Upper Miramichi | |
Settlement Type: | Rural community |
Pushpin Map: | Canada#New Brunswick |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Upper Miramichi in Canada |
Coordinates: | 46.525°N -66.209°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Area Land Km2: | 1,832.97 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2,175 |
Population Density Km2: | 1.2 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Change (2016–21) |
Population Blank1: | 1.9% |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Timezone Dst: | ADT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Upper Miramichi is a Canadian rural community in Northumberland and York Counties, New Brunswick.
Upper Miramichi became a rural community on March 17, 2008,[2] having formerly been a local service district with the same name. The rural community includes sixteen neighbourhoods stretching between McGivney and the village of Doaktown including Astle, Big Hole Brook, Bloomfield Ridge, Boiestown, Carrolls Crossing, Hayesville, Holtville, Ludlow, McGivney, McNamee, Nelson Hollow, New Bandon, Parker’s Ridge, Porter Cove, Priceville, and Taxis River. The municipal offices are located in Boiestown.
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Northumberland County, New Brunswick.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Upper Miramichi had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1832.97km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[1]
See main article: List of people from Northumberland County, New Brunswick.