Queens County, New Brunswick

Queens County (French: Comté de Queens; 2016 population 10,472^[1]) is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. The county shire town is the village of Gagetown. The county was named as an expression of loyalty to the Crown and to commemorate a group of earlier settlers originally from Queens County, New York.^[2][3]

Geography

The county's geography is dominated by the

There are four municipalities within Queens County (listed by 2016 population):[4]

• Part of Minto lies within Sunbury County, but since most of it is in Queens County, Statistics Canada considers it as part of Queens.

Parishes

The county is subdivided into ten parishes (listed by 2016 population):^[4]

Demographics

As a

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Queens County, New Brunswick[5][6][1]
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		10,290		9,655	5.3%	93.83%		445	11.0%	4.32%		40		0.39%		150	15.4%	1.46%
2011		10,865		10,195	2.9%	93.83%		500	18.0%	4.60%		40	27.3%	0.37%		130	56.7%	1.20%
2006		11,460		10,495	3.4%	91.58%		610	17.3%	5.32%		55	37.5%	0.48%		300	46.3%	2.62%
2001		11,635		10,870	4.7%	93.43%		520	23.0%	4.47%		40	0.0%	0.34%		205	57.7%	1.76%
1996		12,255		11,410	n/a	93.10%		675	n/a	5.51%		40	n/a	0.37%		130	n/a	1.01%

Transportation

Major highways

• Route 2 (TCH)
• Route 7
• Route 10
• Route 101
• Route 102
• Route 105
• Route 112
• Route 116
• Route 123
• Route 690
• Route 695
• Route 705
• Route 710
• Route 715

Protected areas and attractions

Notable people

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick
• Queens, New York
• Royal eponyms in Canada

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Queens County, New Brunswick.

• Queens County Guide

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