Saint John County, New Brunswick
# Saint John County, New Brunswick

Saint John County (2016 population: 74,020) 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.

## Census subdivisions

### Communities

There are two municipalities within Saint John County (listed by 2016 population):

| Official Name | Designation | Area $km^2$ | Population | Parish |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saint John | City | 315.96 | 67,575 | Simonds |
| Fundy-St. Martins | Village | 2.35 | 276 | Saint Martins |

### Parishes

The county is subdivided by the Territorial Division Act (Section 27) into one city and three parishes (listed by 2016 population):

| Official Name | Area $km^2$ | 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 |

## Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint John County had a population of 76,558 living in 34,634 of its 36,964 total private dwellings, a change of 3.4% from its 2016 population of 74,020. With a land area of 1,461.05 $km^2$ (564.11 sq mi), it had a population density of $52.4/km^2$ (135.7/sq mi) in 2021.

### Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint John County, New Brunswick :

| Census | Total | English | English | English | French | French | French | English & French | English & French | English & French | Non-official languages | Non-official languages | Non-official languages |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
| 2016 | 72,645 | 65,645 | 4.2% | 90.36% | 3,075 | 12.0% | 4.23% | 410 | 28.1% | 0.56% | 3,695 | 35.3% | 5.08% |
| 2011 | 75,085 | 68,540 | 3.0% | 91.28% | 3,495 | 3.2% | 4.65% | 320 | 5.9% | 0.43% | 2,730 | 1.1% | 3.64% |
| 2006 | 73,255 | 66,545 | 4.4% | 90.84% | 3,610 | 4.1% | 4.93% | 340 | 51.1% | 0.46% | 2,760 | 69.3% | 3.77% |
| 2001 | 75,195 | 69,575 | 4.2% | 92.53% | 3,765 | 3.1% | 5.01% | 225 | 37.5% | 0.30% | 1,630 | 25.4% | 2.17% |
| 1996 | 77,925 | 72,615 | n/a | 93.19% | 3,650 | n/a | 4.68% | 360 | n/a | 0.46% | 1,300 | n/a | 1.67% |

## Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:

