| Victoria | |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Seat Type: | Shire town |
| Seat: | Perth-Andover |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1844 |
| Area Land Km2: | 5505.56 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 18,617 |
| Population Density Km2: | 3.4 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 6.5% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 9,178 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Area Code: | 506 |
Victoria County (2016 population 18,617[1]) is located in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. Farming, especially of potatoes, is the major industry in the county. The area was named for Queen Victoria.
There are five municipalities within Victoria County (listed by 2016 population):
| Official Name | Designation | Area km2 | Population | Parish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Falls/Grand-Sault | Town | 18.09 | 5,326 | Grand Falls | |
| Perth-Andover | Village | 8.97 | 1,590 | Perth | |
| Plaster Rock | Village | 3.04 | 1,023 | Gordon | |
| Drummond | Village | 8.90 | 737 | Drummond | |
| Aroostook | Village | 2.23 | 306 | Andover |
There is one First Nations reserve in Victoria County (listed by 2016 population):[2]
The county is subdivided into seven parishes (listed by 2016 population):
| Official Name | Area km2 | Population | Municipalities | Unincorporated communities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drummond | 1,014.89 | 2,157 | Drummond (village) | Black Brook / Burgess Settlement / Caldwell / Canton / Davis Mill / Desjardins Road / Ennishone / Hazen / Hennigar Corner / Jardine Brook / McManus Siding / Price Road / Quatre-Coins / Violette Brook / Violette Station | |
| Gordon | 1,431.58 | 1,493 | Plaster Rock (village) | Anderson Road / Anfield / Arthurette / Birch Ridge / Bluebell Station / Crombie Settlement / Hazeldean / Maple View / North View / O'Dell / Picadilly / Red Rapids / Rowena / Sisson Ridge / St. Almo / Three Brooks / Wapske / Weaver | |
| Denmark | 751.27 | 1,471 | Foley Brook / Lake Edward / Lerwick / New Denmark / North Tilley / Salmonhurst Corner / South Tilley | ||
| Grand Falls | 158.04 | 1,109 | Grand Falls/Grand-Sault (town) | Argosy / California Settlement / Costigan / Four Falls / Gillespie Settlement / Grand Falls Portage / Kelly Road / Limestone / Lower California / Lower Portage / McCluskey / Morrell Siding / Undine / Upper California | |
| Perth | 318.25 | 1,082 | Perth-Andover (village) Tobique 20 (reserve) | Beech Glen / Beech Glen Road / Bon Accord / Caldwell Brook / Currie / Gladwyn / Hillside / Inman / Kilburn / Kincardine / Lower Kintore / Lower Perth / Maliseet / Muniac / Quaker Brook / Red Rapids / Rowena / Tobique Narrows / Upper Kintore | |
| Andover | 123.45 | 891 | Aroostook (village) | Bairdsville / Beaconsfield / Carlingford / Dover Hill / Hillandale / Maliseet / River De Chute / Tinker / Turner Settlement | |
| Lorne | 1,641.87 | 464 | Blue Mountain Bend / Burntland Brook / Enterprise / Everett / Haley Brook / Lorne / Mapleview / Nictau / North View / Oxbow / Riley Brook / Sisson Brook / Two Brooks / Victoria |
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Victoria 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 5492.85km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Victoria County, New Brunswick | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 9,930 | 7.5% | 54.07% | 7,875 | 6.7% | 42.88% | 190 | 1.00% | 370 | 25.2% | 2.01% | |||||||||
| 10,740 | 0.2% | 54.71% | 8,405 | 2.2% | 42.82% | 190 | 90.0% | 0.97% | 295 | 52.4% | 1.50% | ||||||||
| 10,760 | 4.7% | 53.61% | 8,590 | 3.5% | 42.80% | 100 | 48.7% | 0.50% | 620 | 18.1% | 3.09% | ||||||||
| 11,290 | 6.2% | 53.98% | 8,905 | 0.8% | 42.58% | 195 | 13.3% | 0.93% | 525 | 22.1% | 2.51% | ||||||||
| 12,040 | n/a | 55.55% | 8,980 | n/a | 41.43% | 225 | n/a | 1.04% | 430 | n/a | 1.98% | ||||||||
Ethnic Groups (2016)[1]
| Race | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 16,190 | 88.2% | |
| Asian | 105 | 0.6% | |
| Aboriginal | 1,920 | 10.5% | |
| Other | 80 | 0.4% |
| Religion | Population | Pct (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic | 12,695 | 60.70% | |
| Protestant | 6,170 | 29.50% | |
| Christian n.i.e. | 190 | 0.91% | |
| Other religions | 60 | 0.29% | |
| No religious affiliation | 1,800 | 8.61% |
The county is crossed by the Canadian National Railway’s mainline Napadogan Subdivision carrying freight and includes the Little Salmon River Trestle, the second largest railway bridge in Canada.
See also: List of historic places in Victoria County, New Brunswick.
Although not everyone in this list was born in Victoria County, they all live or have lived in Victoria County and have had significant connections to the communities.
| Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | |||||
| 1937 | 2018 | ||||