| Tide Head | |
| Nickname: | Fiddlehead Capital of the World |
| Pushpin Map: | New Brunswick |
| Pushpin Label: | Tide Head |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within New Brunswick |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Restigouche |
| Subdivision Type3: | City |
| Subdivision Name3: | Campbellton |
| Seat Type: | Electoral Districts Federal |
| Seat: | Madawaska—Restigouche |
| Parts Type: | Provincial |
| Parts: | Restigouche West |
| Government Type: | Campbellton City Council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Ian Comeau |
| Leader Title2: | MP |
| Leader Name2: | René Arseneault (Lib.) |
| Leader Title3: | MLA |
| Leader Name3: | Gilles LePage (Lib.) |
| Established Title: | Village status |
| Established Date: | 1966 |
| Area Land Km2: | 19.34 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 951 |
| Population Density Km2: | 49.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2016–21) |
| Population Blank1: | 1.4% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 433 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 47.985°N -66.765°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Area Code: | 506 |
| Blank Name: | Access Routes |
| Blank Info: | |
| Blank2 Name: | Median Income* |
| Blank2 Info: | $77,466 CDN |
| Website: | http://www.tidehead.ca/ |
| Footnotes: |
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Tide Head is a community in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada.[2] It held village status prior to 2023.
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Restigouche County, New Brunswick. The first settlers of the area were Scottish. Early area farms were owned by Moffats, Gerrards, Duncans, Adams, Duffs, Barclays, Christophers, and Ayletts. Most of these early settlers, such as James Aylett, a British subject in the 20th regiment of his Majesty's Army; Thomas Barclay, a Scotsman; and Robert Adams are buried in the Athol House Cemetery near Frasers Mill. Graves in the cemetery date from as early as 1791. The Athol House Cemetery is the oldest British Cemetery in Restigouche County.
The railway that passes through Tide Head was started in 1875 and the first train went west in 1878. The train passes through a tunnel in the hillside of Morrisey Rock, the only active tunnel on the railway system in the Maritimes.
Tide Head was incorporated into a village in 1966. The first mayor of the incorporated village was Jim Adams. The most recent mayor of Tide Head is Randy Hunter.
On 1 January 2023, Tide Head amalgamated with the city of Campbellton.[3] The community's name remains in official use.[4]
Tide Head bills itself as the Fiddlehead Capital of the World and is predominantly English.
Located on the south bank of the Restigouche River, 10km (10miles) west of Downtown Campbellton, the village is situated where the tides on the Restigouche River cease to become visible – the reason for its name.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Tide Head had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 19.34km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
| Census | Population | Change (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 938 | 9.5% | |
| 2011 | 1,036 | 3.6% | |
| 2006 | 1,075 | 6.4% | |
| 2001 | 1,149 | 1.8% | |
| 1996 | 1,170 | 1.2% | |
| 1991 | 1,156 | 6.5% | |
| 1986 | 1,085 | 14.0% | |
| 1981 | 952 | N/A |
| Language | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| English only | 505 | 54.01% | |
| French only | 410 | 43.85% | |
| Both English and French | 15 | 1.60% | |
| English and Other Languages | 5 | 0.53% | |
| French and Other Languages | 0 | 0% | |
| Other languages Only | 0 | 0.00% |
See also: List of people from Restigouche County, New Brunswick.