Fredericton Junction Explained

Official Name:Fredericton Junction
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:New Brunswick#Canada
Pushpin Label Position:Fredericton Junction
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Fredericton Junction
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:New Brunswick
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Sunbury
Subdivision Type3:Parish
Subdivision Name3:Gladstone
Seat Type:Electoral Districts   
Federal
Parts Type:Provincial
Government Footnotes:[1]
Government Type:Village Council
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Title1:Councillors
Established Title:Village Status
Established Date:1966
Area Total Km2:23.85
Population As Of:2021
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:719
Population Density Km2:30.1
Population Blank1 Title:Change
2016–21
Population Blank1: 2.1%
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:−04:00
Timezone Dst:ADT
Utc Offset Dst:−03:00
Coordinates:45.65°N -102°W
Area Code:506
Blank Name:Dwellings
Blank Info:304
Blank1 Name:Median Income*
Blank1 Info:$57,600 CDN
Blank2 Name:Access Routes
Footnotes:
  • Median household total income, 2015 (all households)

Fredericton Junction (2016 population: 704) is a Canadian village in Sunbury County, New Brunswick.

Located on the North Branch of the Oromocto River in the western part of the county, the village is approximately 45km (28miles) southwest of Fredericton.

History

See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Sunbury County, New Brunswick. The community was originally named Hartt's Mills but was renamed in 1869 when the European and North American Railway (Western Extension) was opened between Saint John and Vanceboro, Maine, meeting the Fredericton Branch Railway which ran from this junction into Fredericton.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fredericton Junction had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 23.85km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

Notable people

See main article: List of people from Sunbury County, New Brunswick.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fredericton Junction. Government of New Brunswick .
  2. Web site: Census Profile of Fredericton Junction . Statistics Canada . 15 January 2023 . 6 December 2022.