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Queens
County
Location within New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
Established	1785
Shire town	Gagetown
Area
• Land	3,686.05 km (1,423.19 sq mi)
Population
• Total	10,472
• Density	2.8/km (7/sq mi)
• Change 2011–2016	5.5%
• Dwellings	7,289
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−3 (ADT)
Area code	506

Queens County (French: Comté de Queens; 2016 population 10,472) is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. The county shire town is the village of Gagetown. The county was named as an expression of loyalty to the Crown and to commemorate a group of earlier settlers originally from Queens County, New York.

Geography

The county's geography is dominated by the Saint John River and Grand Lake. Coal mining is a major industry in the Minto area. Forestry and mixed farming dominate the rest of the county. The CFB Gagetown military training area takes in a large portion of the western part of the county.

Census subdivisions

Communities

There are four municipalities within Queens County (listed by 2016 population):

• Part of Minto lies within Sunbury County, but since most of it is in Queens County, Statistics Canada considers it as part of Queens.

Parishes

The county is subdivided into ten parishes (listed by 2016 population):

Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Queens County had a population of 10,998 living in 5,133 of its 6,854 total private dwellings, a change of 5% from its 2016 population of 10,472. With a land area of 3,681.05 km (1,421.26 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.0/km (7.7/sq mi) in 2021.

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Queens County, New Brunswick
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		10,290		9,655	5.3%	93.83%		445	11.0%	4.32%		40		0.39%		150	15.4%	1.46%
2011		10,865		10,195	2.9%	93.83%		500	18.0%	4.60%		40	27.3%	0.37%		130	56.7%	1.20%
2006		11,460		10,495	3.4%	91.58%		610	17.3%	5.32%		55	37.5%	0.48%		300	46.3%	2.62%
2001		11,635		10,870	4.7%	93.43%		520	23.0%	4.47%		40	0.0%	0.34%		205	57.7%	1.76%
1996		12,255		11,410	n/a	93.10%		675	n/a	5.51%		40	n/a	0.37%		130	n/a	1.01%

Transportation

Major highways

• Route 2 (TCH)
• Route 7
• Route 10
• Route 101
• Route 102
• Route 105
• Route 112
• Route 116
• Route 123
• Route 690
• Route 695
• Route 705
• Route 710
• Route 715

Protected areas and attractions

Notable people

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick
• Queens, New York
• Royal eponyms in Canada

References

1. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census Queens, County [Census division], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
2. "Queens County", Place Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, retrieved August 13, 2023
3. Brown, Thomas J. (1922), Nova Scotia Place Names (PDF), p. 122, retrieved August 13, 2023
4. ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
5. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
6. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Queens County, New Brunswick
7. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
8. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. February 4, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
9. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
10. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
11. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.

External links

• Queens County Guide

v t e Places adjacent to Queens County, New Brunswick
Northumberland County Kent County Sunbury County Queens County Westmorland County Charlotte County Kings County

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