| Official Name: | Rogersville |
| Pushpin Map: | New Brunswick |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Northumberland County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Nouvelle-Arcadie |
| Established Title2: | incorporated |
| Established Date2: | November 9, 1966 |
| Area Land Km2: | 7.19 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1,193 |
| Population Density Km2: | 165.9 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2016–21) |
| Population Blank1: | 2.3% |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | −4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −3 |
| Coordinates: | 46.7347°N -65.4294°W |
| Area Code: | 506 |
Rogersville is a former village in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, built around the Intersection of New Brunswick Route 126 and New Brunswick Route 440. It was an incorporated village until the end of 2022 and is now part of the village of Nouvelle-Arcadie.
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Northumberland County, New Brunswick. The village is named in honour of the Roman Catholic Bishop, the Most Reverend James Rogers, late Bishop of Chatham, New Brunswick. Rogersville is the home of two Trappist (Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance) monasteries, Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Abbey (Our Lady of the Assumption Abbey for women) and Notre Dame du Calvaire Abbey (Our Lady of Calvary Abbey for men).
It is also the burial place of the man considered the Father of Modern Acadia—(Bishop) Monseigneur Marcel-Francois Richard, and the site of a monument containing his sarcophagus.
On 1 January 2023, Rogersville annexed all or part of seven local service districts to form the new village of Nouvelle-Arcadie.[2] [3] The community's name remains in official use.[4]
It is served by Via Rail's train the Ocean which stops at the Rogersville railway station.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rogersville had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 7.19km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
| Census | Population | Change (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1,166 | 0.3% | |
| 2011 | 1,170 | 0.4% | |
| 2006 | 1,165 | 6.7% | |
| 2001 | 1,248 | 6.6% | |
| 1996 | 1,336 | N/A |
Income (2015)[6]
| Income type | By CAD | |
|---|---|---|
| Per capita income | $23,440 | |
| Median Household Income | $40,021 | |
| Median Family Income | $56,832 |
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| French | 970 | 90.2% | |
| English | 90 | 8.4% | |
| English and French | 15 | 1.4% | |
| Other languages | 0 | 0% |
See main article: List of people from Northumberland County, New Brunswick.