| Beaubassin East | |
| Other Name: | Beaubassin-est |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada#New Brunswick |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Beaubassin East in Canada |
| Coordinates: | 46.1726°N -64.3122°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Town |
| Subdivision Name3: | Cap-Acadie |
| Established Title: | Incorporated |
| Established Date: | 8 May 1995 |
| Established Title2: | Amalgamated |
| Established Date2: | 1 January 2023 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Area Land Km2: | 291.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 6,718 |
| Population Density Km2: | 23.1 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 5.4% |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Beaubassin East was an incorporated rural community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held rural community status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Cap-Acadie.
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. The rural community was incorporated on May 8, 1995[3] from the Local Service Districts of Boudreau West, Grand Barachois, Haute-Aboujagane, and Saint-André & LeBlanc Office, and portions of the parishes of Botsford, Sackville, and Shediac. It completely surrounded the village of Cap-Pelé.
Beaubassin East was divided into six wards,[4] numbered counterclockwise from its eastern boundary.
In 2006, Trois-Ruisseaux became part of Beaubassin East.[5]
On 1 January 2023, Beaubassin East amalgamated with Cap-Pelé to form the new town of Cap-Acadie.[6] The constituent communities' names remain in official use.[7]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Beaubassin East had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 291.02km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[8]
| Canada 2016 Census | Population | % of Total Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visible minority group Source:[9] | South Asian | 0 | ||
| 10 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| 40 | ||||
| 25 | ||||
| 10 | ||||
| Southeast Asian | 10 | |||
| 0 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| Other visible minority | 10 | |||
| Mixed visible minority | 15 | |||
| Total visible minority population | 115 | |||
| Aboriginal group Source:[10] | 55 | |||
| 40 | ||||
| 10 | ||||
| Other Aboriginal | 10 | |||
| Total Aboriginal population | 115 | |||
| 6,260 | ||||
| Total population | 6,376 | 100% | ||
See main article: List of people from Westmorland County, New Brunswick.