Albert County, New Brunswick

Albert County
County
Farm landscape near Alma
Farm landscape near Alma
Location within New Brunswick
Location within New Brunswick
Coordinates: 45°49′N 64°51′W / 45.82°N 64.85°W / 45.82; -64.85
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
Established1845
Area
[1]
 • Land1,807.88 km2 (698.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
29,158
 • Density16.1/km2 (42/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
Increase 1.1%
 • Dwellings
13,111
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code506
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Albert County (2016 population 29,158)[1] is New Brunswick's third-youngest county, located on the Western side of the Petitcodiac River on the Chignecto Bay in the Bay of Fundy; the shire town is Hopewell Cape. The county was established in 1845 from parts of Westmorland County and Saint John County, and named after Prince Albert.[2] Since the abolition of county municipal governments in 1967, its best-known use is as a census division.

The mineral albertite was discovered a few miles away in 1849, giving rise to Albert Mines.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census Albert, County, New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  2. ^ Hamilton, William Baillie (1996). Place Names of Atlantic Canada. University of Toronto Press. p. 43. ISBN 0-8020-7570-3.
  3. ^ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 70. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.