Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick
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 Blacks Harbour
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| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Charlotte |
| Parish | Pennfield |
| Incorporated | 1972 |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 8.90 km2 (3.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 982 |
| • Density | 110.3/km2 (286/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  3.2% |
| • Dwellings | 417 |
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) |
| • Summer (DST) | ADT (UTC-3) |
| Postal code(s) | E5H |
| Area code(s) | 506 |
| Highways Route 176 |
Route 778 |
| Website | www.blacksharbour.ca/ home_page.html |
Blacks Harbour (2011 population: 982) is a Canadian village in Charlotte County, New Brunswick.
Referred to simply as Blacks by locals, the village is situated on a harbour of the same name opening onto the Bay of Fundy. It is situated 15 kilometres southeast of the town of St. George, 3 kilometres west of the neighbouring community of Beaver Harbour and 56 kilometres east from the town of St. Stephen on Route 176.
Blacks Harbour is the northern terminus for the year-round Blacks Harbour to Grand Manan Island Ferry. This 32 kilometre ferry trip is provided by Coastal Transport Limited and operated to the port of North Head on Grand Manan Island.
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History
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Fishing has been a vital part of its existence for over two hundred years. Connors Brothers Limited was founded in 1885 at Blacks Harbour, now a major international processor of all types of seafood. The company is also a major New Brunswick employer.
Communities
The following locations reside within the village boundaries:
- Deadmans Harbour (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) – a community located 3km east of the village
- Tunaville (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) – a community located on west side of Blacks Harbour on a peninsula to the southwest
- Wallace Cove (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) – south of the village; location of ferry launch to Grand Manan Island
Demographics
Population
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Language
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English
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French
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| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
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2011
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950
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850 | 1.8% |
89.47% | 65 |  18.7% |
6.84% | 5 | n/a% |
0.53% | 30 | 100.0% |
3.16% | |||||
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2006
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930
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835 | 13.5% |
89.79% | 80 | 20.0% |
8.60% | 0 |  0.0% |
0.00% | 15 | n/a% |
1.61% | |||||
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2001
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1,065
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965 | 1.0% |
90.61% | 100 | 4.8% |
9.39% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.00% | |||||
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1996
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1,135
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975 | n/a | 85.90% | 105 | n/a | 9.25% | 10 | n/a | 0.88% | 45 | n/a | 3.96% | |||||
Notable people
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See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- Blacks Harbour — Looking Back At Our Beginnings ISBN 0-9692868-0-5 published in 1985.
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