Official Name: | Bas-Caraquet |
Pushpin Map: | New Brunswick |
Pushpin Label: | Bas-Caraquet |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gloucester County |
Subdivision Type3: | Parish |
Subdivision Name3: | Caraquet |
Subdivision Type4: | Town |
Subdivision Name4: | Caraquet |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1735 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 9 November 1966 |
Established Title3: | Amalgamated |
Established Date3: | 1 January 2023 |
Area Total Km2: | 30.93 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1,311 |
Population Density Km2: | 42.4 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 0.5% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 687 |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Timezone Dst: | ADT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Coordinates: | 47.8°N -114°W |
Postal Code: | E1W |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | None |
Bas-Caraquet is a former village in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Caraquet.
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Gloucester County, New Brunswick. On 1 January 2023, Bas-Caraquet amalgamated with the town of Caraquet.[2] Bas-Caraquet remains in official use.[3]
Situated on the Acadian Peninsula on the shore of Chaleur Bay, its name translates into "Lower Caraquet". It is located at the eastern entrance to Caraquet Harbour, adjacent to the town of Caraquet.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bas-Caraquet had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 30.93km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
Fishing is the village's principal industry.
See main article: List of people from Gloucester County, New Brunswick.