Balmoral, New Brunswick
Balmoral is a community in the village of Bois-Joli in Restigouche County, New Brunswick. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the village of Bois-Joli. It is approximately 10 kilometres south of Dalhousie. Balmoral also contains the neighbourhoods of Blair Athol, Saint-Maure, Selwood, and Upper Balmoral.
History
The area was settled in the 1850s by Joseph Drapeau. When a later contingent of settlers from Scotland arrived, they gave the community its present name after Balmoral Castle.On 1 January 2023, Balmoral amalgamated with the neighbouring village of Eel River Crossing and all or part of five local service districts to form the new village of Bois-Joli. The community's name remains in official use.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Balmoral 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.Population trend
| Census | Population | Change |
| 2021 | 1,603 | 4.2% |
| 2016 | 1,674 | 2.6% |
| 2011 | 1,719 | 0.8% |
| 2006 | 1,709 | 7.1% |
| 2001 | 1,836 | 7.0% |
| 1996 | 1,975 | 1.3% |
| 1991 | 1,949 | N/A |
Language
Mother tongue| Language | Population | Pct |
| French only | 1,545 | 92.51% |
| English only | 105 | 6.29% |
| Both English and French | 20 | 1.20% |