Kedgwick, New Brunswick
Kedgwick is a Canadian incorporated rural community in northern New Brunswick, Canada. On 1 January 2023, Kedgwick annexed a large area including the local service districts of St. Jean Baptiste – Menneval and White's Brook, with parts of two others; revised census figures have not been released.
A variation of the original Micmac Madawamkedjwik, the name was "shortened by the river men to Tom Kedgwick or Kedgwick". Of uncertain meaning. Appears as Grande Fourche, " Big Fork", on some maps; however, the older variant prevailed.
Forestry is the major industry in the area.
History
Originally a local improvement district, then an incorporated village, Kedgwick became a rural community in 2012 when it amalgamated with the surrounding local service district of the parish of Grimmer.Geography
Located in the Appalachian Mountains in the western part of the county, Kedgwick is approximately 75 kilometres southwest of Campbellton and 15 kilometres east of the Restigouche River along Route 17.Being surrounded by woods, Kedgwick is spectacular during the Fall season. Every autumn the population celebrates it with the "Festival d'Automne".
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kedgwick 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.In the same census, the designated place portion of Kedgwick had a population of 953 living in 458 of its 470 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 993. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.
Population trend
| Census | Population | Change |
| 2016 | 1,979 | 5.3% |
| 2011 revised | 2,089 | 52.3% |
| 2011 | 993 | 13.4% |
| 2006 | 1,146 | 3.2% |
| 2001 | 1,184 | 3.0% |
| 1996 | 1,221 | 9.2% |
| 1991 | 1,118 | N/A |
Language
Mother tongue| Language | Population | Pct |
| French only | 1,890 | 96.7% |
| English only | 45 | 2.3% |
| Both English and French | 15 | 0.8% |
| Other languages | 5 | 0.2% |