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Moncton
Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton 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%. Its land area is . 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 captu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moncton Parish, New Brunswick
Moncton is a List of parishes in New Brunswick, geographic parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the cities of Dieppe, New Brunswick, Dieppe and Moncton; the town of Salisbury, New Brunswick, Salisbury; the List of Municipalities in New Brunswick#Rural communities, incorporated rural communities of Beausoleil, New Brunswick, Beausoleil and Maple Hills, New Brunswick, Maple Hills; the Metepenagiag 3 Urban Reserve, Metepenagiag 8 Urban Reserve, and Soegao 35 Indian reserves; and the Southeast rural district. The municipalities and the rural district are all members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reform, 2023 governance reform, the Local service district (New Brunswick), local service district of the parish of Moncton, which included the special service areas of Calhoun Road, Greater Lakeburn, New Brunswick, Greater Lakebur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to the west. It is part of Eastern Canada and is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic Canada, Atlantic provinces. The province is about 83% forested and its northern half is occupied by the Appalachians. The province's climate is continental climate, continental with snowy winters and temperate summers. New Brunswick has a surface area of and 775,610 inhabitants (2021 census). Atypically for Canada, only about half of the population lives in urban areas - predominantly in Moncton, Saint John, New Brunswick, Saint John and Fredericton. In 1969, New Brunswick passed the New Brunswick Official Languages Act (1969), Official Languages Act which began recognizing French as an official language, along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ginette Petitpas Taylor
Marie Ginette Petitpas Taylor (born 1968/1969) is a Canadian politician who has been representing the riding of Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe in the House of Commons of Canada since the 2015 federal election. She is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and a former Minister of Health, and is a member of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association as well as the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association. Early life and education Petitpas Taylor grew up in Dieppe, New Brunswick and graduated from the Université de Moncton with a bachelor's degree in social work. Before politics From 2004 to 2008, she was the chairwoman of the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women, and has held a variety of other positions, including the coordinator for the Victim's Services Program of the local detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Political career She won the Liberal Party's nomination for Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe on March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centennial Park (Moncton)
Centennial Park () is a municipal park in Moncton, New Brunswick New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to .... Located in the city's west end, it has an area of . The park features a static display of a CF-100 Canuck fighter jet, an M4A3 Sherman Tank, the anchor from and CNR locomotive 5270. History Centennial park was originally known as Natural Park and was changed in 1967 during Canada's centennial year.Acadian History , Parkton and Georgetown. Places of note The park contains: * Boating Pond * Centennial Dog Park * Children Splash Park * Children Playground -[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moncton City Council
The Moncton City Council () is the governing body of the City of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It consists of a mayor and ten councillors elected to four-year terms. The 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. City council members (2021–present) Elected May 11, 2021: *Mayor: Dawn Arnold (until March 7, 2025) *Monique LeBlanc (at-large) *Marty Kingston (at-large) *Shawn Crossman (Ward 1) *Paulette Thériault (Ward 1) (acting mayor from March 7, 2025) *Daniel Bourgeois (Ward 2) *Charles Léger (Ward 2) *Bryan Butler (Ward 3) *Dave Steeves (Ward 3) *Paul Richard (Ward 4) *Susan F. Edgett (Ward 4) City council members (2016–2021) Elected May 10, 2016: *Mayor: Dawn Arnold *Vacant Seat (at-lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westmorland County, New Brunswick
Westmorland County (2021 population: 163,576) 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 local 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, and there is some mixed farming in the Petitcodiac River Valley and in the Tantramar Marsh region. The city of Moncton accounts for half of the county's population and has developed as a major transportation, distribution, commercial and retail centre. Dorchester is the historic shire town. Origins The county, once a part of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, was one of the original eight counties delineated shortly after the creation of the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob McKee
Robert McKee (born November 20, 1985) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick () is the deliberative assembly of the New Brunswick Legislature, in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The assembly's seat is located in Fredericton. It was established in Saint John ''de jure'' ... in the 2018 election. He represents the electoral district of Moncton Centre as a member of the New Brunswick Liberal Association, Liberal Party. He was re-elected in the 2020 and 2024 provincial elections. He was the leader of the opposition in New Brunswick from September 2022 to May 2023. Education Fluently bilingual in English and French, his education includes a Bachelor of Laws from Université de Moncton, a Bachelor of Applied Management in Accounting from the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, a Diploma in Accounting from the New Brunswick Community College and a high school diploma from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tania Sodhi
Tania Sodhi is a realtor and politician who resides in Moncton, New Brunswick. And was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2024 election. She was elected in the riding of Moncton Northwest. Sodhi is originally from Patiala, a city in Punjab, India. Before immigrating to Canada in 2018, she practiced law when she was based in India. Sodhi works as a realtor in the Moncton Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. Th ... area. Sodhi is the first visible minority elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and the second person of South-Asian descent elected to a legislature from an Atlantic province. Electoral record References Living people 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick New Brunswick Liberal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of E Postal Codes Of Canada
__NOTOC__ This is a list of postal codes in Canada where the first letter is E. Postal codes beginning with E are located within the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Only the first three characters are listed, corresponding to the Forward Sortation Area (FSA). Canada Post provides a free postal code look-up tool on its website, via its mobile apps for such smartphones as the iPhone and BlackBerry, and sells hard-copy directories and CD-ROM A CD-ROM (, compact disc read-only memory) is a type of read-only memory consisting of a pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains computer data storage, data computers can read, but not write or erase. Some CDs, called enhanced CDs, hold b ...s. Many vendors also sell validation tools, which allow customers to properly match addresses and postal codes. Hard-copy directories can also be consulted in all post offices, and some libraries. New Brunswick There are currently 112 FSAs in this list. All rural codes in the province have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capitol Theatre (Moncton)
The Capitol Theatre () in downtown Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, is a restored 1920s-era vaudeville house, now home to several venues and serving as the centre for cultural entertainment for the city. History and Heritage Value The Capitol Theatre Main Hall is an Italianate opera house-style auditorium adjoined by the Empress Theatre, a smaller auditorium venue on the second level at the rear. The Capitol Theatre also houses an art gallery. The Capitol Theatre was designed in 1920 by architect René-Arthur Fréchet with Romanesque décor by the theatre designer Emmanual Briffa. It was rebuilt in 1926 by Ambrose Wheeler after it burned, and used for cinema and live vaudeville acts. In 1991, the building was purchased by the City of Moncton. It was restored in 1992, and officially reopened as a multi-use performance space in 1993. In 1996, the Capitol Theatre was designated as a Local Historic Place through the New Brunswick Register of Historic Places as a good ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherry Wilson
Sherry Wilson is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election. Since 2024, she represents the electoral district of Albert-Riverview as a member of the Progressive Conservatives. She was first elected as the MLA for Moncton Southwest in 2010 and was re-elected in the 2014, 2018, and 2020 provincial elections. After the 2024 elections, she became the longest serving member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Early life Wilson grew up on a dairy farm in Intervale, New Brunswick and attended schools in Petitcodiac. She is one of nine children. Following high school, she completed a business and secretarial course at Campbellton Community College. Before politics After college she began working at Hub Meat Packers in Moncton where she was Credit Manager Assistant and after moving to Edmonton, Alberta, she worked at the University Hospital in administration. After two years in Alberta, she moved b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Mountain (New Brunswick)
Magic Mountain (), is mainly a water park, which is located in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is part of the Magnetic Hill tourist site. The park is the largest man-made tourist attraction in Atlantic Canada Atlantic Canada, also called the Atlantic provinces (), is the list of regions of Canada, region of Eastern Canada comprising four provinces: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. As of 2021, the landma .... History The park was created as an addition to the growing tourist site of Magnetic Hill, which already consisted of the hill itself, and the Magnetic Hill Zoo. Construction on the park commenced on August 12, 1986, and through the efforts of more than 600 construction workers it was completed in less than a year, opening on June 26, 1987. It requires more than of water to operate which is heated by propane heaters with a capacity of almost 7 million BTUs (7.4 gigajoules). In 1999 the park came under new ownershi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
