Dieppe, New Brunswick

For other uses, see Dieppe (disambiguation).

Dieppe
City
Dieppe water tower
Dieppe water tower
Official seal of Dieppe
Seal
Official logo of Dieppe
Motto(s): 
"Constantia et virtute"  (Latin)
"By constancy and virtue"
Dieppe, New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick
Dieppe, New Brunswick
Location of Dieppe in New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46°05′56″N 64°43′27″W / 46.098889°N 64.724167°W / 46.098889; -64.724167
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountyWestmorland
ParishMoncton
CityJanuary 1, 2003
TownJanuary 1, 1952
Incorporated villageFebruary 8, 1946
Founded1730
Government
 • TypeDieppe City Council
 • MayorYvon Lapierre
 • MPsGinette Petitpas Taylor
 • MLAsRobert Gauvin / Natacha Vautour
Area
[1]
 • City
77.02 km2 (29.74 sq mi)
 • Urban
98.388 km2 (37.988 sq mi)
 • Metro
117.309 km2 (45.293 sq mi)
Highest elevation
45 m (148 ft)
Lowest elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • City
28,114
 • Density365.0/km2 (945/sq mi)
 • Urban
107,068
 • Metro
146,073 (Q32,016)
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)
E1A
Area code506
NTS Map21I2 Moncton
GNBC CodeDADHJ[3]
Highways Route 2 (TCH)
Route 11
Route 15
Route 106
Route 132
Route 925
Websitedieppe.ca

Dieppe (/diˈɛp/) is a city in the Canadian maritime province of New Brunswick. Statistics Canada counted the population at 28,114 in 2021,[1] making it the fourth-largest city in the province. On 1 January 2023, Dieppe annexed parts of two neighbouring local service districts;[4] revised census figures have not been released.

Dieppe's history and identity goes back to the eighteenth century. Formerly known as Leger's Corner, it was incorporated as a town in 1952 under the Dieppe name, and designated as a city in 2003. The Dieppe name was adopted by the citizens of the area in 1946 to commemorate the Second World War's Operation Jubilee, the Dieppe Raid of 1942.[5] It is officially a francophone city; with 63.8% of the population mother tongue French, 24% English, 3% French and English, 8% other.[6] A majority of the population reports being bilingual, speaking both French and English.[7] Residents generally speak French with a regional accent (colloquially called "Chiac") which is unique to southeastern New Brunswick. A large majority of Dieppe's population were in favour of the by-law regulating the use of external commercial signs in both official languages, which is a first for the province of New Brunswick.[8][9] Dieppe is the largest predominantly francophone city in Canada outside Québec; while there are other municipalities with greater total numbers of francophones, they constitute a minority of the population in those cities.[citation needed] Dieppe was one of the co-hosts of the first Congrès Mondial Acadien (Acadian World Congress) which was held in the Moncton region in 1994, and again in 2019.[10]

Dieppe is part of the census metropolitan area of Moncton, which is New Brunswick's most populous city, with a metropolitan population of 144,810 according to Statistics Canada in 2016.[11]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Dieppe, New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Dieppe". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  4. ^ "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. October 12, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  5. ^ "Dieppe Raid, Operation Jubilee, WW2 Raid on Dieppe". Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  6. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Dieppe, City (C) [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  7. ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics (February 8, 2012). "Statistics Canada: 2011 Census Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved April 5, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Dieppe resident attitudinal survey" (PDF). MarketQuest-Omnifacts Research. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 16, 2011.
  9. ^ "Dieppe takes companies to court over sign bylaw". CBC News. February 27, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  10. ^ "Nouvelles". CMA2019 (in French). Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  11. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Moncton [Census metropolitan area], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2019.