Saint John | |
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City of Saint John Ville de Saint John |
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Clockwise: Uptown Saint John, City Market, Reversing Falls Bridge, and King's Square Bandstand
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Nickname(s): Canada's Irish City", "Fundy City", "Loyalist City", "Port City" | |
Motto: "O Fortunati Quorum Jam Moenia Surgunt" (Latin for, "O Fortunate Ones Whose Walls Are Now Rising." or "O Happy They, Whose Promised Walls Already Rise") |
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Location of Saint John in Canada | |
Coordinates: 45°16′50″N 66°04′34″W / 45.28056°N 66.07611°WCoordinates: 45°16′50″N 66°04′34″W / 45.28056°N 66.07611°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Saint John County |
Parish | City of Saint John |
Established | 1604 |
Major Settlement Started | 1783 |
Incorporation | May 18, 1785 |
Founded by | Lt. Gov. Thomas Carleton |
Named for | St. John the Baptist |
Government | |
• Mayor | Don Darling |
• Governing body | Saint John City Council |
• MPs | Wayne Long |
• MLAs | Trevor Holder, Ed Doherty, Dorothy Shephard, Glen Savoie |
Area | |
• Land | 315.82 km2 (121.94 sq mi) |
• Urban | 209.68 km2 (80.96 sq mi) |
• Metro | 3,362.95 km2 (1,298.44 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 80.8 m (265.1 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• City | 70,063 |
• Density | 221.8/km2 (574/sq mi) |
• Urban | 95,902 |
• Urban density | 457.4/km2 (1,185/sq mi) |
• Metro | 127,761 |
• Metro density | 38.0/km2 (98/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 3.0% |
• Dwellings | 33,530 |
Demonym(s) | Saint Johner |
Time zone | Atlantic (AST) (UTC-4) |
• Summer (DST) | Atlantic (ADT) (UTC-3) |
Canadian Postal code | E2K, E2L, E2J, And E2P |
Area code(s) | 506 |
Telephone Exchanges | 202, 214, 333, 343, 557–8, 592, 608, 631–640, 642–654, 657–8, 663, 672, 674, 693–4, 696, 721, 977 |
Highways |
Route 1 Route 7 Route 100 Route 111 Route 820 Route 825 |
NTS Map | 021G08 |
GNBC Code | DAEGW |
Website | www |
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