Charlo, New Brunswick
Charlo is a former village which was dissolved in 2023 and was amalgamated with Dalhousie to form the new town of Heron Bay in Restigouche County, New Brunswick. The name is still kept for address purposes.
History
Situated on the south shore of Chaleur Bay, the community was first settled by Acadians in 1799 and incorporated in 1966. River Charlo is one of its neighbourhoods.On January 1, 2023, Charlo amalgamated with the town of Dalhousie and all or part of five local service districts to form the new town of Heron Bay. The community's name remains in official use.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Charlo 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 |
| 2016 | 1,310 | 1.1% |
| 2011 | 1,324 | 4.5% |
| 2006 | 1,386 Adj | 5.0% |
| 2001 | 1,449 | 10.0% |
| 1996 | 1,610 | 0.8% |
| 1991 | 1,597 | N/A |
Language
Mother tongue| Language | Population | Pct |
| French only | 835 | 63.7% |
| English only | 435 | 33.2% |
| Both English and French | 30 | 2.3% |
| Other languages | 10 | 0.8% |
Infrastructure
The Charlo Airport, the only airport in the region, offered scheduled air service between 1963 and 2001. In October 2012, Provincial Airlines began trial flights at the Charlo Airport. In January 2013, after deeming that there was sufficient demand, they made the trial flights permanent. However, service to the airport was terminated in 2020.VIA Rail's train, The Ocean, makes stops on request at the Charlo station, a flag stop platform. The station shelter was demolished, along with nearby Jacquet River station, in October 2021.