York County (2021 population 105,261) is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county contains the provincial capital, Fredericton. Outside the city, farming and forestry are two major industries in the county, which is bisected by the Saint John River. The Southwest Miramichi River flows through the northern section of the county.
History York County was established in 1785, named after the second son of King George III, Prince Frederick-Augustus (1763–1827), who was made Duke of York in 1784. By 1831, the top half was highly populated, due to the rich soil in the region, so it was split off to become Carleton County.
Census subdivisions
Communities There are eleven municipalities within York County (listed by 2016 population): Official name Designation Area km2 Population Parish Fredericton City132.5758,220n/a Hanwell Rural community151.324,750n/a New Maryland Village21.334,174 New Maryland Upper Miramichi Rural community1,835.402,218n/a McAdam Village14.281,151 McAdam Nackawic Town7.89941 Southampton Nashwaak Rural community17.11412 Stanley Harvey Village2.45358Manners Sutton Canterbury Village5.33336 Canterbury Millville Village12.15273Southampton Lakeland Ridges Village6.67173 Canterbury
First Nations There are two First Nations reserves in York County (listed by 2016 population): Official name Designation Area km2 Population Parish Devon 30 Reserve2.721,038Douglas Kingsclear 6 Reserve3.81493Kingsclear
Parishes The county is subdivided into fourteen parishes (listed by 2016 population): Official name Area km2 Population Municipalities Unincorporated communities Douglas1446.956,154 Devon 30 (reserve) Birdton / Boyds Corner / Cardigan / Carlisle Road / Currieburg / Deersdale / Dorn Ridge / Dorn Ridge Road / Douglas / Estey's Bridge / Fredericksburg / Hamtown Corner / Hurlett / Jones Forks / Keswick / Kingsley / Lower Stoneridge / MacLean Settlement / McLeod Hill / Morehouse Corner / Napadogan / North Tay / Pughs Crossing / Royal Road / Tay Creek / Tay Mills / Upper Stoneridge Saint Marys752.684,837 Bantalor / Cross Creek Station / Durham Bridge / Glencoe / Lower Durham / Lower Durham Road / Manzer / Mount Hope / Nashwaak / Nashwaak Bridge / Nashwaak Village / Nashwaak West / Penniac / Ross / Saint Marys / Taymouth / Upper Durham / Upper Durham Road / Zionville Bright403.723,289 Barton / Brewers Mills / Bright / Burtts Corner / Cahill / Central Hainesville / Crocks Point / Greenhill / Greenhill Lake / Hayne / Howland Ridge / Howland Ridge Hill / Jewetts Mills / Keswick Ridge / Lower Hainesville / Mactaquac / Mactaquac Heights / McKeens Corner / Scotch Settlement / Sisson Settlement / Tripp Settlement / Upper Keswick / Vinegar Hill / Zealand Kingsclear152.062,822Kingsclear 6 (reserve) Carriage Hill / Central Kingsclear / French Village / Hanwell Hamlet / Island View / Kingsclear / Longs Creek / Mazerolle Settlement / Newmarket / Oswald Gray / Pinecrest Heights / Smithfield / Somerset Park / Starlight Village / Yoho New Maryland375.442,606New Maryland (village) Beaver Dam / Charters Settlement / Forbes Subdivision / Howarth Acres / Little Lake / Nasonworth / Rooth Manners Sutton525.561,777 Harvey Station (village) Acton / Brockway / Christie Ridge / Coburn / Cork / Frog Lake / Harvey lake Shore / Harvey Settlement / Hurley Corner / Lower Brockway / Manners Sutton / Middle District / Prince William Station / Roach / South Tweedside / Swans Shore / Thomaston Corner / Upper Brockway / Upper Mills / Wilmot / York Mills Southampton450.041,484Nackawic (town)Millville (village) Bates Settlement / Bull Lake / Campbell Settlement / Caverhill / Central Waterville / Clarkville / County Line / East Waterville / Hainesville / Hartfield / Hawkins Corner / Maple Ridge / Maplewood / Nortondale / Pikes Peak / Pinder / Ritchie / Rossville / South Waterville / Southampton / Temperance Vale / Temple / West Waterville / Woodman / Woodstock Road Queensbury300.651,174 Bear Island / Day Hill / Dumfries / Granite Hill / Lower Caverhill / Lower Line Queensbury / Lower Queensbury / McNallys / Middle Hainesville / Scotch Lake / Springfield / Upper Caverhill / Upper Hainesville / Wiggins Mill / York Stanley1,222.02832Stanley (village) Cross Creek / English Settlement / Giants Glen / Green Hill / Limekiln / Maple Grove / Maple Grove Station / Mavis Mills / Red Rock / South Portage / Sutherland Siding / Tay Falls / Tay Valley / Ward Settlement / Williamsburg / Woodlands Prince William287.71930 Blaney Ridge / Donnelly Settlement / Lake George / Lake Road / Lower Prince William / Magaguadavic / Magaguadavic Siding / Magundy / Pokiok Settlement / Prince William / Rosborough Settlement Canterbury556.15525Canterbury (village)Meductic (village) Benton / Carroll Ridge / Charlie Lake / Dead Creek / Deer Lake / Dorrington Hill / Dow Settlement / Eel River Lake / Hartin Settlement / Johnson Settlement / Marne / Middle Southampton / Scott Siding / Skiff Lake Dumfries302.72356 Barony / Carson / Davidson Lake / Dumfries / Hawkshaw / Lower Dumfries / Murray / Pokiok North Lake440.03233 Forest City / Fosterville / Graham Corner / Green Mountain / Maxwell / North Lake / Pemberton Ridge McAdam537.4273 McAdam (village) Burpee / Cottrell / St. Croix / Sugar Brook
Demographics As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, York 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.
Population trendStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census Census Population Change (%) 2021 105,261 5.8% 2016 99,411 2.2% 2011 97,238 8.0% 2006 90,872 4.2% 2001 87,212 1.7% 1996 85,719 4.1% 1991 82,326 N/A
Mother tongue (2016) Language Population Pct (%) English only 84,370 85.6% French only 6,560 6.7% Other languages 6,825 6.9% Both English and French 785 0.8%
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Notable people
See also List of communities in New Brunswick
References
External links
York County Guide (broken link)