| Queens | |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Seat Type: | Shire town |
| Seat: | Gagetown |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1785 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 3686.05 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 10,472 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2.8 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011–2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 5.5% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 7,289 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | −4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −3 |
| Area Code: | 506 |
Queens County (French: Comté de Queens; 2016 population 10,472[1]) is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. The county shire town is the village of Gagetown. The county was named as an expression of loyalty to the Crown and to commemorate a group of earlier settlers originally from Queens County, New York.
The county's geography is dominated by the Saint John River and Grand Lake. Coal mining is a major industry in the Minto area. Forestry and mixed farming dominate the rest of the county. The CFB Gagetown military training area takes in a large portion of the western part of the county.
There are four municipalities within Queens County (listed by 2016 population):
| Official Name | Designation | Area km2 | Population | Parish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minto | Village | 31.68 | 2,305 | Canning | |
| Chipman | Village | 19.02 | 1,104 | Chipman | |
| Gagetown | Village | 49.47 | 711 | Gagetown | |
| Cambridge-Narrows | Village | 107.19 | 562 | Cambridge |
The county is subdivided into ten parishes (listed by 2016 population):
| Official Name | Area km2 | Population | Municipalities | Unincorporated communities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canning | 174.38 | 924 | Minto (village) | Back Road / Canning / Clarks Corners / Douglas Harbour / Flowers Cove / Lake Road / Maquapit Lake / Newcastle Center / Newcastle Centre / Newcastle Creek / Princess Park / Scotchtown / Sunnyside Beach / Sypher Cove / Upper Gagetown / Wuhr's Beach Road | |
| Chipman | 483.44 | 913 | Chipman (village) | Briggs Corner / Bronson / Bronson Settlement / Camp Wegesegum / Castaway / Coal Creek / Dufferin / Fowlers Corner / Gaspereau Forks / Harley Road / Iron Bound Cove / Kings Mines / Leckey Road / Midland / Redbank / Salmon Creek / Salmon River / The Ridge / Upper Gaspereau | |
| Waterborough | 445.55 | 847 | Cox Point / Cumberland Bay / Cumberland Point / Grant Settlement / Mill Cove / New Dominion Road / Pangburn / Rees / The Range / Union Settlement / Waterborough / Youngs Cove | ||
| Petersville | 590.14 | 681 | Bayard / Blagdon / Clarendon / Enniskillen / Fowlers Corners / Petersville / Welsford / Wirral / Wirral Station / Wirral-Enniskillen | ||
| Cambridge | 113.65 | 647 | Cambridge-Narrows | Cherry Hill / Jemseg / Lower Cambridge / Lower Jemseg / Robertson Point / Scovil / Whites Cove | |
| Johnston | 359.32 | 560 | Annidale / Bagdad / Canaan Rapids / Chambres Corner / Codys / Coles Island / Highfield / Johnston / Long Creek / Partridge Valley / Phillipstown / Salmon Creek / Smith Corner / Thornetown / Washademoak / Waterloo Corner / Youngs Cove Road | ||
| Wickham | 160.34 | 427 | Bald Hill / Belyeas Cove / Big Cove / Carpenter / Crafts Cove / Henderson Settlement / London Settlement / MacDonalds Point / Shannon / Wickham | ||
| Gagetown | 234.88 | 311 | Gagetown (village) | Coytown / Mill Road / Upper Gagetown | |
| Hampstead | 212.56 | 277 | Central Hampstead / Elm Hill / Hampstead / McAlpines / Pleasant Villa / Quarries / Queenstown | ||
| Brunswick | 704.43 | 203 | Alward / Brookvale / Brunswick / Canaan Forks / Cherryvale / Forks Stream / Hunters Home / New Canaan |
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Queens 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 3681.05km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Queens County, New Brunswick | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 9,655 | 5.3% | 93.83% | 445 | 11.0% | 4.32% | 40 | 0.39% | 150 | 15.4% | 1.46% | |||||||||
| 10,195 | 2.9% | 93.83% | 500 | 18.0% | 4.60% | 40 | 27.3% | 0.37% | 130 | 56.7% | 1.20% | ||||||||
| 10,495 | 3.4% | 91.58% | 610 | 17.3% | 5.32% | 55 | 37.5% | 0.48% | 300 | 46.3% | 2.62% | ||||||||
| 10,870 | 4.7% | 93.43% | 520 | 23.0% | 4.47% | 40 | 0.0% | 0.34% | 205 | 57.7% | 1.76% | ||||||||
| 11,410 | n/a | 93.10% | 675 | n/a | 5.51% | 40 | n/a | 0.37% | 130 | n/a | 1.01% | ||||||||
See also: List of historic places in Queens County, New Brunswick.
See main article: List of people from Queens County, New Brunswick.