York County, New Brunswick


York County 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, 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 :
Official NameDesignationArea km2PopulationParish
FrederictonCity132.5758,220n/a
HanwellRural community151.324,750n/a
New MarylandVillage21.334,174New Maryland
Upper MiramichiRural community1,835.402,218n/a
McAdamVillage14.281,151McAdam
NackawicTown7.89941Southampton
StanleyVillage17.11412Stanley
HarveyVillage2.45358Manners Sutton
CanterburyVillage5.33336Canterbury
MillvilleVillage12.15273Southampton
MeducticVillage6.67173Canterbury

First Nations

There are two First Nations reserves in York County :
Official NameDesignationArea km2PopulationParish
Devon 30Reserve2.721,038Douglas
Kingsclear 6Reserve3.81493Kingsclear

Parishes

The county is subdivided into fourteen parishes :
Official NameArea km2PopulationMunicipalitiesUnincorporated communities
Douglas1446.956,154Devon 30 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 Marys752.684,837Bantalor / 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
Bright403.723,289Barton / 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 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 Beaver Dam / Charters Settlement / Forbes Subdivision / Howarth Acres / Little Lake /
Nasonworth / Rooth
Manners Sutton525.561,777Harvey Station 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
Millville 		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
Queensbury300.651,174Bear 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 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 William287.71930Blaney Ridge / Donnelly Settlement / Lake George / Lake Road / Lower Prince William /
Magaguadavic / Magaguadavic Siding / Magundy / Pokiok Settlement / Prince William /
Rosborough Settlement
Canterbury556.15525Canterbury
Meductic 		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
Dumfries302.72356Barony / Carson / Davidson Lake / Dumfries / Hawkshaw / Lower Dumfries / Murray / Pokiok
North Lake440.03233Forest City / Fosterville / Graham Corner / Green Mountain / Maxwell / North Lake /
Pemberton Ridge
McAdam537.4273McAdam Burpee / Cottrell / St. Croix / Sugar Brook

Demographics

Population trend
CensusPopulationChange
201699,411 2.2%
201197,238 8.0%
200690,872 4.2%
200187,212 1.7%
199685,719 4.1%
199182,326N/A

Mother tongue
LanguagePopulationPct
English only84,37085.6%
French only6,5606.7%
Other languages6,8256.9%
Both English and French7850.8%

Transportation

Major Highways

Protected areas and attractions

Notable people