Drummond is a former village in northwestern

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, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Grand Falls. It is located in rolling farmland approximately 5 kilometres southeast of Grand Falls, of which it is administratively a part. Drummond's economy is centred on the

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industry, and cereal crops such as

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and

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are grown mainly through

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. More than 50% of the potatoes grown are sold for processing to

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, and 45% are grown as seed potatoes for inter-provincial and international export.

History

The village was first settled by Irish immigrants in the 1850s. It was named after

Gordon Drummond General Sir Gordon Drummond, GCB (27 September 1772 – 10 October 1854) was a Canadian-born British Army officer and the first official to command the military and the civil government of Canada. As Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, Drum ...

, a

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in the

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settlement occurred during the latter half of the 19th century. On 1 January 2023, Drummond amalgamated with the town of Grand Falls The community's name remains in official use.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Drummond 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.

Notable people

Ron Turcotte Ronald Joseph Morel Turcotte (born July 22, 1941) is a retired Canadian thoroughbred race horse jockey best known as the rider of Secretariat, winner of the U.S. Triple Crown in 1973. Career Turcotte began his career in Toronto as a hot walk ...

, who won the

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in 1973, was born in Drummond.

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Village de Drummond
Communities in Victoria County, New Brunswick Former villages in New Brunswick 2023 disestablishments in New Brunswick {{VictoriaCountyNB-geo-stub

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Notable people

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