Victoria County, New Brunswick


Victoria County is located in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. Farming, especially of potatoes, is the major industry in the county. The area was named for Queen Victoria.

Census subdivisions

Communities

There are five municipalities within Victoria County :
Official nameDesignationArea km2PopulationParish
Grand Falls/Grand-SaultTown18.095,326Grand Falls
Perth-AndoverVillage8.971,590Perth
Plaster RockVillage3.041,023Gordon
DrummondVillage8.90737Drummond
AroostookVillage2.23306Andover

First Nations

There is one First Nations reserve in Victoria County :
Official nameDesignationArea km2PopulationParish
Tobique 20Reserve24.98968Perth

Parishes

The county is subdivided into seven parishes :
Official nameArea km2PopulationMunicipalitiesUnincorporated communities
Drummond1,014.892,157Drummond (village)Black Brook / Burgess Settlement / Caldwell / Canton / Davis Mill / Desjardins Road /
Ennishone / Hazen / Hennigar Corner / Jardine Brook / McManus Siding / Price Road /
Quatre-Coins / Violette Brook / Violette Station
Gordon1,431.581,493Plaster Rock (village)Anderson Road / Anfield / Arthurette / Birch Ridge / Bluebell Station / Crombie Settlement /
Hazeldean / Maple View / North View / O'Dell / Picadilly / Red Rapids / Rowena /
Sisson Ridge / St. Almo / Three Brooks / Wapske / Weaver
Denmark751.271,471Foley Brook / Lake Edward / Lerwick / New Denmark / North Tilley / Salmonhurst Corner /
South Tilley
Grand Falls158.041,109Grand Falls/Grand-Sault (town)Argosy / California Settlement / Costigan / Four Falls / Gillespie Settlement / Grand Falls Portage /
Kelly Road / Limestone / Lower California / Lower Portage / McCluskey / Morrell Siding / Undine /
Upper California
Perth318.251,082Perth-Andover (village)
Tobique 20 (reserve)
Beech Glen / Beech Glen Road / Bon Accord / Caldwell Brook / Currie / Gladwyn / Hillside /
Inman / Kilburn / Kincardine / Lower Kintore / Lower Perth / Maliseet / Muniac / Quaker Brook /
Red Rapids / Rowena / Tobique Narrows / Upper Kintore
Andover123.45891Aroostook (village)Bairdsville / Beaconsfield / Carlingford / Dover Hill / Hillandale / Maliseet / River De Chute /
Tinker / Turner Settlement
Lorne1,641.87464Blue Mountain Bend / Burntland Brook / Enterprise / Everett / Haley Brook / Lorne / Mapleview /
Nictau / North View / Oxbow / Riley Brook / Sisson Brook / Two Brooks / Victoria

Demographics

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

Language

Ethnic Groups
RacePopulationPct
White16,19088.2%
Asian1050.6%
Aboriginal1,92010.5%
Other800.4%

Religious make-up
ReligionPopulationPct
Catholic12,69560.70%
Protestant6,17029.50%
Christian n.i.e.1900.91%
Other religions600.29%
No religious affiliation1,8008.61%

Transportation

Railways

The county is crossed by the Canadian National Railway’s mainline Napadogan Subdivision carrying freight and includes the Little Salmon River Trestle, the second largest railway bridge in Canada.

Notable people

Although not everyone in this list was born in Victoria County, they all live or have lived in Victoria County and have had significant connections to the communities.
Full NameCommunityFamous forBirthDeathOther