Salisbury, New Brunswick

Salisbury is a town located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Previously a village for 57 years from 1966 to 2023, in January 2023 Salisbury was amalgamated with parts of four local service districts to become a new town with the same name.

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History

Salisbury first became a permanent settlement when settlers from Yorkshire, England, settled there in 1774.
It grew quickly as a fox farming community, a special mutation of fox with grey/white fur, which was imported, was commonly bred in the many fox farms in Salisbury. This is where the saying "Home of the Silver Fox" comes from. While no fox farms are known to operate locally some wild foxes now share these genes.

Geography

Salisbury is situated on the north bank of the Petitcodiac River, approximately west of Moncton / Riverview, and east of Petitcodiac.

Services

The town has elementary, middle, and high schools and an outdoor swimming pool. Several family-owned shops and churches serve the surrounding area. There is also a Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron, 580 A/M Hugh Campbell Squadron.
Salisbury is a local service centre for several farming communities in the Petitcodiac River AKA Three Rivers, New Brunswick area. The town and many surrounding communities are served by Ambulance New Brunswick, Salisbury Fire & Rescue.
One of the first acts of the new council was to approve construction of a new fire hall.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, at this time the Village of Salisbury 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	2,284	3.4%
2011	2,208	8.4%
2006	2,036	4.2%
2001	1,954	3.8%
1996	1,878	4.0%
1991	1,805	3.5%
1986	1,742	4.2%
1981	1,672	N/A

Income

Income type	By CAD
Median total income per capita	$29,536
Median Household Income	$58,478
Median Family Income	$69,461

Mother tongue

Language	Population	Pct
English	2,095	92.5%
French	95	4.2%
Other languages	55	2.4%
English and French	20	0.9%

According to the 2022 Election Results a total of 327 citizens voted in the last Municipal election for the region.

Position	Official Representative	Votes Received	Total Voters
Mayor	Robert CAMPBELL	0	Accl.
Councillor at Large	Jason GALLANT	0	Accl.
Ward 1	John Wiebe DYKSTRA	85	181
Ward 2	Phyllis BANNISTER	0	Accl.
Ward 3	Sarah COLWELL, Nathan O'BLENIS, & Stephanie THORNE	0	Accl. X 3
Ward 4	Joseph D'ETTORE	94	146

Education

Notable people

Hugh Campbell, former Canadian air marshal.
Austin Claude Taylor, farmer, merchant and political figure.
Claude Taylor, former Air Canada President
Stacy Wilson, former women's hockey player.