Kings County, New Brunswick
Kings | |
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![]() Location within New Brunswick | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
Established | 1785 |
Electoral Districts Federal | Fundy Royal / New Brunswick Southwest |
Area | |
• Land | 3,482.35 km2 (1,344.54 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 71,184 |
• Density | 20.4/km2 (53/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 30,283 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Area code | 506 |
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Kings County is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada. Its historical shire town is Hampton and it was named as an expression of loyalty to the British Crown.[2] Both the Saint John and Kennebecasis rivers pass through the county.
Approximately half of the Kings County population of 68,941 (as of 2016)[3] lives in suburbs of the nearby city of Saint John.
Census subdivisions
[edit]Communities
[edit]There are seven municipalities within Kings County (listed by 2016 population):[4]
Official name | Designation | Area km2 | Population | Parish |
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Quispamsis | Town | 57.21 | 18,245 | Rothesay |
Rothesay | Town | 34.72 | 11,659 | Rothesay |
Grand Bay-Westfield | Town | 59.78 | 4,964 | Westfield |
Hampton | Town | 21.09 | 4,289 | Hampton |
Sussex | Town | 8.95 | 4,282 | Sussex |
Sussex Corner | Village | 9.34 | 1,461 | Sussex |
Norton | Village | 75.35 | 1,382 | Norton |
Parishes
[edit]The county is subdivided into fifteen parishes (listed by 2016 population):[4]
Demographics
[edit]As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kings County had a population of 71,184 living in 28,464 of its 30,283 total private dwellings, a change of 3.3% from its 2016 population of 68,941. With a land area of 3,482.35 km2 (1,344.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 20.4/km2 (52.9/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
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Mother tongue (2016)[3]
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Protected areas and attractions
[edit]Notable people
[edit]Although not everyone in this list was born in Kings County, they all live or have lived in Kings County and have had significant connections to the communities.
Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
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Winston Bronnum | Sussex | Sculptor | 1929 | 1991 | |
Chris Cummings | Norton | Country music singer | 1975 | ||
John Peters Humphrey | Hampton | Lawyer | 1905 | 1995 | diplomat, scholar and principal author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
Anna Ruth Lang | Nauwigewauk | Recipient of the Canadian Cross of Valour (1982) | |||
Hugh J. McCormick | Kennebecasis Island | Speed Skater | 1854 | 1910 | World professional speed skater 1890-1892 |
George McCready Price | Havelock | Creationist | 1870 | 1963 | |
Anna McNulty | Grand Bay-Westfield | YouTuber | 2002 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Kings, County [Census division], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
- ^ "Kings County", Place Names of New Brunswick: Where is Home? New Brunswick Communities Past and Present, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, retrieved August 13, 2023
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Kings, County [Census division], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census - Select Region 1". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
- ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Kings County, New Brunswick
External links
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