Caraquet
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Highways Route 11 | Route 145 Route 325 Route 335 |
Website | www |
Caraquet Range Front Lighthouse | |
Constructed | 1903 |
Foundation | concrete base |
Construction | wooden tower |
Height | 8 m (26 ft) |
Shape | square truncated tower with balcony and lantern[2][3] |
Markings | white tower, red lantern roof and vertical stripe on the range line |
Power source | solar power |
Operator | Canadian Coast Guard |
Focal height | 8 m (26 ft) |
Range | 13 nmi (24 km; 15 mi) |
Characteristic | F Y |
Caraquet (English: /ˈkɑːrəkɛt/[4] French pronunciation: [kaʁakɛt]) 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;[5][6] the annexed communities' names remain in official use.[7] Revised census figures have not been released.
Establishment
Caraquet was first settled by
The town is called Acadia's capital by its residents. Caraquet hosts the annual Acadian Festival held each August, with the culmination being the Tintamarre on August 15. 48.2% of people aged over 15 years have a certificate, diploma or post-secondary degree, compared to 44.6% for the province.
History
The
In 1755, the British took
In 1763, Great Britain finally dispossessed
Merchants from England, Scotland and Jersey settled in Caraquet from the early nineteenth century. Despite their small number, they would control the economy and politics of the city for a century. Charles Robin and Company opened an important fishery in 1837, followed by that of Robert Young in 1850. The government of George King voted in the Common Schools Act in 1871 which removed any religious presence in schools and made education difficult in French. The precarious economic situation of fishermen, the discontent caused by the Common Schools Act and the attempts of the Anglophones to control the board led to Acadian protests in January 1875. Following property damage from the protests, Robert Young ordered police to the city and supplemented them with a private militia. When militiamen attempted to force entry to an Acadian household on January 27, 1875, an exchange of gunfire resulted and militiaman John Gifford and Acadian Louis Mailloux were shot and killed. Calm was restored and the population got some concessions.
Despite the Industrial Revolution,
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Caraquet had a population of 4,285 living in 1,988 of its 2,150 total private dwellings, a change of 0.9% from its 2016 population of 4,248. With a land area of 68.13 km2 (26.31 sq mi), it had a population density of 62.9/km2 (162.9/sq mi) in 2021.[10]
2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 1,261 (-5.7% from 2016) | 4,248 (+1.9% from 2011) | 4,169 (+0.3% from 2006) |
Land area | 109.32 km2 (42.21 sq mi) | 68.35 km2 (26.39 sq mi) | 68.26 km2 (26.36 sq mi) |
Population density | 11.5/km2 (30/sq mi) | 62.1/km2 (161/sq mi) | 61.1/km2 (158/sq mi) |
Median age | 55.6 (M: 56.0, F: 54.8) | 50.5 (M: 49.1, F: 52.0) | 48.5 (M: 47.2, F: 49.6) |
Private dwellings | 659 (total) 602 (occupied) | 2,075 (total) | 1,943 (total) |
Median household income | $63,600 | $57,259 | $43,057 |
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Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Caraquet, New Brunswick[16] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011
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4,030
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3,930 | 2.1% | 97.52% | 65 | 18.2% | 1.61% | 15 | n/a% | 0.37% | 20 | 100.0% | 0.50% | |||||
2006
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4,080
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4,015 | 5.6% | 98.41% | 55 | 22.2% | 1.35% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% | 10 | 77.8% | 0.24% | |||||
2001
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4,360
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4,255 | 5.3% | 97.59% | 45 | 18.2% | 1.03% | 15 | 0.0% | 0.34% | 45 | 50.0% | 1.03% | |||||
1996
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4,595
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4,495 | n/a | 97.82% | 55 | n/a | 1.20% | 15 | n/a | 0.33% | 30 | n/a | 0.65% |
Economy
Caraquet's economy is primarily marine resource-based, with a fishing wharf and
Culture
Notable people
Novels
Caraquet is featured in Phantom Ships: A Novel by Claude Le Bouthillier.
Budget
The water fee is $120 and the sewer fee to $250. Counters for industries and businesses, the fee is $1.00 per 1000 gallons of salt water, $2.25/1,000 gallons for water and $1.20 for each sprinkler watering.
See also
- List of lighthouses in New Brunswick
- List of communities in New Brunswick
- Port of Caraquet
- Louis Mailloux Affair
References
- ^ a b "Census Profile of Caraquet". Statistics Canada. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Canada: Northern New Brunswick". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ^ Caraquet Range Front, NB Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved 20 March 2017
- ^ The Canadian Press (2017), The Canadian Press Stylebook (18th ed.), Toronto: The Canadian Press
- ^ "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "RSC 4 Acadian Peninsula Regional Service Commission". Government of New Brunswick. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ "Proposed entity names reflect strong ties to nature and history" (Press release). Irishtown, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ ""Acadian Spirit: the legacy of Philippe d'Entremont - The Acadian Expulsion"". Archived from the original on 2016-07-24. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
- ^ The Acadians by Barry Moody. Grolier, 1981.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
- 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ 2011census
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Caraquet, New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2019.