Westmorland County, New Brunswick


Westmorland County is a county in New Brunswick, a province of Canada. It is in the south-eastern part of the province. It contains the fast-growing commercial centre of Moncton and its northern and eastern suburbs. Also located in the county are the university town of Sackville and the tourist destination of Shediac.
Westmorland County is centrally located in the Maritimes and is New Brunswick's most populous county. Fishing and tourism are important industries along the Northumberland Strait shore while there is some mixed farming in the Petitcodiac River Valley and in the Tantramar Marsh region. The city of Moncton accounts for half the county's population and has developed as a major transportation, distribution, commercial and retail centre. Dorchester is the historical shire town of the county.

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[Census subdivision]s

Communities">List of communities in New Brunswick">Communities

There are eleven municipalities within Westmorland County :
Official NameDesignationArea km2PopulationParish
MonctonCity141.9271,889Moncton
DieppeCity54.0525,384Moncton
Beaubassin EastRural community291.086,376Shediac
ShediacTown53.956,664Shediac
SackvilleTown74.175,331Sackville
MemramcookVillage187.674,778Dorchester
Cap-PeléVillage23.362,425Botsford
SalisburyVillage13.542,284Salisbury
PetitcodiacVillage17.211,383Salisbury
DorchesterVillage5.791,096Dorchester
Port ElginVillage2.66408Westmorland

[List of [First Nations in New Brunswick|First Nations]]

There is one First Nations reservation in Westmorland County :
Official NameDesignationArea km2PopulationParish
Fort Folly 1Reservation0.5548Dorchester

Parishes">List of parishes in New Brunswick">Parishes

The county is subdivided into seven parishes :
Official NameArea km2PopulationMunicipalitiesUnincorporated communities
Moncton579.639,811Moncton
Dieppe 		Allison / Ammon / Berry Mills / Boundary Creek / Canaan / Cape Breton / Gallagher Ridge / Greater Lakeburn / Indian Mountain / Irishtown / Lakeville / LeBlancville / Lutesville / McQuade / Meadow Brook / Melanson Settlement / New Scotland / O'Neil / Pacific Junction / Painsec / Painsec Junction / Scotch Settlement / Shaw Brook / Steeves Mountain / Stilesville
Shediac196.714,789Beaubassin East
Shediac 		Batemans Mills / Chapman Corner / East Shediac / Evangeline / MacDougall / Malakoff / Moncton Road / Petit Pre / Ohio-du-Barachois / Pointe-du-Chêne / Saint-Philippe / Scoudouc / Scoudouc Road / Shediac Bridge-Shediac River / Shediac Cape / Shediac Road / The Bluff
Salisbury874.163,388Salisbury
Petitcodiac 		Dobsons Corner / Fawcett / Fawcett Hill / Fredericton Road / Glenvale / Harewood / Havelock / Hicksville / Hillgrove / Intervale / Kay Settlement / Killams Mills / Kinnear Settlement / Leeman Hill / Lewis Mountain / Monteagle / North Branch / Pollett River / River Glade / Scott Road / Second North River / Steeves Settlement / The Glades / Upper Ridge / Wheaton Settlement
Sackville579.981,182Sackville Aboushagan / Aboushagan Road / Anderson Settlement / Babcock Road / British Settlement / Brooklyn / Brooklyn Road / Centre Village / Coles Island Road / Cookville / Evans / Fairfield / Harper's Brook / Johnson's Mills / Lower Rockport / Midgic / Rockport / Upper Rockport / Ward / West Sackville / Westcock / Wood Point / Woodhurst
Botsford304.161,058Cap-Pelé Bayfield / Bayside / Botsford / Cadman Corner / Cape Spear / Cape Tormentine / Chapmans Corner / Hardy / Johnston Point Road / Little Shemogue / Malden / Mates Corner / Melrose / Murray Corner / Murray Road / Petit-Cap / Smith Settlement / Spence Settlement / The Bluff / Timber River / Westmorland / Upper Cape / Woodside
Westmorland175.43908Port Elgin Aulac / Baie-Verte / Baie Verte Road / Coburg / Etter Ridge / Fromm's Swamp / Halls Hill / Jolicure / Mount Whatley / Pointe de Bute / Tidnish Bridge / Uniacke Hill / Upper Point de Bute / Westmorland
Dorchester90.13429Memramcook
Dorchester
Fort Folly 1 		Calhoun / Cherry Burton / Dorchester Cape / Middleton / Taylor Village / Upper Dorchester

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

Notable people