| Beresford | |
| Official Name: | Town of Beresford |
| Settlement Type: | Dissolved Town |
| Motto: | "Simul Crescere" |
| Pushpin Map: | New Brunswick |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within New Brunswick. |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gloucester |
| Subdivision Type3: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name3: | Beresford |
| Subdivision Type4: | Town |
| Subdivision Name4: | Belle-Baie |
| Seat Type: | Electoral Districts Federal |
| Seat: | Acadie—Bathurst |
| Parts Type: | Provincial |
| Parts: | Nigadoo-Chaleur |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1814 |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | 1967 |
| Established Title3: | Town |
| Established Date3: | 1984 |
| Established Title4: | Amalgamated |
| Established Date4: | January 1, 2023 |
| Area Land Km2: | 19.24 |
| Elevation M: | 5 |
| Elevation Max M: | 10 |
| Elevation Min M: | 0 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 4,294 |
| Population Density Km2: | 223.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 0.1% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 2,225 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | E8K |
| Area Code: | 506 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Beresford is a community in the town of Belle-Baie in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.[3] It was a town from 1984 to 2023, when it was amalgamated with surrounding municipalities to form the town of Belle-Baie.
On January 1, 2023, Beresford amalgamated with three villages, seven local service districts (LSDs) and parts of three other LSDs to form the new town of Belle-Baie.[4] [5] The community's name remains in use for addresses.[6]
It is on the shore of Nepisiguit Bay, part of Chaleur Bay immediately north of the city of Bathurst.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Beresford had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 19.24km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[7]
79% of the former town's residents are francophone.
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Beresford, New Brunswick | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 3,410 | 2.29% | 79.77% | 680 | 0% | 15.91% | 135 | 107.69% | 3.16% | 50 | 42.86% | 1.17% | ||||||||
| 3,490 | 2.65% | 81.64% | 680 | 0% | 15.91% | 65 | 44.4% | 1.52% | 35 | 133.33% | 0.80% | ||||||||
| 3,585 | 0.3% | 82.89% | 680 | 20.4% | 15.72% | 45 | 50.0% | 1.04% | 15 | 70.0% | 0.35% | ||||||||
| 3,595 | 0.6% | 84.79% | 565 | 29.4% | 13.32% | 30 | 100.0% | 0.71% | 50 | 233.3% | 1.18% | ||||||||
| 3,575 | 6.4% | 81.16% | 800 | 2.6% | 18.16% | 15 | 78.6% | 0.34% | 15 | 66.7% | 0.34% | ||||||||
| 3,820 | n/a | 81.02% | 780 | n/a | 16.54% | 70 | n/a | 1.48% | 45 | n/a | 0.95% | ||||||||
One of Beresford's main attractions is its beach. Renovated in the late 1990s, the beach features an observation tower overlooking the marshes, a boardwalk and change room, restroom and shower facilities. A popular tourist attraction, it is not rare to find local musicians featuring their talents at the beach on warm summer nights.
Every year a carnival called "Carnaval du Siffleux" is held in Beresford. Sculptures made of snow collected by ploughing parking lots are presented all around town. This is one of the many activities available to Beresford residents during this carnival. However, in recent years, fewer sculptures have been seen around the time of the festival.
See main article: List of people from Gloucester County, New Brunswick.