Queens County (; 2021 population 10,998) is located in south 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.
Geography 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.
Census subdivisions
Communities There are four municipalities within Queens County (listed by 2021 population): Official name Designation Area km2 Population Parish Minto Village31.362,234Canning Chipman Village19.001,201Chipman Gagetown Village49.32787Gagetown Cambridge-Narrows Village106.79715Cambridge
Part of Minto lies within Sunbury County, but since most of it is in Queens County, Statistics Canada considers it as part of Queens.
Parishes The county is subdivided into ten parishes (listed by 2021 population): Official name Area km2 Population Municipalities Unincorporated communities Canning173.251,028Minto (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 Chipman483.45853Chipman (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 Waterborough443.16903 Cox Point / Cumberland Bay / Cumberland Point / Grant Settlement / Mill Cove / New Dominion Road / Pangburn / Rees / The Range / Union Settlement / Waterborough / Youngs Cove Petersville589.95710 Bayard / Blagdon / Clarendon / Enniskillen / Fowlers Corners / Petersville / Welsford / Wirral / Wirral Station / Wirral-Enniskillen Cambridge113.17684 Cambridge-Narrows Cherry Hill / Jemseg / Lower Cambridge / Lower Jemseg / Robertson Point / Scovil / Whites Cove Johnston360.87638 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 Wickham160.54409 Bald Hill / Belyeas Cove / Big Cove / Carpenter / Crafts Cove / Henderson Settlement / London Settlement / MacDonalds Point / Shannon / Wickham Gagetown234.58324Gagetown (village) Coytown / Mill Road / Upper Gagetown Hampstead212.39288 Central Hampstead / Elm Hill / Hampstead / McAlpines / Pleasant Villa / Quarries / Queenstown Brunswick703.20224 Alward / Brookvale / Brunswick / Canaan Forks / Cherryvale / Forks Stream / Hunters Home / New Canaan
Demographics
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 , it had a population density of in 2021.
Language Canada Census Mother Tongue - Queens County, New Brunswick Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 10,170 5.3% 94.08% 385 13.5% 3.56% 70 75.0% 0.65% 170 13.3% 1.57% 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%
Transportation Major highways
Protected areas and attractions
Notable people
See also List of communities in New Brunswick Queens, New York Royal eponyms in Canada
References
External links
Queens County Guide