Albert County (2021 population 30,749) is New Brunswick's third-youngest county, located on the Western side of the Petitcodiac River on the Chignecto Bay in the Bay of Fundy; the shire town is Hopewell Cape. The county was established in 1845 from parts of Westmorland County and Saint John County, and named after Prince Albert. Since the abolition of county municipal governments in 1967, its best-known use is as a census division.
The mineral albertite was discovered a few miles away in 1849, giving rise to Albert Mines.
Census subdivisions
Municipalities There are four municipalities within Albert County (listed by 2021 population): Official name Status Area km2 Population Parish Riverview Town34.1020,584Coverdale Hillsborough Village12.811,348Hillsborough Riverside-Albert Village3.39348Hopewell Alma Village47.64282Alma
Parishes The county's six parishes serve as rural census subdivisions, which do not include the municipalities within them (listed by 2021 population): Official name Area km2 Population municipalities Unincorporated communities Coverdale236.004,766Riverview (town) Colpitts Settlement / Five Points / Grub Road / Lower Coverdale / Lower Turtle Creek / Middlesex / Middle Coverdale / Nixon / Pine Glen / Price / Salisbury Back Road / Stoney Creek / Synton / Turtle Creek / Upper Coverdale Hillsborough304.031,397Hillsborough (village) Albert Mines / Baltimore / Beech Hill / Berryton / Caledonia Mountain / Dawson Settlement / Edgetts Landing / Isaiah Corner / Osborne Corner / Rosevale / Salem / Shenstone / Steeves Mills / Steevescote / Weldon Elgin519.541,064 Church Hill / Churchs Corner / Elgin / Ferndale / Forest Hill / Goshen / Gowland Mountain / Harrison Settlement / Hillside / Little River / Mapleton / Meadow / Midland / Parkindale / Pleasant Vale / Prosser Brook / Ross Corner Hopewell149.14597Riverside-Albert (village) Cape Station / Chemical Road / Chester / Curryville / Demoiselle Creek / Hopewell Cape / Hopewell Hill / Lower Cape / McGinleys Corner / Memel Settlement / Mountville / Shepody Harvey276.85358 Beaver Brook / Brookville / Cape Enrage / Derrys Corner / Germantown / Harvey / Harvey Bank / Little Ridge / Midway / New Horton / New Ireland / Upper New Horton / Waterside / West River Alma222.745Population is rounded in census for privacy reasons.Alma (village) Mitchells Corner / Teahans Corner
Demographics
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Albert County had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Language Canada Census Mother Tongue - Albert County, New Brunswick Census Total Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % 26,695 2.3% 87.51% 2,195 10.0% 7.20% 490 108.5% 1.61% 935 74.8% 3.07% 26,105 0.2% 90.24% 1,995 8.1% 6.90% 235 17.5% 0.81% 535 30.5% 1.85% 26,135 4.0% 91.41% 1,845 17.1% 6.45% 200 207.7% 0.70% 410 16.3% 1.43% 25,130 2.0% 92.19% 1,575 9.4% 5.78% 65 43.5% 0.24% 490 78.2% 1.80% 24,640 0.1% 93.09% 1,440 10.8% 5.44% 115 15.0% 0.43% 275 44.7% 1.04% 24,665 n/a 93.94% 1,300 n/a 4.95% 100 n/a 0.38% 190 n/a 0.72%
Access Routes Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
Highways None
Principal Routes
Secondary Routes:
External Routes: None
Protected areas and attractions
Fundy National Park Chignecto North Headquarters Point Wolfe Visitors Centre Hopewell Rocks Shepody National Wildlife Area Wilson Brook Natural Protected Area Cape Enrage Albert County Museum
Notable people
See also List of communities in New Brunswick Royal eponyms in Canada
Notes
References
External links Albert County Guide