Sunbury County, New Brunswick


Sunbury County is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. A large military base is located in the western part of the county south of the town of Oromocto. The county also hosts forestry and mixed farming. Burton is the county shire town.

Census subdivisions

Communities

There are three municipalities within Sunbury County :
Official nameDesignationArea km2PopulationParish
OromoctoTown22.449,223Burton
Fredericton JunctionVillage23.85704Gladstone
TracyVillage29.46608Gladstone

Much of the Village of Minto lies within Sunbury County, but since most of it is in Queens County, Statistics Canada considers it as part of Queens. Similarly, a small portion of the city of Fredericton lies within Sunbury County, but is counted as part of York.

First Nations

There is one First Nations reservation in Sunbury County :
Official nameDesignationArea km2PopulationParish
Oromocto 26Reservation0.31282Burton

[Image:CoSunbury.png|thumb|right|275px|Map of municipal government units in Sunbury County.]

Parishes

The county is subdivided into seven parishes :
Official nameArea km2PopulationMunicipalitiesUnincorporated communities
Lincoln159.597,177Lincoln / Lincoln, New Brunswick|Lower Lincoln] / Rusagonis-Waasis / Rusagonis Station / Sunpoke
Burton259.105,119Oromocto (town)
Oromocto 26 (reservation)		Babbitt / Burpees Corner / Burton / French Lake / Geary / Goan / Haneytown / Burton, New Brunswick|Lower Burton] /
McGowans Corner / Sheffield / Swan Creek / Waterville / Woodside
Maugerville921.961,831Maugerville / Noonan / Sunbury / Maugerville, New Brunswick|Upper Maugerville]
Blissville341.74919Blissville / Blissville, New Brunswick|Central Blissville] / Germany / Hoyt / Juvenile Settlement / Mill Settlement /
Mill Settlement West / Patterson / Sand Brook
Sheffield272.16809Albrights Corner / Fernmount / Lakeville Corner / Randall Corner / Ripples / Scale / Sheffield
Northfield303.77620Cantor / Duffys Corner / Hardwood Ridge / Humphrey Corner / New Avon /
New England Settlement / New Zion / North Forks / Slope [Road, New Brunswick|Slope Road]
Gladstone362.23452Fredericton Junction (village)
Tracy (village)		Gladstone / Three Tree Creek / Tracyville / Tracy, New Brunswick|Upper Tracy] / Vespra

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sunbury 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.
Population trend
CensusPopulationChange
201627,644 1.8%
201127,143 6.3%
200625,542 0.9%
200125,776 1.6%
199625,358 7.6%
199123,575N/A

Mother tongue
LanguagePopulationPct
English only24,17587.7%
French only2,6709.7%
Other languages4801.7%
Both English and French2350.9%

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