Saint John County, New Brunswick

Saint John
County
Location within New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°18′N 66°00′W / 45.300°N 66.000°W / 45.300; -66.000
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
Established	1785
Area [1]
• Land	1,463.70 km2 (565.14 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	74,020
• Density	50.6/km2 (131/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	3.3%
• Dwellings	36,825
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	506

Saint John County (2016 population: 74,020^[1]) is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The city of Saint John dominates the county. Elsewhere in the county, tourism is focused around the Bay of Fundy.^{[citation needed]}

There are two municipalities within Saint John County (listed by 2016 population):^[2]

The county is subdivided by the Territorial Division Act (Section 27) into one city and three parishes (listed by 2016 population):^[2]

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint John County had a population of 76,558 living in 34,634 of its 36,964 total private dwellings, a change of 3.4% from its 2016 population of 74,020. With a land area of 1,461.05 km² (564.11 sq mi), it had a population density of 52.4/km² (135.7/sq mi) in 2021.^[4]

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint John County, New Brunswick[3][1]
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Non-official languages
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		72,645		65,645	4.2%	90.36%		3,075	12.0%	4.23%		410	28.1%	0.56%		3,695	35.3%	5.08%
2011		75,085		68,540	3.0%	91.28%		3,495	3.2%	4.65%		320	5.9%	0.43%		2,730	1.1%	3.64%
2006		73,255		66,545	4.4%	90.84%		3,610	4.1%	4.93%		340	51.1%	0.46%		2,760	69.3%	3.77%
2001		75,195		69,575	4.2%	92.53%		3,765	3.1%	5.01%		225	37.5%	0.30%		1,630	25.4%	2.17%
1996		77,925		72,615	n/a	93.19%		3,650	n/a	4.68%		360	n/a	0.46%		1,300	n/a	1.67%

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:^[9]

• List of communities in New Brunswick

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint John County, New Brunswick.

• Saint John County Guide