Saint John | ||
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City | ||
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's Town", "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 (2016) | ||
• City | 67,575 | |
• Density | 213.9/km2 (554/sq mi) | |
• Urban | 58,341 | |
• Urban density | 1,001.2/km2 (2,593/sq mi) | |
• Metro | 126,202 | |
• Metro density | 38.0/km2 (98/sq mi) | |
• Pop 2011-2016 | 0.5% | |
• 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 |
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NTS Map | 021G08 | |
GNBC Code | DAEGW | |
Website | www |
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