| Paquetville | |
| Pushpin Map: | New Brunswick |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within New Brunswick. |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name3: | Paquetville |
| Subdivision Type4: | Town |
| Subdivision Name4: | Hautes-Terres |
| Seat Type: | Electoral Districts Federal |
| Seat: | Acadie—Bathurst |
| Parts Type: | Provincial |
| Parts: | Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1866 |
| Established Title2: | Village Status |
| Established Date2: | 1966 |
| Area Land Km2: | 9.26 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 718 |
| Population Density Km2: | 77.5 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2016–21) |
| Population Blank1: | 0.3% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 359 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 47.6689°N -65.0992°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Postal Code: | E8R |
| Area Code: | 506 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | |
Paquetville is a former village in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2] It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Hautes-Terres. It is on the Acadian Peninsula at the intersection of Route 340, Route 135 and Route 350.
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Gloucester County, New Brunswick. Paquetville was founded by Monseigneur Paquet in 1873, who brought several parishioners with him from Shippagan.
On 1 January 2023, Paquetville amalgamated with the village of Saint-Isidore and all or part of six local service districts to form the new town of Hautes-Terres.[3] [4] The community's name remains in official use.[5]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Paquetville had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 9.26km2, it had a population density of in 2021.
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 650 | 13.0% | 95.59% | 15 | 50.0% | 2.21% | 10 | 33.3% | 1.47% | 5 | n/a% | 0.73% | ||||||||
| 575 | 10.8% | 95.83% | 10 | 0.0% | 1.67% | 15 | n/a% | 2.50% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | ||||||||
| 645 | 0.0% | 98.47% | 10 | 50.0% | 1.53% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | ||||||||
| 645 | n/a | 96.99% | 20 | n/a | 3.01% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | ||||||||
See main article: List of people from Gloucester County, New Brunswick. The village is the home of Édith Butler, who sings the song Paquetville.