New Brunswick

:This article is about the Canadian province; for the city in New Jersey, see New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Cities

New Brunswick has eight officially incorporated cities, listed here in descending order by population:

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• Saint John
• Moncton
• Fredericton
• Miramichi
• Edmundston
• Dieppe
• Bathurst
• Campbellton

See also a List of communities in New Brunswick.

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Saint John is a port city, with heavy industry in the form of pulp and paper, oil refineries, and drydocks, all owned by the family of the late K.C. Irving. The Irving family also controls much of the province's economy and 3 out of 4 of its daily English language newspapers. Saint John is conventionally written out in full, to distinguish it from St. John's (Harbour), the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, with which it is commonly confused by those outside of the Atlantic Provinces.

Related Topics:
Saint John - K.C. Irving - St. John's - Newfoundland and Labrador - Atlantic Provinces

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Moncton is the second largest city in New Brunswick and also the fastest growing. It is principally a transportation, distribution, commercial and retail center. Moncton has a sizeable francophone Acadian minority (35%) and is considered by the Acadians to be their unofficial "capital". The majority of Moncton's recent growth is traced to economic policies which has led to depopulation in the northeastern area of the province.

Related Topics:
Moncton - Acadian

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Fredericton, in addition to being the capital of the province, is a genteel university town, and home to the Lord Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Theatre New Brunswick, the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, and other amenities, including Christ Church Cathedral, whose foundation is the oldest in Canada or the United States. Fredericton is nicknamed the "City of Stately Elms". It has boasted of the largest stand of elms outside of Central Park since Dutch Elm Disease devastated this species in the early twentieth century.

Related Topics:
Fredericton - Lord Beaverbrook - Theatre New Brunswick - New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame - Christ Church Cathedral - Canada - United States - Central Park - Dutch Elm Disease - Twentieth century

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