Restigouche County, New Brunswick


Restigouche County is located in north-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county is named for the Restigouche River which flows through the county and is famous for its salmon pools, which have attracted wealthy American and Canadian tourists to the region's summer colonies for decades. Forestry dominates the local economy.

Census subdivisions

Communities

There are nine municipalities within Restigouche County :
Official nameDesignationArea km2Pop 2016Parish
CampbelltonCity18.586,883Addington
AtholvilleVillage119.603,570Addington
DalhousieTown15.223,126Dalhousie
Saint-QuentinTown4.242,194Saint-Quentin
KedgwickRural community658.081,979Grimmer
Eel [River Crossing, New Brunswick|Eel River Dundee]Village65.481,953Dalhousie
BalmoralVillage43.391,674Balmoral
CharloVillage31.301,310Colborne
Tide HeadVillage19.43938Addington

First Nations

There are two First Nations reservations in Restigouche County :
Official nameDesignationArea km2PopulationParish
Eel River 3Reservation1.46329Dalhousie
Indian RanchReservation0.5889Dalhousie

Parishes

The county is subdivided into eight parishes. :
Official nameArea km2PopulationMunicipalitiesUnincorporated communities
Saint-Quentin2,478.571,532Saint-Quentin (town)Five Fingers / Rang-Cinq-et-Six / Rang-Dix / Rang-Dix-Huit / Rang-Douze-Nord / Rang-Douze-Sud /
Rang-Quatorze / Rang-Seize / Rang-Sept-et-Huit / Saint-Martin-de-Restigouche
Durham410.891,076Black Point / Doyleville / Gravel Hill / Halfway / Hickey Settlement / Keepover / Lapointe Settlement /
Lorne / Nash Creek / Paradise Camp / Sea Side / Winton Crossing
Dalhousie62.701,067Dalhousie (town)
Eel River Dundee (village)
Eel River 3 (reserve)
Indian Ranch (reserve)
Dalhousie Junction / Lac-des-Lys / Maple Green / McLeods / McNeish / Point La Nim /
Upper Dundee
Durham410.891,076Black Point / Doyleville / Gravel Hill / Halfway / Hickey Settlement / Keepover / Lapointe Settlement /
Lorne / Nash Creek / Paradise Camp / Sea Side / Winton Crossing
Eldon1,681.46657Adams [Gulch, New Brunswick|Adams Gulch] / Dawsonville / Glenwood / Menneval / Mann Mountain Settlement / Mann Siding /
Robinsonville / Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Restigouche / Squaw Cap / Upsalquitch / Wyers Brook
Addington935.17656Campbellton (city)
Atholville (village)
Tide Head (village)
Colebrooke Settlement / Dubé Settlement / Flatlands / Glen Levit / Glencoe / Malauze /
McKendrick / Popelogan Depot / Saint-Arthur / Val-d'Amour / Val-Melanson
Balmoral1,089.41278Balmoral (village)Maltais / Ramsay Sheds / Simpsons Field
Colborne754.96227Charlo (village)Benjamin River / Blackland / Caribou Depot / New Mills / Upper Crossing
Grimmersee *noteKedgwick (rural community)

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Restigouche County 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.

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits: