# Victoria County, New Brunswick

Victoria County (2021 population 18,312) is located in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. Farming, especially of potatoes, is the major industry in the county. The area was named for Queen Victoria.

## Census subdivisions
### Communities

There are five municipalities within Victoria County (listed by 2016 population):
| Official Name | Designation | Area km$^2$ | Population | Parish |
| Grand Falls/Grand-Sault | Town | 18.09 | 5,326 | Grand Falls |
| Perth-Andover | Village | 8.97 | 1,590 | Perth |
| Plaster Rock | Village | 3.04 | 1,023 | Gordon |
| Drummond | Village | 8.90 | 737 | Drummond |
| Aroostook | Village | 2.23 | 306 | Andover |

### First Nations

There is one First Nations reserve in Victoria County (listed by 2016 population):
| Official Name | Designation | Area km$^2$ | Population | Parish |
| Tobique 20 | Reserve | 24.98 | 968 | Perth |

### Parishes

The county is subdivided into seven parishes (listed by 2016 population):
| Official Name | Area km$^2$ | Population | Municipalities | Unincorporated communities |
| Drummond | 1,014.89 | 2,157 | Drummond (village) | Black Brook / Burgess Settlement / Caldwell / Canton / Davis Mill / Desjardins Road / Ennishone / Hazen / Hennigar Corner / Jardine Brook / McManus Siding / Price Road / Quatre-Coins / Violette Brook / Violette Station |
| Gordon | 1,431.58 | 1,493 | Plaster Rock (village) | Anderson Road / Anfield / Arthurette / Birch Ridge / Bluebell Station / Crombie Settlement / Hazeldean / Maple View / North View / O'Dell / Picadilly / Red Rapids / Rowena / Sisson Ridge / St. Almo / Three Brooks / Wapske / Weaver |
| Denmark | 751.27 | 1,471 | | Foley Brook / Lake Edward / Lerwick / New Denmark / North Tilley / Salmonhurst Corner / South Tilley |
| Grand Falls | 158.04 | 1,109 | Grand Falls/Grand-Sault (town) | Argosy / California Settlement / Costigan / Four Falls / Gillespie Settlement / Grand Falls Portage / Kelly Road / Limestone / Lower California / Lower Portage / McCluskey / Morrell Siding / Undine / Upper California |
| Perth | 318.25 | 1,082 | Perth-Andover (village) Tobique 20 (reserve) | Beech Glen / Beech Glen Road / Bon Accord / Caldwell Brook / Currie / Gladwyn / Hillside / Inman / Kilburn / Kincardine / Lower Kintore / Lower Perth / Maliseet / Muniac / Quaker Brook / Red Rapids / Rowena / Tobique Narrows / Upper Kintore |
| Andover | 123.45 | 891 | Aroostook (village) | Bairdsville / Beaconsfield / Carlingford / Dover Hill / Hillandale / Maliseet / River De Chute / Tinker / Turner Settlement |
| Lorne | 1,641.87 | 464 | | Blue Mountain Bend / Burntland Brook / Enterprise / Everett / Haley Brook / Lorne / Mapleview / Nictau / North View / Oxbow / Riley Brook / Sisson Brook / Two Brooks / Victoria |

## Demographics

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Victoria County had a population of 18,312 living in 8,249 of its 9,054 total private dwellings, a change of -1.6% from its 2016 population of 18,617. With a land area of 5,492.85 km$^2$ (2,120.80 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.3/km$^2$ (8.6/sq mi) in 2021.

### Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Victoria County, New Brunswick :
| Census | Total | English | English | English | French | French | French | English & French | English & French | English & French | Non-official languages | Non-official languages | Non-official languages |
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
| 2016 | 18,365 | 9,930 | 7.5% | 54.07% | 7,875 | 6.7% | 42.88% | 190 | | 1.00% | 370 | 25.2% | 2.01% |
| 2011 | 19,630 | 10,740 | 0.2% | 54.71% | 8,405 | 2.2% | 42.82% | 190 | 90.0% | 0.97% | 295 | 52.4% | 1.50% |
| 2006 | 20,070 | 10,760 | 4.7% | 53.61% | 8,590 | 3.5% | 42.80% | 100 | 48.7% | 0.50% | 620 | 18.1% | 3.09% |
| 2001 | 20,915 | 11,290 | 6.2% | 53.98% | 8,905 | 0.8% | 42.58% | 195 | 13.3% | 0.93% | 525 | 22.1% | 2.51% |
| 1996 | 21,675 | 12,040 | n/a | 55.55% | 8,980 | n/a | 41.43% | 225 | n/a | 1.04% | 430 | n/a | 1.98% |
| Race | Population | Pct (%) |
| White | 16,190 | 88.2% |
| Asian | 105 | 0.6% |
| Aboriginal | 1,920 | 10.5% |
| Other | 80 | 0.4% |
| Religion | Population | Pct (%) |
| Catholic | 12,695 | 60.70% |
| Protestant | 6,170 | 29.50% |
| Christian n.i.e. | 190 | 0.91% |
| Other religions | 60 | 0.29% |
| No religious affiliation | 1,800 | 8.61% |

## Transportation
### Major highways

* Route 2 (TCH)
* Route 17
* Route 105
* Route 108
* Route 109
* Route 130
* Route 190
* Route 218
* Route 375
* Route 380
* Route 385
* Route 390
* Route 395
* Route 560

### Railways

The county is crossed by the Canadian National Railway’s mainline Napadogan Subdivision carrying freight and includes the Little Salmon River Trestle, the second largest railway bridge in Canada.

## Notable people

Although not everyone in this list was born in Victoria County, they all live or have lived in Victoria County and have had significant connections to the communities.
| Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
| Ron Turcotte | Drummond | Sports | 1941 | | |
| Wayne Maunder | Four Falls | Actor | 1937 | 2018 | |