| Saint John | |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Coordinates: | 45.3°N -66°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1785 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1,463.70 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 74,020 |
| Population Density Km2: | 50.6 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 3.3% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 36,825 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Area Code: | 506 |
Saint John County (2016 population: 74,020[1]) is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The city of Saint John dominates the county. Elsewhere in the county, tourism is focused around the Bay of Fundy.
There are two municipalities within Saint John County (listed by 2016 population):
| Official Name | Designation | Area km2 | Population | Parish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint John | City | 315.96 | 67,575 | Simonds | |
| Fundy-St. Martins | Village | 2.35 | 276 | Saint Martins |
The county is subdivided by the Territorial Division Act (Section 27) into one city and three parishes (listed by 2016 population):
| Official Name | Area km2 | Population | Municipalities | Unincorporated communities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint John (city) | 315.96 | 67,575 | Saint John (city) | ||
| Simonds | 280.86 | 3,843 | Baxters Corner / Black River / Cape Spencer / Coleraine / Fairfield / Gardner Creek / Garnett Settlement / Grove Hill / Lake View Estates / Mispec / Otter Lake / Primrose / Quaco Road / Simonds / Upper Golden Grove / Upper Loch Lomond / West Beach / Willow Grove | ||
| Musquash | 235.33 | 1,194 | Chance Harbour / Dam Road / Dipper Harbour East / Dipper Harbour West / Five Fathom Hole / Gilmore Subdivision / Gooseberry Cove / Little Lepreau / Musquash / Point Lepreau / Prince of Wales / Sherwood Road / South Musquash | ||
| Saint Martins | 629.20 | 1,132 | St. Martins (village) | Bains Corner / Bay View / Burchills Flats / Chapel Flats / Chester / Drawlin Hill / Fair View / Hardingville / Little Beach / Mosher Hill / Orange Hill / Porter Road / Salmon River / Shanklin / Tynemouth Creek / West Quaco |
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint John County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1461.05km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint John County, New Brunswick | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 65,645 | 4.2% | 90.36% | 3,075 | 12.0% | 4.23% | 410 | 28.1% | 0.56% | 3,695 | 35.3% | 5.08% | ||||||||
| 68,540 | 3.0% | 91.28% | 3,495 | 3.2% | 4.65% | 320 | 5.9% | 0.43% | 2,730 | 1.1% | 3.64% | ||||||||
| 66,545 | 4.4% | 90.84% | 3,610 | 4.1% | 4.93% | 340 | 51.1% | 0.46% | 2,760 | 69.3% | 3.77% | ||||||||
| 69,575 | 4.2% | 92.53% | 3,765 | 3.1% | 5.01% | 225 | 37.5% | 0.30% | 1,630 | 25.4% | 2.17% | ||||||||
| 72,615 | n/a | 93.19% | 3,650 | n/a | 4.68% | 360 | n/a | 0.46% | 1,300 | n/a | 1.67% | ||||||||
Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:[3]
See also: List of historic places in Saint John County, New Brunswick.
See main article: List of people from Saint John County, New Brunswick.