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Regional Service Commission
A regional service commission (RSC) is an administrative entity in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. As the name implies, an RSC administers services on a regional level. RSCs are not incorporated municipal entities and lack direct taxation powers. A 2021 white paper recommended major reforms to New Brunswick's local governance system that took effect in 2023, with increased RSC responsibilities and some boundary adjustments. Functions RSCs were originally required to provide regional planning, local planning in local service districts (LSD) and participating local governments, solid waste management, policing collaboration, emergency measures planning, and facilitating cost-sharing agreements between member governance units. The 2023 local governance reforms added economic development, community development, tourism promotion, regional transportation, cost-sharing on recreation infrastructure, and public safety committees to the mandates of RSCs. History Before the cr ... [...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] |
Vallée-des-Rivières
Vallée-des-Rivières (, ) is a town in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms. History Vallée-des-Rivières was incorporated on January 1, 2023 via the amalgamation of the former town of Saint-Léonard and the former village of Sainte-Anne-de Madawaska as well as the concurrent annexation of adjacent unincorporated areas. The adjacent unincorporated areas included portions of the former local service districts of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Poitier, DSL Ste-Anne, DSL St-Léonard, Sainte-Anne and Saint-Léonard. Geography It is located 30 km south east of Edmundston on the east bank of the Saint John River opposite Van Buren, Maine, to which it is connected via the Saint Leonard–Van Buren Bridge. Climate The town has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen: ''Dfb''), even for this type of climate the warm season can be milder for a non-coastal city like Saint John, because the Great La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivière-du-Nord, New Brunswick
Rivière-du-Nord () is a town in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms. History Rivière-du-Nord was incorporated on January 1, 2023, via the amalgamation of the former villages of Bertrand, New Brunswick, Bertrand, Maisonnette, New Brunswick, Maisonnette, Grande-Anse, New Brunswick, Grande-Anse, and Saint-Léolin, New Brunswick, Saint-Léolin as well as the concurrent annexation of adjacent unincorporated areas. Geography The town is located on the Acadian Peninsula at the mouth of the Caraquet River where it empties into Caraquet Bay, roughly 10 km west of Caraquet. The town centres around the intersection of New Brunswick Route 11, Route 11, New Brunswick Route 145, Route 145 and New Brunswick Route 325, Route 325. See also *List of communities in New Brunswick *List of municipalities in New Brunswick References [Baidu] |
Neguac, New Brunswick
Neguac is a Canadian village in Northumberland County, New Brunswick. Geography Situated on the north shore of Miramichi Bay at the southern end of the Acadian Peninsula, the village is located 44 kilometres northeast of Miramichi. Approximately 92 percent of its residents are francophone. History Neguac calls itself the "Savoie Capital of Canada", as most Acadians with that surname trace their ancestry to the Neguac area. The first settlers in the village, Jean Savoie and his family, arrived in the area in 1757, two years after the Expulsion of the Acadians. In 2007, the community celebrated its 250th anniversary and 40th anniversary of incorporation. Economy The local economy is based on fishing and forestry, of which oyster farming and lobster fishing are the main industry. Seasonally, from August to mid-September blueberries are harvested, and from late October to early December Christmas wreaths are made and sold around Canada and the Continental United States, these i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Île-de-Lamèque
Île-de-Lamèque (, ) is a town in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms. History Île-de-Lamèque was incorporated on January 1, 2023 via the amalgamation of the former town of Lamèque and the former village of Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël as well as the concurrent annexation of adjacent unincorporated areas. Economy Île-de-Lamèque's economy is tied to the fishing and peat industries. Attractions The Lamèque Eco-Parc offers numerous flora and fauna features representative of the Acadian Peninsula. See also *List of communities in New Brunswick *List of municipalities in New Brunswick New Brunswick is the Population of Canada by province and territory, eighth-most populous province in Canada, with 775,610 residents as of the 2021 Canadian Census, 2021 census, and the List of Canadian provinces and territories by area#Land ar ... References 2023 establishments in New Brunswick 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hautes-Terres
Hautes-Terres (, ) is a town in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms. History Hautes-Terres was incorporated on January 1, 2023, via the amalgamation of the former villages of Saint-Isidore and Paquetville as well as the concurrent annexation of adjacent unincorporated areas. Notable people * Édith Butler, who sings the song ''Paquetville'' See also *List of communities in New Brunswick *List of municipalities in New Brunswick New Brunswick is the Population of Canada by province and territory, eighth-most populous province in Canada, with 775,610 residents as of the 2021 Canadian Census, 2021 census, and the List of Canadian provinces and territories by area#Land ar ... References 2023 establishments in New Brunswick 2023 New Brunswick local governance reform Communities in Gloucester County, New Brunswick Populated places established in 2023 Towns in New Brunswick {{Glouces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caraquet
Caraquet ( ) is a town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. Situated on the shore of Chaleur Bay in the Acadian Peninsula, its name is derived from the Mi'kmaq term for ''meeting of two rivers''. The Caraquet River and Rivière du Nord flow into the Caraquet Bay west of the town. On 1 January 2023, the town was greatly enlarged by annexing the village of Bas-Caraquet and all or part of seven local service districts; the annexed communities' names remain in official use. Revised census figures have not been released. Establishment Caraquet was first settled by Gabriel Giraud dit St-Jean who was a French trader and merchant. He married a Mi'kmaq woman and settled in Lower Caraquet. After the expulsion of the Acadians from southern New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in 1755, some Acadians settled in Upper Caraquet. Led by Alexis Landry in 1757, the original town site was founded at what is now called Sainte-Anne-du-Bocage. The land was officially granted for the town in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belledune
Belledune is a port village in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It has a population of 1,325, and straddles the boundary between Restigouche County and Gloucester County, New Brunswick. The community of Belledune was created through the amalgamation of Jacquet River, Armstrong Brook, and Belledune in 1994. The community dubbed itself a "Supervillage" after this amalgamation. Belledune's population meets the requirements as a "Town" under the ''Municipalities Act of the Province of New Brunswick'', but it has not requested a change in municipal status and therefore remains as a village. Belledune is one of the few municipalities not significantly affected by the province's 2023 local governance reforms. History The village, "Big Dune", was first settled by François Guittard (middle name: Joseph) around 1815, with a land grant approval in 1825 for two lots of land of 200 acres each. Guittard was born in Fauxbourg, St. Antoine, France, around 1774, and after figh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belle-Baie
Belle-Baie (, ) is a town in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It was formed through the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reforms. History Belle-Baie was incorporated on January 1, 2023, via the amalgamation of the former town of Beresford and the former villages of Nigadoo, Petit-Rocher and Pointe-Verte as well as the concurrent annexation of adjacent unincorporated areas. The adjacent unincorporated areas included the former local service districts of Dunlop, Laplante, Madran, Robertville, Petit-Rocher-Nord, Petit-Rocher-Sud and Tremblay, and portions of the local service districts of Bathurst, Beresford and North Tetagouche. The new town's name was initially announced as , but after negative reaction from the residents the transition committee withdrew the name and proposed Belle-Baie instead. The town's language policy for news releases was to be reviewed after some residents complained they were in French only. About 85 per cent of the residents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathurst, New Brunswick
Bathurst () is a city in northern New Brunswick with a population of 12,157 and the 4th largest metropolitan area in New Brunswick as defined by Census Canada with a population of 31,387 as of 2021. The City of Bathurst overlooks Nepisiguit Bay, part of Chaleur Bay and is at the estuary of the Nepisiguit River. On January 1, 2023, Bathurst annexed parts of the Local service district (New Brunswick), local service districts of Bathurst Parish, New Brunswick, the parish of Bathurst, Big River, New Bandon-Salmon Beach,Properties along Currie Street, most of which don't have street numbers. The white paper proposing the 2023 governance changes based its percentage figures on the population of LSDs rather than their land area, which implies that the NB-SB area was omitted from the boundary description because the area has no permanent residents. and North Tetagouche, New Brunswick, North Tetagouche. The names of communities in the annexed areas remain in use for address purposes. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucester County, New Brunswick
Gloucester County (2021 population 78,256) 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. The county is named for Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh. Census subdivisions Communities There are 19 municipalities within the county. They are listed below by 2016 population: First Nations There is one First Nations reservation in Gloucester County (listed with 2016 population): Parishes The county is subdivided into ten parishes (listed by 2016 population): Demographics As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Gloucester County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Language Access Routes Highways and numbered routes that run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kedgwick, New Brunswick
Kedgwick is a Canadian incorporated rural community in northern New Brunswick, Canada. On 1 January 2023, Kedgwick annexed a large area including the local service districts of St. Jean Baptiste – Menneval and White's Brook, with parts of two others; revised census figures have not been released. A variation of the original Micmac Madawamkedjwik, the name was "shortened by the river men to Tom Kedgwick or Kedgwick" (Ganong). Of uncertain meaning. Appears as Grande Fourche, " Big Fork", on some maps; however, the older variant prevailed. Forestry is the major industry in the area. History Originally a local improvement district, then an incorporated village, Kedgwick became a rural community in 2012 when it amalgamated with the surrounding local service district of the parish of Grimmer. Geography Located in the Appalachian Mountains in the western part of the county, Kedgwick is approximately 75 kilometres southwest of Campbellton and 15 kilometres east of the Restigouche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
