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| Coordinates: 46°07′58″N 64°46′17″W / 46.13278°N 64.77139°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Westmorland |
| Parish | Moncton Parish |
| First settled | 1733 |
| Founded | 1766 |
| Incorporated | 1855, 1875 |
| Named for | Robert Monckton |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Dawn Arnold |
| • Governing Body | Moncton City Council |
| • MP | Ginette Petitpas Taylor |
| • MLAs | Ernie Steeves Daniel Allain Rob McKee Greg Turner Sherry Wilson |
| Area | |
• City | 140.67 km2 (54.31 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 110.73 km2 (42.75 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,562.47 km2 (989.38 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population | |
• City | 79,470 |
| • Density | 564/km2 (1,460/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 119,785 |
| • Urban density | 1,081.8/km2 (2,802/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 157,717 |
| • Metro density | 61.5/km2 (159/sq mi) |
| • Demonym | Monctonian |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (ADT) |
| Canadian Postal code | |
| Area code | 506 and 428 |
| NTS Map | 21I2 Moncton |
| GNBC Code | DADHJ[5] |
| Highways |  Route 2 (TCH)  Route 11  Route 15  Route 106  Route 114  Route 115  Route 126  Route 128  Route 132  Route 134  Route 490 |
| GDP (Moncton CMA) | CA$6.9 billion (2016)[6] |
| GDP per capita (Moncton CMA) | CA$47,959 (2016) |
| Website | moncton |
Moncton (/ˈmʌŋktən/; French pronunciation: [mɔŋktœn]) is the most populous city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces. The city has earned the nickname "Hub City" because of its central inland location in the region and its history as a railway and land transportation hub for the Maritimes. As of the 2021 Census, the city had a population of 79,470. The metropolitan population in 2022 was 171,608, making it the fastest growing CMA in Canada for the year with a growth rate of 5.3%.[8] Its land area is 140.67 km2 (54.31 sq mi).[2]
Although the Moncton area was first settled in 1733, Moncton was officially founded in 1766 with the arrival of Pennsylvania German immigrants from Philadelphia. Initially an agricultural settlement, Moncton was not incorporated until 1855. It was named for Lt. Col. Robert Monckton, the British officer who had captured nearby Fort Beauséjour a century earlier. A significant wooden shipbuilding industry had developed in the community by the mid-1840s, allowing for the civic incorporation in 1855. But the shipbuilding economy collapsed in the 1860s, causing the town to lose its civic charter in 1862. Moncton regained its charter in 1875 after the community's economy rebounded, mainly due to a growing railway industry. In 1871, the Intercolonial Railway of Canada chose Moncton as its headquarters, and Moncton remained a railway town for well over a century until the Canadian National Railway (CNR) locomotive shops closed in the late 1980s.
Although Moncton's economy was traumatized twice—by the collapse of the shipbuilding industry in the 1860s and by the closure of the CNR locomotive shops in the 1980s—the city was able to rebound strongly on both occasions. It adopted the motto Resurgo (Latin: "I rise again") after its rebirth as a railway town.[9] Its economy is stable and diversified, primarily based on its traditional transportation, distribution, retailing, and commercial heritage, and supplemented by strength in the educational, health care, financial, information technology, and insurance sectors. The strength of Moncton's economy has received national recognition and the local unemployment rate is consistently less than the national average.
On 1 January 2023, Moncton annexed an area including Charles Lutes Road and Zack Road;[10][11] revised census information has not been released.
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- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Data table". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Data table". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Data table". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
- ^ "Moncton". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ "Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000)". Statistics Canada. January 27, 2017. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada". Weatherbase. Archived from the original on September 4, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2007.
- ^ Morrison, Catherine (January 2023). "N.B.cities see major population growth". Telegraph-Journal. Daily Gleaner. Archived from the original on February 24, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
Moncton saw the biggest percentage increase not only in New Brunswick but in urban centres of Canada
- ^ "Moncton's motto Resurgo holds historic importance to city". CBC News – New Brunswick. June 13, 2014. Archived from the original on August 29, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
- ^ "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. October 12, 2022. Archived from the original on November 29, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
- ^ "RSC 7 Southeast Regional Service Commission". Government of New Brunswick. January 31, 2022. Archived from the original on January 18, 2023. Retrieved January 17, 2023.