [[National Film Board of Canada]]'s French-language Studio Acadie.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.onf.ca/selection/lonf-en-acadie-35-ans-de-creation/|title=L'ONF en Acadie, 35 ans de création|website=National Film Board of Canada|language=fr|access-date=April 18, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107095813/https://www.onf.ca/selection/lonf-en-acadie-35-ans-de-creation/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Moncton is home to [[the Frye Festival]], an annual bilingual literary celebration held in honour of world-renowned literary critic and favourite son [[Northrop Frye]]. This event attracts noted writers and poets from around the world and takes place in the month of April.<ref name="Frye Festival History">{{cite web|url=http://www.frye.ca/english/about-us/history.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709002110/http://frye.ca/english/about-us/history.html|archive-date=July 9, 2007 |date=March 13, 2006 |title=Frye Festival History |work=Frye Festival|access-date=July 20, 2007}}</ref>

The Atlantic Nationals Automotive Extravaganza, held each July, is the largest annual gathering of classic cars in Canada.<ref name="Car star revs up auto show">{{cite web|url=http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/search/article/189659|title=Car star revs up auto show|date=March 13, 2005|work=[[Times and Transcript]]|access-date=February 18, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514022632/http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/search/article/189659|archive-date=May 14, 2011}}</ref> Other notable events include The Atlantic Seafood Festival<ref>{{Cite news|title=Seafood festival looks for best fried clams, fish cakes, chowder |date=August 8, 2008 |work=[[Canadian Online Explorer]] }}</ref> in August, [[HubCap Comedy Festival|The HubCap Comedy Festival]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/pc-ch/infoCntr/cdm-mc/index-eng.cfm?action=doc&DocIDCd=CR080880 |title=The Government of Canada Supports HubCap Comedy Festival |date=July 17, 2008 |work=[[Department of Canadian Heritage]] |access-date=January 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608075758/http://www.canadianheritage.gc.ca/pc-ch/infoCntr/cdm-mc/index-eng.cfm?action=doc&DocIDCd=CR080880 |archive-date=June 8, 2011 }}</ref> and the World Wine Festival, both held in the spring.

[[Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Moncton|Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral]] is the location of an [[interpretation centre]], [[Monument for Recognition in the 21st century]] (MR21).<ref name="numerique">{{cite web|url=https://www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2019/07/31/notre-dame-de-lassomption-prete-pour-le-cma/|title=Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption: une cathédrale numérique|last=Mercure|first=Lili|website=Acadie Nouvelle|date=July 31, 2019|access-date=2020-07-07|archive-date=July 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704150549/https://www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2019/07/31/notre-dame-de-lassomption-prete-pour-le-cma/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Sports==
===Facilities===
[[File:DundeeSportsDome.jpg|thumb|The [[Moncton Sports Dome]] is an indoor air-supported building used for a number of different sports and recreational activities.]]
The [[Avenir Centre]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=News 91.9 |title=Avenir Centre |url=http://dngeg6k1ej-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/VUE-1-ENTRÉE-RUE-mise-à-jour-2018-09-12-e1536781668236.jpg }} {{Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is an 8,800-seat arena which serves as a venue for major concerts and sporting events and is the home of the [[Moncton Wildcats]] of the [[Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League]] and the [[Moncton Magic]] of the [[National Basketball League of Canada]]. The [[CN Sportplex]] is a major recreational facility which has been built on the former CN Shops property. It includes ten ballfields, six soccer fields, an indoor rink complex with four ice surfaces (the [[Superior Propane Centre]]) and the [[Dundee Sports Dome|Hollis Wealth Sports Dome]], an indoor air supported multi-use building. The Sports Dome is large enough to allow for year-round football, soccer and golf activities. A newly constructed YMCA near the CN Sportsplex has extensive cardio and weight training facilities, as well as three indoor pools. The CEPS at Université de Moncton contains an indoor track and a {{convert|37.5|m}} swimming pool with diving towers.<ref>{{cite web |title=CEPS – Français |url=http://www2.umoncton.ca/cfdocs/ceps/facilities.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927233203/http://www2.umoncton.ca/cfdocs/ceps/facilities.cfm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |publisher=Universite de Moncton |access-date=July 20, 2007}}</ref> The new [[Moncton Stadium]], also located at the U de M campus was built for the 2010 [[IAAF]] World Junior Track & Field Championships. It has a permanent seating for 10,000, but is expandable to a capacity of over 20,000 for events such as professional Canadian football. The only [[velodrome]] in Atlantic Canada is in Dieppe. It has since been closed after 17 years of existence due to safety concerns in May 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Philip Drost |date=May 22, 2018 |title=Dieppe closes velodrome because of safety concerns |publisher=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dieppe-velodrome-closed-1.4673379 |access-date=November 6, 2019 |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128152835/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dieppe-velodrome-closed-1.4673379 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Facilities |url=http://www.atlanticcyclingcentre.com/Facilities/index.php?todo=main |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012005338/http://www.atlanticcyclingcentre.com/Facilities/index.php?todo=main |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 12, 2008 |publisher=Atlantic Cycling Centre |access-date=January 24, 2009}}</ref> The metro area has a total of 12 indoor hockey rinks and one curling club, [[Curl Moncton]]. Other public sporting and recreational facilities are scattered throughout the metropolitan area, including a new $18&nbsp;million aquatic centre in Dieppe opened in 2009.

===Sports teams===
The [[Moncton Wildcats]] play [[junior ice hockey|major junior hockey]] in the [[Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League]] (QMJHL). They won the [[President's Cup (QMJHL)|President's Cup]], the QMJHL championship in both 2006 and 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060515.DIGEST15-1/TPStory/TPSports/Hockey/ |title=Moncton wraps up Quebec series at home |date=May 15, 2006 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |access-date=February 5, 2009 }} {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Historically there has been a longstanding presence of a Moncton-based team in the [[Maritime Junior A Hockey League]], but the [[Dieppe Commandos]] (formerly known as the Moncton Beavers) relocated to [[Edmundston]] at the end of the 2017 season.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Harding|first1=Gail|title=Dieppe Commandos hockey franchise moving to Edmundston|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dieppe-commandos-moving-edmundston-1.3833154|access-date=April 17, 2017|agency=CBC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418081952/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dieppe-commandos-moving-edmundston-1.3833154|archive-date=April 18, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Historically, Moncton also was home to a professional [[American Hockey League]] franchise from 1978 to 1994. The [[New Brunswick Hawks]] won the AHL Calder Cup by defeating the Binghamton Whalers in 1981–1982.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} The [[Moncton Mets]] played baseball in the [[New Brunswick Senior Baseball League]] and won the Canadian Senior Baseball Championship in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-wins-national-senior-baseball-championship-1.630154 |title=Moncton wins national senior baseball championship |date=August 28, 2006 |work=[[CBC News|CBC]] |access-date=February 5, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901070817/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2006/08/28/nb-baseball.html |archive-date=September 1, 2006 }}</ref> In 2015, the Moncton Fisher Cats began play in the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League. They were formed by a merger between the Moncton Mets and the Hub City Brewers of the NBSBL. In 2011, the Moncton Miracles began play as one of the seven charter franchises of the professional [[National Basketball League of Canada]]. The franchise failed at the end of the 2016/17 season, to be immediately replaced by a new NBL franchise, the [[Moncton Magic]], who played their inaugural season in 2017/18.<ref>{{cite news|title=Magic retire Miracles|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-miracles-magic-nbl-basketball-franchise-team-1.4173124|date=June 22, 2017|access-date=July 29, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107095834/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-miracles-magic-nbl-basketball-franchise-team-1.4173124|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[University of Moncton|Universite de Moncton]] has a number of active [[U Sports]] programs,<ref>{{cite web |title=Université de Moncton Aigles Bleus |url=https://www.goaigles.ca |access-date=19 November 2025 |work=Université de Moncton Athletics}}</ref> while [[Crandall University]] has a number active [[Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association]] programs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crandall University Chargers Athletics |url=https://crandallchargers.ca |access-date=19 November 2025 |work=Crandall University Athletics}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|+
! Club || Sport || League || Venue || Established || Championships
|-
| Tri City Tides || [[Basketball]] || [[The Basketball League|TBL]] || [[Crandall University]] || 2024 ||
|-
| [[Moncton Wildcats]] || [[Ice hockey]] || [[Quebec Major Junior Hockey League|QMJHL]] || Avenir Centre || 1996 || 2 – [[President's Cup (QMJHL)]]
|-
| Moncton Metropolitans || [[Baseball]] || [[New Brunswick Senior Baseball League|NBSBL]] || [[Kiwanis Park]] || 2015 || 2 – NBSBL Championship (2017, 2019)<ref>{{cite news|title=Fisher Cats Savour City's First Senior Baseball Championship in 12 Years|url=https://www.telegraphjournal.com/times-transcript/story/100359658/moncton-fisher-cats|access-date=September 30, 2017|publisher=Moncton Times & Transcript}} {{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| Moncton Mustangs || [[Canadian football|Football]] || [[Maritime Football League|MFL]] || [[Centennial Park (Moncton)#Places of note|Rocky Stone Field]] || 2004 || 5 – Maritime Bowl
|-
|Moncton Mystics
|[[Women's basketball|Women's Basketball]]
|MWBA
|[[Crandall University]]
|2023
|
|-
| [[Moncton Aigles Bleu|U de M Aigles Bleus]] || [[Track and Field|Athletics]] (M/F) <br /> [[Cross Country Running]] (M/F) <br /> [[Ice hockey]] (M/F) <br /> [[Soccer]] (M/F) <br /> [[Volleyball]] (F) || [[Atlantic University Sport|AUS]] || [[Jean-Louis Lévesque|Aréna Jean-Louis-Lévesque]] <br /> [[University of Moncton|U de M]] CEPS <br /> [[Moncton Stadium|Stade Moncton Stadium]] || 1964 || Men's Hockey – 11 (AUS), 4 (U Sports) <br /> Women's Volleyball – 6 (AUS) <br /> Men's Athletics – 6 (AUS) <br /> Women's Hockey – 3 (AUS) <br /> Women's Athletics – 2 (AUS)
|-
| [[Crandall_University#Athletics|Crandall Chargers]] || [[Basketball]] (M/F) <br /> [[Boxing]] (M/F) <br /> [[Cross Country Running]] (M/F) <br /> [[Soccer]] (M/F) <br /> [[Volleyball]] (M/F) || [[Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association|ACAA]] || Various Campus Facilities || 1949 || Men's Cross Country – 5 (ACAA) <br /> Women's Cross Country – 2 (ACAA) <br /> Women's Soccer – 1 (ACAA)
|}

===Major events===
{{See also|List of events in Greater Moncton}}
[[File:New moncton stadium.JPG|thumb|[[Moncton Stadium]] is a [[multi-purpose stadium]] that has hosted a number of events, including several games in the [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup]].]]
Moncton has hosted many large entertainment and sporting events. The [[2006 Memorial Cup]] was held in Moncton with the hometown [[Moncton Wildcats]] losing in the championship final to rival [[Quebec Remparts]].<ref>{{cite web |title=MasterCard Memorial Cup |url=http://www.chl.ca/CHLMemorialCup06/home.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704140359/http://www.chl.ca/CHLMemorialCup06/home.html |archive-date=July 4, 2007 |publisher=[[Canadian Hockey League]]|access-date=June 25, 2007}}</ref> Moncton hosted the [[Canadian Interuniversity Sports]] (CIS) Men's University Hockey Championship in 2007 and 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=2007 CIS Men's Hockey Championships |url=http://www.cisport.ca/e/championships/m_hockey/2007/index.cfm |publisher=[[Canadian Interuniversity Sport]] |access-date=June 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407001526/http://www.cisport.ca/e/championships/m_hockey/2007/index.cfm |archive-date=April 7, 2007 }}</ref> The [[2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship|World Men's Curling Championship]] was held in Moncton in 2009; the second time this event has taken place in the city.
[[File:Moncton - August 2012 - Wrecking Ball World Tour - IMG 0006 (7875407192).jpg|thumb|left|[[Bruce Springsteen]] and [[Tom Cochrane]] performing in Moncton, 2012]]
Moncton also hosted the 2010 [[IAAF]] [[World Junior Championships in Athletics]]. This was the largest sporting event ever held in [[Atlantic Canada]], with athletes from over 170 countries in attendance. The new 10,000-seat capacity [[Moncton Stadium]] was built for this event on the [[Université de Moncton]] campus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Moncton awarded 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships |url=http://www.moncton.org/search/english/CITYHALL/inthenews/2006/m20060329.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628074351/http://www.moncton.org/search/english/CITYHALL/inthenews/2006/m20060329.pdf |archive-date=June 28, 2007 |publisher=City of Moncton |access-date=June 25, 2007}}</ref> The construction of this new stadium led directly to Moncton being awarded a regular season neutral site [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] game between the [[Toronto Argonauts]] and the [[Edmonton Eskimos]], which was held on September 26, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/01/c5594.html |title=CFL's Touchdown Atlantic |publisher=Newswire.ca |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727023224/http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/01/c5594.html |archive-date=July 27, 2011 |date=July 30, 2010|url-status=dead  }}</ref> This was the first neutral site regular season game in the history of the Canadian Football League and was played before a capacity crowd of 20,750. Additional CFL regular season games were held in 2011 and 2013, and again on August 25, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/23/leblanc-td-atlantic-bringing-added-hype-maritime-expansion-effort/ |title=LeBlanc: TD Atlantic bringing added hype to Maritime expansion effort |date=August 23, 2019 |access-date=August 23, 2019 |publisher=cfl.ca |archive-date=November 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107095815/https://www.cfl.ca/2019/08/23/leblanc-td-atlantic-bringing-added-hype-maritime-expansion-effort/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Moncton was one of only six Canadian cities chosen to host the [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup]].

Major sporting events hosted by Moncton include:

{{div col|colwidth=35em}}
* 1968 Canadian Junior Baseball Championships
* 1974 [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships]]
* [[1975 Macdonald Lassies Championship]]
* 1975 [[Intercontinental Cup (baseball)|Intercontinental Cup]] (baseball, co-hosted with Montreal)
* 1977 [[Skate Canada International]]
* 1978 [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport|CIS]] [[University Cup]] (hockey)
* 1980 [[World Curling Championship|World Men's Curling Championships]]
* 1982 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
* 1982 [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport|CIS]] [[University Cup]]
* 1983 [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport|CIS]] [[University Cup]]
* 1984 [[Canadian Men's and Women's Broomball Championships]]
* 1985 [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships]]
* 1985 [[Tim Hortons Brier|Labatt Brier]] (curling)
* 1992 [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships]]
* 1997 [[U-18 Baseball World Cup|World Junior Baseball Championships]]
* 2000 [[Canadian Junior Curling Championships]]
* 2004 Canadian Senior Baseball Championships
* [[2006 Memorial Cup]] (hockey)
* 2007 [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport|CIS]] [[University Cup]]
* 2008 [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport|CIS]] [[University Cup]]
* [[2009 Ford World Men's Curling Championship|2009 World Men's Curling Championship]]
* 2009 [[Fred Page Cup]] (hockey)
* [[2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics|2010 IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics]]
* 2010 [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] regular season neutral site game (Toronto and Edmonton)
* 2011 [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] regular season neutral site game (Hamilton and Calgary)
* 2012 [[Canadian Figure Skating Championships]]
* 2013 Canadian Track & Field Championships
* 2013 Football Canada Cup (national U18 football championship)
* 2013 [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] regular season neutral site game (Hamilton & Montreal)
* 2014 Canadian Track & Field Championships
* 2014 FIFA U20 Women's World Cup
* [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup]]
* [[2017 Canadian U18 Curling Championships]]
* 2019 [[Canadian Football League|CFL]] regular season neutral site game (Toronto and Montreal)
* [[2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]] (Co-hosted with Halifax)
* [[2024 Canadian Senior Curling Championships]]
{{div col end}}

==Government==
{{See also|Moncton City Council}}

[[File:Monctoncityhall34.JPG|thumb|[[Moncton City Hall]] is the [[Moncton City Council|seat of municipal government]].]]
The municipal government consists of a mayor and ten [[Moncton City Council|city councillors]] elected to four-year terms of office. The [[Moncton City Council|council]] is non-partisan with the mayor serving as the chairman, casting a ballot only in cases of a tie vote. There are four wards electing two councillors each with an additional two councillors selected at large by the general electorate. Day-to-day operation of the city is under the control of a [[City Manager]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Moncton City Council (2004–2008) |url=http://www.moncton.ca/Page341.aspx |publisher=City of Moncton |access-date=August 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141455/http://www.moncton.ca/Page341.aspx |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Moncton is in the federal riding of [[Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe]]. Portions of Dieppe are in the federal riding of [[Beauséjour (electoral district)|Beauséjour]], and portions of [[Riverview, New Brunswick|Riverview]] are in the riding of [[Fundy Royal]]. In the current federal parliament, two MPs from the metropolitan area belong to the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] and one to the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative Party]].
{{stack begin}}
{|class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"
|+'''Moncton federal election results'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/44gedata&document=bypro&lang=e |title=Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in Moncton) |date=April 7, 2022 |publisher=Elections Canada |access-date=March 2, 2023 |archive-date=March 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305223518/https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/44gedata&document=bypro&lang=e |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|
! [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | '''48%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''16,670''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 24%
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''8.266''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 17%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''5,974''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 4%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''1,538''
|-
! [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | '''42%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''16,621''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 24%
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''9,369''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 12%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''4,812''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 18%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''7,027''
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"
|+'''Moncton provincial election results'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.electionsnb.ca/content/enb/en/resources/publications/election-results.html |title=Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in Moncton) |date=February 5, 2014 |publisher=Elections NB |access-date=March 2, 2023 |archive-date=July 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703212407/https://www.electionsnb.ca/content/enb/en/resources/publications/election-results.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick|PC]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Green Party of New Brunswick|Green]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[People's Alliance of New Brunswick|People's Allnc.]]
|-
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|NB|PC}}|
! [[2020 New Brunswick general election|2020]]
| {{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|background}} | '''43%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#9999FF;"| ''13,210''
| {{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}} | 33%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''10,105''
| {{Canadian party colour|NB|Green|background}} | 16%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''5,112''
| {{Canadian party colour|NB|Peoples Alliance|background}} | 6%
| style="text-align:right; background:#AA99CC;"| ''1,720''
|-
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal}}|
! [[2018 New Brunswick general election|2018]]
| {{Canadian party colour|NB|PC|background}} | 32%
| style="text-align:right; background:#9999FF;"| ''9,983''
| {{Canadian party colour|NB|Liberal|background}} | '''44%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''13,600''
| {{Canadian party colour|NB|Green|background}} | 10%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''3,064''
| {{Canadian party colour|NB|Peoples Alliance|background}} | 3%
| style="text-align:right; background:#AA99CC;"| ''1,034''
|-
|}
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===Military===
{{Main|CFB Moncton}}Moncton had a significant [[Canadian forces|military]] presence from 1940 until the early 1990s.[[File:Monctongarrison.JPG|thumb|The southwestern portion of the former [[CFB Moncton]] base continues to be used by the [[Canadian Forces]], known as Moncton Garrison.]]
Until the beginning of the Second World War, Moncton's main military presence was locally formed militia units. In 1940, a large military supply base (later known as CFB Moncton) was constructed on a railway spur line north of downtown next to the CNR shops. This base served as the main supply depot for the large wartime military establishment in the Maritimes.<ref name="Military Moncton">{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/2529/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205094505/http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/2529/|archive-date=February 5, 2007|title=Canadian Military History Page |date=March 13, 2007 |work=Bruce Forsyth |access-date=July 20, 2007}}</ref> In addition, two [[British Commonwealth Air Training Plan]] bases were also built in the Moncton area during the war: No. 8 Service Flying Training School, RCAF, and No. 31 Personnel Depot, RAF. The RCAF also operated No. 5 Supply Depot in Moncton.<ref name="Military Moncton" /> A naval [[listening station]] was also constructed in Coverdale (Riverview) in 1941 to help in coordinating radar activities in the North Atlantic.<ref name="Military Moncton" /> Military flight training in the Moncton area terminated at the end of World War II and the naval listening station closed in 1971. CFB Moncton remained open to supply the maritime military establishment until just after the end of the [[Cold War]].<ref name="Military Moncton" />

With the closure of CFB Moncton in the early 1990s, the military presence in Moncton has been significantly reduced.<ref name="CFB Moncton">{{cite web|url=http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/cfb_gagetown/branch/monctn_e.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040317005939/http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/cfb_gagetown/branch/monctn_e.asp|archive-date=March 17, 2004|title=CFB Gagetown Support Detachment Moncton |date=March 13, 2007 |work=[[Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces]] |access-date=July 20, 2007}}</ref> The northern portion of the former base property has been turned over to the Canada Lands Corporation and is slowly being redeveloped.<ref name="CLC Plan">{{cite web |url=http://www.clcl.ca/en/pdf/summary-sommaire_1999-2004.pdf |title=CLC Corporate Plan 1999–2004 |date=March 13, 2007 |work=[[Canada Lands Company]] |access-date=July 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070724202846/http://www.clcl.ca/en/pdf/summary-sommaire_1999-2004.pdf |archive-date=July 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The southern part of the former base remains an active [[Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces|DND]] property and is now termed the Moncton Garrison. It is affiliated with [[CFB Gagetown]].<ref name="CFB Moncton" /> Resident components of the garrison include the 1 Engineer Support Unit (Regular force). The garrison also houses the 37 Canadian Brigade Group Headquarters (reserve force) and one of the 37 Brigades constituent units; the [[8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)]], which is an armoured reconnaissance regiment.<ref name="CFB Moncton" /> 3 Area support unit Det Moncton, and 42 Canadian Forces Health Services Centre Det Moncton provide logistical support for the base.<ref name="CFB Moncton" /> In 2013, the last regular forces units left the Moncton base, but the reserve units remain active and Moncton remains the 37 Canadian Brigade Unit headquarters.

==Health facilities==
[[File:Monctonhospital.jpg|thumb|The [[Moncton Hospital]] is one of two major teaching hospitals located in Moncton.]]

There are two major regional referral and teaching hospitals in Moncton. The [[Moncton Hospital]] has approximately 381 inpatient beds<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.horizonnb.ca/home/facilities-and-services/facilities/the-moncton-hospital.aspx |title=The Moncton Hospital |publisher=Horizon Health Network |access-date=October 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010005250/http://www.horizonnb.ca/home/facilities-and-services/facilities/the-moncton-hospital.aspx |archive-date=October 10, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> and is affiliated with [[Dalhousie University]] Medical School. It is home to the Northumberland family medicine residency training program and is a site for third and fourth year clinical training for medical students in the Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick Training Program. The hospital hosts UNB degree programs in nursing and medical x-ray technology and professional internships in fields such as dietetics. Specialized medical services at the hospital include neurosurgery, peripheral and neuro-interventional radiology, [[vascular surgery]], thoracic surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, [[orthopedics]], trauma, burn unit, medical [[oncology]], [[neonatal intensive care]], and adolescent psychiatry. A$48&nbsp;million expansion to the hospital was completed in 2009 and contains a new laboratory, ambulatory care centre, and provincial level one trauma centre.<ref>{{cite web|title=SERHA's Health: Taking a large step into the future |url=http://www.serha.ca/serha/publications/pdfs/source_issue1.pdf |publisher=SERHA |access-date=July 15, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530100452/http://www.serha.ca/serha/publications/pdfs/source_issue1.pdf |archive-date=May 30, 2008 }}</ref> A new oncology clinic was built at the hospital and opened in late 2014. The Moncton Hospital is managed by Horizon Health Network (formerly the South East Regional Health Authority).
[[File:Centre hospitalier universitaire Dr-Georges-L.-Dumont (2006).jpg|left|thumb|The [[Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre]] was established in 1922.]]
The [[Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre]] has about 302 beds<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Georges-L-Dumont Hospital Centre|url=http://www.vitalitenb.ca/en/points-service/dr-georges-l-dumont-university-hospital-centre|access-date=December 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225035209/http://www.vitalitenb.ca/en/points-service/dr-georges-l-dumont-university-hospital-centre|archive-date=December 25, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and hosts a medical training program through the local [[CFMNB]] and distant {{Lang|fr|[[Université de Sherbrooke]]|italic=no}} Medical School. There are also degree programs in nursing, medical x-ray technology, medical laboratory technology and inhalotherapy which are administered by Université de Moncton. Specialized medical services include medical oncology, radiation oncology, [[orthopedics]], [[vascular surgery]], and [[nephrology]]. 
A cardiac cath lab is being studied for the hospital and a new PET/CT scanner has been installed. A$75&nbsp;million expansion for ambulatory care, expanded surgery suites, and medical training is currently under construction.<ref>{{cite news|title=Georges Dumont Hospital to host new cardiac lab |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/georges-dumont-hospital-to-host-new-cardiac-lab-1.679566 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |date=January 23, 2007 |access-date=July 9, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208220940/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2007/01/22/nb-catheterization.html |archive-date=December 8, 2007 }}</ref> The hospital is also the location of the Atlantic Cancer Research Institute.<ref>{{cite web|title=R&D Facilities |url=http://www.gnb.ca/0398/investment/R_D/research/index-e.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122003813/http://www.gnb.ca/0398/investment/R_D/research/index-e.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 22, 2008 |publisher=[[New Brunswick]] |date=May 23, 2008 |access-date=January 30, 2009 }}</ref> This hospital is managed by francophone Vitalité Health Network.

==Transportation==
=== Air ===
[[File:Erickson Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane N163AC – Moncton CYQM – (2017-08-23).jpg|thumb|Erickson Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane is lodged Moncton, where the [[Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport]] serves as the [[international airport]] for the metropolitan area.]]
Moncton is served by the [[Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport]] (YQM). It was renamed for former Canadian Governor General (and native son) [[Roméo LeBlanc]] in 2016. A new airport terminal with an international arrivals area was opened in 2002 by [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]. The GMIA handles about 677,000 passengers per year, making it the second busiest airport in the Maritimes in terms of passenger volume.<ref name="GMIA">{{cite web|url=http://www.gmia.ca/english/corp/pdf/2006.pdf |title=GMIA 2006 Report |date=March 13, 2007 |work=[[Greater Moncton International Airport]] |access-date=July 9, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710020023/http://www.gmia.ca/english/corp/pdf/2006.pdf |archive-date=July 10, 2007 }}</ref> The GMIA is the [[List of the busiest airports in Canada|10th busiest airport in Canada]] in terms of freight. [[FedEx]], [[United Parcel Service|UPS]], and [[Purolator Courier|Purolator]] all have their Atlantic Canadian air cargo bases at the facility. The GMIA is the home of the [[Moncton Flight College]]; the largest pilot training institution in Canada,<ref name="Moncton Flight College Receives Civil Aviation Authority of China Approval to Train Chinese Pilots">{{cite web|url=http://www.canlinkglobal.com/canlink/news_content.jsp?news_id=32|title=Moncton Flight College Receives Civil Aviation Authority of China Approval to Train Chinese Pilots|date=May 15, 2006|work=CANLink Global|access-date=July 9, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229052501/http://www.canlinkglobal.com/canlink/news_content.jsp?news_id=32|archive-date=December 29, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is also the base for the regional RCMP air service, the New Brunswick Air Ambulance Service and the regional Transport Canada hangar and depot.

There is a private [[aerodrome]] in the north of the city, [[Moncton/McEwen Aerodrome|McEwen Airfield]] (CCG4), used for [[general aviation]].

The Moncton [[area control center|Area Control Centre]] is one of only seven regional air traffic control centres in Canada.<ref name="NAV Canada">{{cite web|url=http://navcanada.ca/NavCanada.asp?Language=en&Content=ContentDefinitionFiles%5CNewsroom%5CBackgrounders%5Catlanticcanadapresence.xml |title=NAV CANADA Presence in Atlantic Canada |date=November 13, 2007 |work=[[Nav Canada]] }} {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> This centre monitors over 430,000 flights a year, 80% of which are either entering or leaving North American [[airspace]].<ref name="NAV Canada"/>

=== Highways ===
Moncton lies on [[New Brunswick Route 2|Route 2]] of the [[Trans-Canada Highway]], which leads to [[Nova Scotia]] in the east and to [[Fredericton]] and [[Quebec]] in the west. [[New Brunswick Route 15|Route 15]] intersects Route 2 at the eastern outskirts of Moncton, heads northeast leading to Shediac and northern New Brunswick, [[New Brunswick Route 16|Route 16]] connects to route 15 at Shediac and leads to [[Strait Shores]] and [[Prince Edward Island]]. [[New Brunswick Route 1|Route 1]] intersects Route 2 approximately {{convert|15|km|mi|0}} west of the city and leads to [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]] and the U.S. border.<ref name="Google map of Moncton">{{cite web |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?q=moncton&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl |title=Google maps: Moncton |date=January 1, 2006 |work=[[Google Maps]] |access-date=July 15, 2007 |archive-date=November 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107095823/https://www.google.com/gen_204?v=3&s=tactile&action=vtworker&srt=780&tbsrt=898&tran=15&conn=onchange&ei=OaOHYePDBdLb0PEP8KSVsAg&cad=vws:4500.144999474287,cr:wccf10,ct:2,jsv:20211103.0,cz:11,w:1187,h:7789,sc:0,drv:m&e=10202786,10202788,10203448,10203487,10203489,10203509,10203568,10203575,10203988,10204020,10204034,10204112,10204121,10204174,10204226,10204258,10204417,10204423,10204434,10204493,10204507,10204517,10204520,10204567,10204684,10204732,10204743,10204786,10204790,10204813,10204847,10204860,10204911,1381938,1381033,1368782,1368785,4592408,1375050,4536287&atyp=csi&rt=noop.0 |url-status=live}}</ref> Wheeler Boulevard (Route 15) serves as an internal ring road, extending from the Petitcodiac River Causeway to [[Dieppe, New Brunswick|Dieppe]] before exiting the city and heading for [[Shediac]]. Inside the city it is an expressway bounded at either end by traffic circles.<ref name="Google map of Moncton" />

=== Public transit ===
[[File:Codiactransit23 (cropped).jpg|thumb|300px|[[Codiac Transpo]] is a public transit bus service throughout Greater Moncton.]]
Greater Moncton is served by [[Codiac Transpo]], which is operated by the City of Moncton. It operates 40 buses on 19 routes throughout Moncton, [[Dieppe, New Brunswick|Dieppe]], and [[Riverview, New Brunswick|Riverview]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Codiac Transit Commission |url=http://www.codiactransit-moncton.com/enstart.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710165706/http://www.codiactransit-moncton.com/enstart.htm |archive-date=July 10, 2007 |publisher=Codiac Transit |access-date=July 15, 2007}}</ref>

[[Maritime Bus]] provides intercity service to the region. Moncton is the largest hub in the system. All other major centres in New Brunswick, as well as Charlottetown, Halifax, and Truro are served out of the Moncton terminal.

=== Railways ===
[[File:In Train... ing. Riding The Rails (33790131796).jpg|thumb|left|Double-stacked freight passing through Moncton]]
Freight rail transportation in Moncton is provided by [[Canadian National Railway]]. Although the presence of the CNR in Moncton has diminished greatly since the 1970s{{cn|date=August 2025}}, the railway still maintains a large [[classification yard]] and [[Intermodal freight transport|intermodal]] facility in the west end of the city, and the regional headquarters for [[Atlantic Canada]] is still located here as well. Passenger rail transportation is provided by [[Via Rail]] Canada, with their train the ''[[Ocean (passenger train)|Ocean]]'' serving the [[Moncton railway station]] three days per week to [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]] and to [[Montreal]], Quebec.<ref>{{cite web |title=Via Rail Canada / Halifax-Montreal train (the Ocean) |url=http://www.viarail.ca/nostrains/en_trai_atla_hamo.html |publisher=[[Via Rail]] |access-date=July 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710075713/http://www.viarail.ca/nostrains/en_trai_atla_hamo.html |archive-date=July 10, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> The downtown Via station has been refurbished and also serves as the terminal for the Maritime Bus intercity bus service.

==Education==
[[File:Ecole Odyssee school.png|thumb|[[École L'Odyssée]] is one of six publicly funded secondary schools in the city.]]
{{See also|List of schools in Greater Moncton}}
The South School Board administers 10 Francophone schools, including high schools [[École Mathieu-Martin]] and [[École L'Odyssée]]. The East School Board administers 25 Anglophone schools including [[Moncton High School (2015)|Moncton]], [[Harrison Trimble High School|Harrison Trimble]], [[Bernice MacNaughton High School|Bernice MacNaughton]], and [[Riverview High School (Riverview)|Riverview]] high schools.
[[File:Université de Moncton Campus de Shippagan 1.JPG|thumb|The [[Université de Moncton]] is a French-language university, and the only publicly funded university whose main campus is located in Moncton.]]
Post secondary education in Moncton:
* The [[Université de Moncton]] is a publicly funded provincial comprehensive university and is the largest francophone Canadian university outside of [[Quebec]].
* [[Crandall University]] is a private [[Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada|Baptist]] Christian liberal arts university.<ref name="Moncton Article2">{{cite web|url=http://www.reseausesamenetwork.org/en/city_close-up.cfm?city_sak=7 |title=Reseau Sesame Network: City Close-Up |date=March 13, 2005 |work=Reseau Sesame Network |access-date=July 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928161309/http://www.reseausesamenetwork.org/en/city_close-up.cfm?city_sak=7 |archive-date=September 28, 2007 }}</ref>
* The [[University of New Brunswick]] has a satellite health sciences campus in Moncton offering degree in nursing.
* The Moncton campus of the [[New Brunswick Community College]] has 1,600 full-time students and also hundreds of part-time students.
* The [[Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick]] offers training in trades and technologies.
* Medavie HealthEd, a subsidiary of Medavie Health Services, is a [[Canadian Medical Association]]-accredited school providing training in primary and advanced care paramedicine, as well as the Advanced Emergent Care (AEC) program of the [[Department of National Defence (Canada)]].
* Eastern College offers programs in the areas of business and administration, art and design, health care, social sciences & justice, tourism & hospitality, and trades.
* [[Moncton Flight College]] is one of Canada's oldest and largest flight schools.<ref>{{cite web |title=CAE Global Academy: Global strength |url=http://www.cae.com/cts/PDF/CAEGlobalAcademy_MFC.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228075619/http://www.cae.com/cts/PDF/CAEGlobalAcademy_MFC.pdf |archive-date=February 28, 2008 |publisher=[[CAE (company)|CAE]]|access-date=January 24, 2009}}</ref>
* [[McKenzie College (New Brunswick)|McKenzie College]] specializes in graphic design, digital media, and animation.
* The private [[Oulton College]] provides training in nursing, business, paramedical, dental sciences, pharmacy, veterinary, youth care and paralegal programs.

==Media==
{{Main|Media in Moncton}}
[[File:Timesandtranscript26.jpg|thumb|upright|The ''[[Times & Transcript]]'' building is located in Downtown Moncton. It is the highest daily circulated newspaper in New Brunswick.]]
Moncton's daily newspaper is the ''[[Times & Transcript]]'', which has the highest circulation of any daily newspaper in New Brunswick.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=NADBank |url=http://www.nadbank.com/English/study/pdfs/Weekly%20Readership%20by%20Resident%20Market%202005%20Study.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061124081926/http://www.nadbank.com/English/study/pdfs/Weekly%20Readership%20by%20Resident%20Market%202005%20Study.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 24, 2006 |title=Weekly Readership by Resident Market newspaper readership |access-date=January 9, 2008}}</ref> More than 60 percent of city households subscribe daily, and more than 90 percent of Moncton residents read the Times & Transcript at least once a week. The city's other publications include ''[[L'Acadie Nouvelle]]'', a French newspaper published in [[Caraquet]] in northern New Brunswick.

There are 17 broadcast radio stations in the city covering a variety of genres and interests, all on the [[FM broadcasting|FM dial]] or [[Streaming media|online streaming]]. Eleven of these stations are English and six are French.

[[Rogers Cable]] has its provincial headquarters and main production facilities in Moncton and broadcasts on two [[Community channel (Canada)|community channels]], Cable 9 in French and Cable 10 in English. The French-language arm of the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Radio-Canada]], maintains its Atlantic Canadian headquarters in Moncton. There are three other broadcast television stations in Moncton and these represent all of the major national networks.

==Notable people==
{{Main|List of people from Moncton}}
Moncton has been the home of a number of notable people, including [[National Hockey League]] [[Hockey Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer]] and NHL scoring champion [[Gordie Drillon]],<ref name="Gordie Drillon">{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1433 |title=Gordie Drillon |date=March 13, 2005 |work=FantasyPlayers.com| access-date=July 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028170819/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1433 |archive-date=October 28, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> World and Olympic champion curler [[Russ Howard]],<ref name="Russ Howard">{{cite web |url=http://www.teamhoward.ca/background.asp |title=Our Background |date=March 13, 2005 |work=Team Howard |access-date=July 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504075112/http://www.teamhoward.ca/background.asp |archive-date=May 4, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> distinguished literary critic and theorist [[Northrop Frye]],<ref name="Northrop Frye">{{cite encyclopedia |author=Ayre, John |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/moncton/ <!--Bot repaired link--> |title=Moncton |date=March 13, 2007 |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |access-date=July 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415111626/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/moncton/ |archive-date=April 15, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> former [[Governor General of Canada]] [[Roméo LeBlanc]],<ref name="Roméo LeBlanc">{{cite encyclopedia |author=Ayre, John |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/romeo-a-leblanc/ <!--Bot repaired link--> |title=LeBlanc, Romeo A. |date=March 13, 2007 |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |access-date=July 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110425/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/romeo-a-leblanc/ |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> and former Supreme Court Justice [[Ivan Cleveland Rand]], developer of the [[Rand Formula]] and Canada's representative on the [[UNSCOP]] commission.<ref name="Rand, Ivan Cleveland">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ivan-cleveland-rand/ <!--Bot repaired link--> |title=Rand, Ivan Cleveland |date=March 13, 2007 |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |access-date=July 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095524/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ivan-cleveland-rand/ |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Trudy Mackay]] FRS, renowned quantitative geneticist, member of the Royal Society<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/trudy-mackay-11854/|title=Trudy Mackay|website=royalsociety.org|language=en-gb|access-date=May 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117111158/https://royalsociety.org/people/trudy-mackay-11854/|archive-date=November 17, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and National Academy of Sciences,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20022348.html|title=Trudy Mackay|last=nasonline.org|first=National Academy of Sciences -|website=www.nasonline.org|access-date=May 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517005733/http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20022348.html|archive-date=May 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and recipient of the prestigious Wolf Prize for agriculture<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wolffund.org.il/index.php?dir=site&page=winners&cs=863&language=eng|title=Mackay, Trudy Frances Charlene|last=Simply-Smart|website=www.wolffund.org.il|language=en|access-date=May 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517005622/http://www.wolffund.org.il/index.php?dir=site&page=winners&cs=863&language=eng|archive-date=May 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> (2016), was born in Moncton.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article58863923.html|title=Tar Heel: Trudy Mackay works with fruit flies to solve genetic mysteries|work=newsobserver|access-date=May 16, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702071216/http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article58863923.html|archive-date=July 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Robb Wells]], the actor who plays [[Ricky (Trailer Park Boys character)|Ricky]] on the [[Showcase (Canadian TV channel)|Showcase]] hit comedy ''[[Trailer Park Boys]]'' hails from Moncton,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsvz/wells_robb.html |title=Robb Wells |date=April 14, 2007 |work=northernstar.ca |access-date=February 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831153633/http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsvz/wells_robb.html |archive-date=August 31, 2009 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/robb-wells/person/125528/summary.html |title=Robb Wells |date=June 19, 2008 |work=[[TV.com]] |access-date=February 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204161827/http://www.tv.com/robb-wells/person/125528/summary.html |archive-date=February 4, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> along with [[Julie Doiron]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartattack.com/news/44399/julie-doiron-doing-three-things-at-once-this-month |title=Julie Doiron Doing Three Things At Once This Month |first=Shannon |last=Webb-Campbell |author-link=Shannon Webb-Campbell |date=September 10, 2007 |work=[[Chart (magazine)|Chart]] |access-date=January 31, 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109190307/http://www.chartattack.com/news/44399/julie-doiron-doing-three-things-at-once-this-month |archive-date=January 9, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juliedoiron.com/html/about.html |title=Julie Doiron |date=September 18, 2007 |work=Juliedoiron.com |access-date=January 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204073904/http://www.juliedoiron.com/html/about.html |archive-date=February 4, 2009 }}</ref> an [[indie rock]] musician, and [[Holly Dignard]] the actress who plays Nicole Miller on the [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] series ''[[Whistler (TV series)|Whistler]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollydignard.com/hd.html |title=Holly Dignard – About |date=March 14, 2008 |work=HollyDignard.com |access-date=February 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426052415/http://www.hollydignard.com/hd.html |archive-date=April 26, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Harry Currie, noted Canadian conductor, musician, educator, journalist and author was born in Moncton<ref>{{cite web |last1=Quinlan |first1=Natalie |title=Conductor of The Convocation Winds retiring after 38 years |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/news/conductor-convocation-winds-retiring-after-38-years |website=Waterloo News |publisher=University of Waterloo |access-date=February 6, 2021 |date=June 16, 2018 |quote=Originally from Moncton, New Brunswick, Currie’s first... |archive-date=November 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107095904/https://uwaterloo.ca/news/conductor-convocation-winds-retiring-after-38-years |url-status=live }}</ref> and graduated from MHS. [[Antonine Maillet]], a francophone author, recipient of the [[Order of Canada]] and the "Prix Goncourt", the highest honour in francophone literature, is also from Moncton.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.bookrags.com/biography/antonine-maillet-dlb |title=Antonine Maillet |first=Larry |last=Shouldice |date=January 1, 2005 |access-date=January 31, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525081701/http://www.bookrags.com/biography/antonine-maillet-dlb/ |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[France Daigle]], another acclaimed Acadian novelist and playwright, was born and resides in Moncton, and is noted for her pioneering use of [[chiac]] in Acadian literature, was the recipient of the 2012 Governor General's Literary Prize in French Fiction, for her novel ''Pour Sûr'' (translated into English as "For Sure"). Canadian hockey star [[Sidney Crosby]] graduated from [[Harrison Trimble High School]] in Moncton.

==Sister cities==
* [[Lafayette, Louisiana]], United States<ref>{{cite web|title=Lafayette's twinning with Moncton in 1970s caused 'ruckus'|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/article_38ac8eaa-b758-11e9-b77d-fb6a40543e86.html|website=theadvocate.com|publisher=The Acadiana Advocate|date=2019-08-16|access-date=2020-06-17|archive-date=June 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617083827/https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/article_38ac8eaa-b758-11e9-b77d-fb6a40543e86.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[North Bay, Ontario]], Canada<ref>{{cite web|title=About North Bay|url=https://www.cityofnorthbay.ca/living/about-north-bay/|website=cityofnorthbay.ca|publisher=City of North Bay|access-date=2020-06-17|archive-date=June 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607001639/https://www.cityofnorthbay.ca/living/about-north-bay/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Coat of arms of Moncton]]
* [[Dieppe, New Brunswick|Dieppe]]
* [[List of mayors of Moncton]]
* [[List of municipalities in New Brunswick]]
* [[List of neighbourhoods in Moncton]]
* [[Petitcodiac River]]
* [[Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe|Ridings History of Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview]]
* [[Riverview, New Brunswick|Riverview]]

==References==

===Notes===
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===Bibliography===
* {{cite book |title=The First Hundred: A Story of the First 100 Years of Moncton's Existence|author=Larracey, Edward |publisher=Moncton Publishing Company |year=1970 |asin=B0000EEQHJ}}
* {{cite book |title=A History of Moncton Town and City 1855–1965|author=Machum, Lloyd A.|publisher=Moncton Publishing Company |year=1965 |asin=B0000EEUF0}}
* {{cite book |title=The Story of the Acadians|author=Boudreau, Amy|publisher=Pelican Publishing Company |year=1970 |isbn=0-911116-30-3}}
* {{cite book |title=Resurgo, The History of Moncton From 1890–1990|author=Larracey, Edward|publisher=City of Moncton |year=1991 |isbn=0-9694634-2-1}}
* {{cite book |title=New Brunswick Book of Everything|author=Walls, Martha |publisher=MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc |year=2006 |isbn=0-9738063-2-X}}
* {{cite book |title=Trails of Greater Moncton|author=Merlin, Kate|publisher=Goose Lane Editions |year=2003 |isbn=0-86492-349-X}}

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