New Brunswick
New Brunswick
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| Motto: Latin: Spem reduxit ("Hope restored") |
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| Confederation | July 1, 1867 (1st, with ON, QC, NS) | ||
| Capital | Fredericton | ||
| Largest city | Saint John | ||
| Largest metro | Greater Moncton | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Constitutional monarchy | ||
| • Lieutenant Governor | Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau | ||
| • Premier | Brian Gallant (Liberal) | ||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | ||
| Federal representation | (in Canadian Parliament) | ||
| House seats | 10 of 338 (3%) | ||
| Senate seats | 10 of 105 (9.5%) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 72,908 km2 (28,150 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 71,450 km2 (27,590 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 1,458 km2 (563 sq mi) 2% | ||
| Area rank | Ranked 11th | ||
| 0.7% of Canada | |||
| Population (2011) | |||
| • Total | 751,171 | ||
| • Estimate (2016 Q2) | 755,868 | ||
| • Rank | Ranked 8th | ||
| • Density | 10.5/km2 (27/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | New Brunswicker FR: Néo-Brunswickois(e) |
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| GDP | |||
| • Rank | 9th | ||
| • Total (2011) | C$32.180 billion | ||
| • Per capita | C$42,606 (11th) | ||
| Time zone | Atlantic: UTC-4 | ||
| Postal abbr. | NB | ||
| Postal code prefix | E | ||
| ISO 3166 code | CA-NB | ||
| Flower | Purple violet | ||
| Tree | Balsam fir | ||
| Bird | Black-capped chickadee | ||
| Website | www |
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New Brunswick (French: Nouveau-Brunswick; Quebec French pronunciation: [nuvobʁɔnzwɪk]) is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces (together with Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia) and is the only constitutionally bilingual (English–French) province.Fredericton is the capital, Moncton is the largest metropolitan (CMA) area and Saint John is the most populous city. In the 2011 nationwide census, Statistics Canada estimated the provincial population to have been 751,171, being on an area of almost 73,000 km2. The majority of the population is English-speaking, but there is also a large Francophone minority (33%), chiefly of Acadian origin. The current premier of the province is Brian Gallant. It was created as a result of the partitioning of the British colony of Nova Scotia in 1784. The provincial flag features a ship superimposed on a yellow background with a yellow lion passant guardant on red pennon above it.
The province is named for the city of Braunschweig, known in English and Low German (the language originally spoken in the area) as Brunswick, located in modern-day Lower Saxony in northern Germany (and also the former duchy of the same name). The then-colony was named in 1784 to honour the reigning British monarch, George III, who was concurrently Duke and prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Hanover") in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
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