Portland, New BrunswickPortland is a former city in New Brunswick, Canada that amalgamated with the City of Saint John in 1889.HistoryThe community was named after William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, who served as the prime minister of Great Britain in 1783. The area was established as a parish in 1786. Eighty-five years later, Portland was first incorporated as a town in 1871 and then attained city status in 1883. On April 17, 1889, the cities of Portland and Saint John amalgamated to become the new City of Saint John.GeographyPortland fronts Saint John Harbour where the Saint John River empties into the Bay of Fundy.DemographicsPortland had a population of in 1881, a change of from its 1871 population of. It was ranked as the ninth largest municipality in Canada in both the 1871 Census of Canada and the 1881 Census of Canada.