Memramcook

Memramcook
Village
Community of St. Joseph in Memramcook with Saint-Thomas de Memramcook Church
Community of St. Joseph in Memramcook with Saint-Thomas de Memramcook Church
Motto(s): 
"Notre belle vallée"  (French)
"Our beautiful valley"
Memramcook is located in New Brunswick
Memramcook
Memramcook
Location of Memramcook in New Brunswick
Coordinates: 45°58′52″N 64°34′01″W / 45.98111°N 64.56694°W / 45.98111; -64.56694
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountyWestmorland
ParishDorchester Parish
Settled1700s
Incorporated1966 (as St. Joseph)
Government
 • TypeTown Council
 • MayorMaxime Bourgeois
 • Councillors
List of Members
  • Mariane Cullen
  • Yanic Vautour
  • Brian Cormier
  • Marc Boudreau
  • Carole Duguay
  • Normand Dupuis
 • MLAMegan Mitton (Grn)
 • MPDominic Leblanc (L)
Area
 • Land186.64 km2 (72.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total5,029
 • Density26.9/km2 (70/sq mi)
 • Change (2016–21)
Increase 5.3%
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−3 (ADT)
Canadian postal code
E4K
Area code506
Telephone Exchanges334, 758
GNBC Code1307013
Websitewww.memramcook.com

Memramcook, sometimes also spelled Memramcouke or Memramkouke, is a village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. Located in south-eastern New Brunswick, the community is predominantly people of Acadian descent who speak the Chiac derivative of the French language. An agricultural village, it has a strong local patrimony, key to the history of the region. It was home to Mi'kmaqs for many years and was the arrival site of Acadians in 1700. A large part of these Acadians were deported in 1755, but the village itself survived.

The Collège Saint-Joseph was the first francophone university in the east of Canada, which opened its doors in 1864 and hosted/organized the first National Acadian Convention in 1881.

  1. ^ a b "Census Profile of Memramcook". Statistics Canada. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.