Facts About New Brunswick

Population (2001)The population of New Brunswick is 729,498. The population density is 10 persons per sq km (26 per sq mi). In 1996 the population of New Brunswick was 49 percent urban, mostly concentrated in small cities, towns, and villages. About one-third were in cities with populations that exceeded 25,000.. 723,900--rank, 8th province. Urban, 50.7%; rural, 49.3%. Persons per square mile, 25.5 (per square kilometer, 9.9)--rank, 3rd province.

LARGEST CITIES (1991 census)
Saint John (74,969; metropolitan area, 124,981). Manufacturing and commercial center; major port, dry docks; metal products, textiles; flour milling, sugar refining; shipbuilding; fisheries; "reversing falls"; Martello Tower dating from War of 1812, national historic site.
Moncton (57,010). Industrial and commercial city; rail and air center; port; food processing; woodworking; auto parts; Magnetic Hill; Free Meeting House (1827).
Fredericton (46,466). Provincial capital; built on site of St. Anne's Point, old Acadian village; boots and shoes, canoes, lumber and wood products; plastics; Beaverbrook Art Gallery; University of New Brunswick.
Riverview (16,270). Residential community amalgamated with Gunningsville, Riverview Heights, Coverdale, and parts of Coverdale Parish. Changed from Coverdale in 1974.
Bathurst (14,409). Resort town at mouth of the Nepisiguit River; mining center; pulp and paper; lumbering; fisheries; Sacred Heart Cathedral.
Extent. Area, 28,354 square miles (73,437 square kilometers), including 519 square miles (1,344 square kilometers) of water surface (8th province in size).
New Brunswick lies on the southeastern edge of the Canadian mainland and is the bridge between the Maritimes and Quebec and the interior. A narrow isthmus connects it with Nova Scotia, and ferry services link it with Prince Edward Island.
Greatest length (north to south), 230 miles (370 kilometers); greatest width (east to west), 190 miles (306 kilometers).
Elevation. Highest, Mount Carleton, 2,690 feet (820 meters); lowest, sea level; average, 700 feet (213 meters).
Temperature. Extremes--lowest, -53o F (-47o C), Sisson Dam, Feb. 1, 1955; highest, 103o F (39o C), Nepisiguit Falls and Woodstock, Aug. 18, 1935; Rexton, Aug. 19, 1935.
Averages at Grand Falls--January, 10.6 F (-11.9 C); July, 65.0 F (18.3 C); annual, 38.9 F (3.8 C).
Averages at Saint John--January, 20.8 F (-6.2 C); July, 62.2 F (16.8 C); annual, 42.5o F (5.8 C).
Precipitation. Average annual total--at Grand Falls, 29.69 inches (754 millimeters); at Saint John, 41.84 inches (1,063 millimeters).
Land Use. Agricultural, 7%; forest, 92%; urban and developed, 1%.