Official Name: | Bertrand |
Pushpin Map: | New Brunswick |
Pushpin Label: | Bertrand |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gloucester |
Subdivision Type3: | Parish |
Subdivision Name3: | Caraquet |
Subdivision Type4: | Town |
Subdivision Name4: | Rivière-du-Nord |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1786 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Established Date2: | 1968 |
Established Title3: | Amalgamated |
Established Date3: | 1 January 2023 |
Area Total Km2: | 57.01 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1,153 |
Population Density Km2: | 20.2 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Pop 2016-2021 |
Population Blank1: | 1.1% |
Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
Population Blank2: | 665 |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Timezone Dst: | ADT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Coordinates: | 47.75°N -69°W |
Postal Code: | E1W |
Blank Name: | Highways |
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Bertrand 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 Rivière-du-Nord.
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Gloucester County, New Brunswick. On 1 January 2023, Bertrand amalgamated with three villages and all or part of four local service districts to form the new town of Rivière-du-Nord.[2] [3] The community's name remains in official use.[4]
The community is located on the Acadian Peninsula at the mouth of the Caraquet River where it empties into Caraquet Bay, roughly 10 km west of Caraquet. The community centres around the intersection of Route 11, Route 145 and Route 325.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bertrand had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 57.01km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
See main article: List of people from Gloucester County, New Brunswick.