# Restigouche County, New Brunswick

Restigouche County (French pronunciation:; 2021 population 30,700) is located in north-central New Brunswick, Canada. The county is named for the Restigouche River which flows through the county and is famous for its salmon pools, which have attracted wealthy American and Canadian tourists to the region's summer colonies for decades. Forestry dominates the local economy.

## Census subdivisions
### Communities

There are nine municipalities within Restigouche County (listed by 2016 population):
| Official Name | Designation | Area km$^2$ | Pop 2016 | Parish |
| Campbellton | City | 18.58 | 6,883 | Addington |
| Atholville | Village | 119.60 | 3,570 | Addington |
| Dalhousie | Town | 15.22 | 3,126 | Dalhousie |
| Saint-Quentin | Town | 4.24 | 2,194 | Saint-Quentin |
| Kedgwick | Rural community | 658.08 | 1,979 | Grimmer |
| Eel River Dundee | Village | 65.48 | 1,953 | Dalhousie |
| Balmoral | Village | 43.39 | 1,674 | Balmoral |
| Charlo | Village | 31.30 | 1,310 | Colborne |
| Tide Head | Village | 19.43 | 938 | Addington |

### First Nations

There are two First Nations reservations in Restigouche County (listed by 2016 population):
| Official Name | Designation | Area km$^2$ | Population | Parish |
| Eel River 3 | Reservation | 1.46 | 329 | Dalhousie |
| Indian Ranch | Reservation | 0.58 | 89 | Dalhousie |

### Parishes

The county is subdivided into eight parishes. (Listed by 2016 population, excluding municipalities):
| Official Name | Area km$^2$ | Population | Municipalities | Unincorporated communities |
| Saint-Quentin | 2,478.57 | 1,532 | Saint-Quentin (town) | Five Fingers / Rang-Cinq-et-Six / Rang-Dix / Rang-Dix-Huit / Rang-Douze-Nord / Rang-Douze-Sud / Rang-Quatorze / Rang-Seize / Rang-Sept-et-Huit / Saint-Martin-de-Restigouche |
| Durham | 410.89 | 1,076 | | Black Point / Doyleville / Gravel Hill / Halfway / Hickey Settlement / Keepover / Lapointe Settlement / Lorne / Nash Creek / Paradise Camp / Sea Side / Winton Crossing |
| Dalhousie | 62.70 | 1,067 | Dalhousie (town) Eel River Dundee (village) Eel River 3 (reserve) Indian Ranch (reserve) | Dalhousie Junction / Lac-des-Lys / Maple Green / McLeods / McNeish / Point La Nim / Upper Dundee |
| Durham | 410.89 | 1,076 | | Black Point / Doyleville / Gravel Hill / Halfway / Hickey Settlement / Keepover / Lapointe Settlement / Lorne / Nash Creek / Paradise Camp / Sea Side / Winton Crossing |
| Eldon | 1,681.46 | 657 | | Adams Gulch / Dawsonville / Glenwood / Menneval / Mann Mountain Settlement / Mann Siding / Robinsonville / Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Restigouche / Squaw Cap / Upsalquitch / Wyers Brook |
| Addington | 935.17 | 656 | Campbellton (city) Atholville (village) Tide Head (village) | Colebrooke Settlement / Dubé Settlement / Flatlands / Glen Levit / Glencoe / Malauze / McKendrick / Popelogan Depot / Saint-Arthur / Val-d'Amour / Val-Melanson |
| Balmoral | 1,089.41 | 278 | Balmoral (village) | Maltais / Ramsay Sheds / Simpsons Field |
| Colborne | 754.96 | 227 | Charlo (village) | Benjamin River / Blackland / Caribou Depot / New Mills / Upper Crossing |
| Grimmer | see *note | | Kedgwick (rural community) | |
* note: Grimmer Parish has been dissolved and amalgamated as part of the Rural Community of Kedgwick, effective July 2012.

## Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Restigouche County had a population of 30,700 living in 14,165 of its 15,288 total private dwellings, a change of -0.8% from its 2016 population of 30,955. With a land area of 8,566.82 km$^2$ (3,307.67 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.6/km$^2$ (9.3/sq mi) in 2021.

### Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Restigouche County, New Brunswick :
| Census | Total | French | French | French | English | English | English | French & English | French & English | French & English | Other | Other | Other |
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
| 2016 | 30,155 | 19,415 | 3.6% | 64.38% | 9,930 | 7.11% | 32.93% | 555 | 0.89% | 1.84% | 255 | 6.25% | 0.85% |
| 2011 | 31,640 | 20,150 | 4.2% | 63.68% | 10,690 | 4.3% | 33.79% | 560 | 31.8% | 1.77% | 240 | 42.2% | 0.76% |
| 2006 | 33,045 | 21,030 | 5.7% | 63.64% | 11,175 | 9.2% | 33.82% | 425 | 21.3% | 1.29% | 415 | 62.7% | 1.25% |
| 2001 | 35,405 | 22,300 | 5.2% | 62.98% | 12,310 | 10.3% | 34.77% | 540 | 21.2% | 1.53% | 255 | 21.4% | 0.72% |
| 1996 | 38,145 | 23,530 | n/a | 61.68% | 13,720 | n/a | 35.97% | 685 | n/a | 1.80% | 210 | n/a | 0.55% |

## Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits: