Gloucester County, New Brunswick


Gloucester County is located in the northeastern corner of New Brunswick, Canada. Fishing, mining and forestry are the major industries in the county. The eastern section of the county is known for its Acadian culture.

[Census subdivision]s

Communities

There are nineteen municipalities within the county :
Official NameDesignationArea km2PopulationParish
BathurstCity92.0411,897Bathurst
Tracadie–SheilaTown 24.655,171Saumarez
BeresfordTown19.414,288Beresford
CaraquetTown68.354,248Caraquet
ShippaganTown10.022,580Shippagan
Petit-RocherVillage4.521,897Beresford
BelleduneVillage189.471,417Beresford
Bas-CaraquetVillage31.011,305Caraquet
LamèqueTown12.511,285Shippagan
BertrandVillage57.441,166Caraquet
NigadooVillage7.65963Beresford
Grande-AnseVillage24.33899New Bandon
Pointe-VerteVillage13.79886Beresford
Sainte-Marie-Saint-RaphaëlVillage15.90879Shippagan
Le GouletVillage5.49793Shippagan
Saint-IsidoreVillage22.94764Saint-Isidore
PaquetvilleVillage9.26720Paquetville
Saint-LéolinVillage19.73647New Bandon
MaisonnetteVillage12.90495New Bandon

First Nations

There is one First Nations reservation in Gloucester County :
Official NameDesignationArea km2PopulationParish
Pabineau 11Reservation4.92134Bathurst

Parishes

The county is subdivided into ten parishes :
Official NameArea km2PopulationMunicipalitiesUnincorporated communities
Saumarez326.786,618Tracadie-Sheila Benoit / Charnisay / Commeau / Ferguson Point / Gauvreau / Haut-Sheila /
Leech / Little Gaspereau / Losier Settlement / Petit-Tracadie / Pointe-à-Bouleau /
Pont-Lafrance / Rivière-à-la-truite / Saint Irénée and Alderwood / Saint-Isidore Station / Saint-Pons /
Saumarez / St. Pierre / Tracadie Beach / Val-Comeau
Beresford456.866,248Beresford
Petit-Rocher
Belledune
Nigadoo
Pointe-Verte 		Alcida and Dauversière / Dempsey Settlement / Devereaux / Dunlop / Free Grant / LaPlante /
Lincour / Madran / Massabielle / Nicholas-Denys / Robertville / Saint-Laurent / Sainte-Louise /
Sainte-Rosette / Sormany / St. George / Tremblay / Val-Michaud
Shippegan208.084,800Shippagan
Lamèque
Le Goulet
Ste-Marie-St-Raphaël 		Cap-Bateau / Chiasson-Savoy / Coteau Road / Haut-Lamèque / Haut-Shippagan / Herring Point /
Miscou Centre / Miscou Harbour / Miscou Lighthouse / Miscou Plains / Petite-Lamèque /
Petite-Rivière-de-l'lle / Petit-Shippagan / Pigeon Hill / Pointe-Alexandre / Pointe-Brûlé /
Pointe-Canot / Sainte-Cécile / Shippagan Portage / Wilson Point
Bathurst1504.874,797Bathurst
Pabineau 11 		Bartibog Station / Bathurst Mines / Big Antler / Big Moose / Big River / Blue Mountain Settlement /
Bruce / Brunswick Mines / Chamberlain Settlement / Goodwin Mill / Gloucester Junction /
Hachey Siding / Lawson Brook Siding / Miller Brook / Nepisiguit Junction / North Tetagouche /
Ottawa Road / Pitre Road / Red Pine / Rio Grande / Russell / Salmon Beach /
South Tetagouche / Tetagouche Hill / Upper Rosehill
Inkerman107.562,366Boudreau Road / Cowans Creek / Evangeline / Four Roads / Gaspereau / Haché Road /
Haut Pokemouche / Inkerman / Inkerman Ferry / Landry / Maltampec / Pokemouche /
Pokemouche Junction / Sainte-Rose-Gloucester / Six Roads
Paquetville220.512,329Paquetville Burnsville / Notre-Dame-des-Érables / Petit-Paquetville / Rang-Saint-Georges /
Saint-Amateur / Trudel / Val-Doucet
Allardville654.692,032Allardville / Allardville East / Veniot / Bear Landing / Beaubois / Butte-d'Or / Daulnay /
Goodwin Mill / Jeanne-Mance / Saint-Sauveur
Saint-Isidore173.251,361Saint-Isidore Bois-Blanc / Bois-Gagnon / Boishébert / Duguayville / Hacheyville / Haut-Saint-Isidore /
Haut Tilley Road / Pokemouche Landing / Pont-Landry / Spruce Brook / Tilley Road
Caraquet109.971,337Caraquet
Bas-Caraquet
Bertrand 		Blanchard Settlement / Caraquet Island / Haut-Saint-Simon / Marsoliau / Pokesudie /
Saint-Simon / Saint-Simon Centre
New Bandon359.111,214Grande-Anse
Maisonnette
Saint-Léolin 		Anse-Bleue / Bertrand Station / Black Rock / Canobie / Clifton / Dugas / Janeville /
Johnson / Lobster Beach / New Bandon-Salmon Beach / Pokeshaw / Rocheville / Springfield /
Stonehaven / Village-des-Poirier / Village-Saint-Paul / Waterloo Settlement

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Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:

Notable people