| Official Name: | Neguac |
| Nickname: | "The Savoie Capital" |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Northumberland County |
| Seat Type: | Electoral Districts Federal |
| Seat: | Miramichi |
| Parts Type: | Provincial |
| Parts: | Miramichi Bay-Neguac |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Georges Rhéal Savoie |
| Leader Title1: | MLA |
| Leader Name1: | Réjean Savoie (PC) |
| Leader Title2: | MP |
| Leader Name2: | Jake Stewart (C) |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1756 |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated Village |
| Established Date2: | August 23, 1967 |
| Elevation M: | 0-40 |
| Pushpin Map: | New Brunswick |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Neguac, New Brunswick |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Area Land Km2: | 26.72 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,692 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | 63.3 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2016–21) |
| Population Blank1: | 0.5% |
| Timezone: | Atlantic (AST) |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 47.2553°N -65.0709°W |
| Website: | Neguac.com |
| Postal Code Type: | Canadian Postal code |
| Postal Code: | E9G |
| Area Code: | 506 |
| Blank Name: | Telephone Exchange |
| Blank Info: | 776 |
Neguac is a Canadian village in Northumberland County, New Brunswick.
Situated on the north shore of Miramichi Bay at the southern end of the Acadian Peninsula, the village is located 44 kilometres northeast of Miramichi. Approximately 92 percent of its residents are francophone.
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Northumberland County, New Brunswick. Neguac calls itself the "Savoie Capital of Canada", as most Acadians with that surname trace their ancestry to the Neguac area. The first settlers in the village, Jean Savoie and his family, arrived in the area in 1757, two years after the Expulsion of the Acadians. In 2007, the community celebrated its 250th anniversary and 40th anniversary of incorporation.
The local economy is based on fishing and forestry, of which oyster farming and lobster fishing are the main industry. Seasonally, from August to mid-September blueberries are harvested, and from late October to early December Christmas wreaths are made and sold around Canada and the Continental United States, these industries play an important role in the local economy.
The community has two wharves situated in its municipal limits. It also has a large fish plant that processes lobster and herring.
Neguac is considered the Oyster Hub of Atlantic Canada. Its oysters are distributed throughout the world via the Maison Beausoleil Company.
In April 2003, a call centre was opened by Virtual-Agent Services (VAS). It employed nearly thirty call centre representatives. The call centre was closed August 26, 2011, when VAS was acquired by Thing5. The building now houses the Alnwick Resource Centre (Food Bank).
The community is a service centre of the Miramichi Bay area offering government services, a health clinic, restaurants, gas stations and other retail stores and services.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Neguac had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 26.72km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
| Census | Population | Change (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1,684 | 0.4% | |
| 2011 | 1,678 | 3.4% | |
| 2006 | 1,623 | 4.4% | |
| 2001 | 1,697 | 2.2% | |
| 1996 | 1,735 | N/A |
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French only | 1,415 | 86.8% | |
| English only | 170 | 10.4% | |
| English and French | 30 | 1.8% | |
| Other languages | 15 | 0.9% |