Flatlands, New Brunswick

Flatlands was a local service district in Addington Parish, Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada. The Duncan family of Aberdeen, Scotland were the original settlers of Flatlands and Campbellton. In 1866, Flatlands was a farming and lumbering settlement with approximately 27 resident families. In 1871, it had a population of 150. In 1898, Flatlands was a station on the Intercolonial Railway and had one post office, three stores, a shingle mill, a church, and a population of about 400.

Geography

Flatlands is located along the Restigouche River, opposite the Province of Quebec. It is approximately 5 km from Matapédia, Quebec, a 5-minute drive, and about 15 km from downtown Campbellton, New Brunswick, a 20-minute drive. Route 11 is the major highway running through the community, with a posted speed limit of 80 km/h.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Flatlands 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.