St. George, New Brunswick

This article is about the town. For the civil parish, local service district, and rural census subdivision, see Saint George Parish, New Brunswick.

Town of St. George Saint-George
Town
Magaguadavic River gorge and the St. George Power hydro plant
Seal
Nickname:  Granite Town
Motto:  A Community Strong
Town of St. George Location within New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°08′N 66°49′W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte
Settled	1783
Incorporated	1904
Government
• Type	Town Council
• Mayor	John Detorakis
Area
• Total	16.17 km2 (6.24 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,579
• Density	97.7/km2 (253/sq mi)
• Pop 2016-2021	4.1%
• Dwellings	751
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)	E5C
Area code	506
Highways Route 1 Route 172	Route 760 Route 770
Website	www.tosg.ca

St. George is an incorporated town in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada. The population was 1,579 in 2021. It is located where the Magaguadavic River flows into the Bay of Fundy, between Passamaquoddy Bay and Lake Utopia. The area was surveyed in 1786. First called Magaguadavic, it was renamed Granite Town after the nearby red-granite quarries. In 1829 it was renamed to the current name, and a post office was established. By 1898 the town's port served the Shore Line Railway, and there were three hotels, four churches, 22 stores, and two mills. It was incorporated as a town in 1904.

During the Second World War, two military bases were opened near the town: A Canadian Army training base known as "Camp Utopia" and a RCAF/RAF Air Station at Pennfield Ridge. By the late 1950s, both bases were closed; Camp Utopia relocated to Camp Gagetown, later CFB Gagetown, and the airfield at Pennfield Ridge served as the first commercial airport for the city of Saint John. From 1983 to 1985, Adex Mining Inc. operated a tungsten/molybdenum mine operated 40 km north of the town, at Mount Pleasant. Primary employers are aquaculture and a J. D. Irving lumber mill, Lake Utopia Paper.

The town is governed as a municipality under the Local Governance Act, and is in the Provincial electoral district of Fundy-The Isles-Saint John West. It is in federal riding of New Brunswick Southwest.

St. George Power runs a hydroelectric generating station on the Magaguadavic River. It has an installed capacity of 15 MW. It is a run of the river plant, meaning there is no water storage in reservoirs as there is at the Mactaquac Dam.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, St. George had a population of 1,579 living in 698 of its 751 total private dwellings, a change of 4.1% from its 2016 population of 1,517. With a land area of 16.17 km² (6.24 sq mi), it had a population density of 97.6/km² (252.9/sq mi) in 2021.

Canada census – St. George, New Brunswick community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	1,579 (+4.1% from 2016)	1,517 (-1.7% from 2011)	1,543 (+2.1% from 2006)
Land area	16.17 km2 (6.24 sq mi)	16.17 km2 (6.24 sq mi)	16.13 km2 (6.23 sq mi)
Population density	97.7/km2 (253/sq mi)	93.8/km2 (243/sq mi)	95.6/km2 (248/sq mi)
Median age	47.2 (M: 46.4, F: 48)	45.3 (M: 44.1, F: 46.3)	42.3 (M: 40.6, F: 43.4)
Private dwellings	700 (total)	681 (total)	673 (total)
Median household income	$68,500	$61,472	$58,391

Notes: Includes corrections and updates for 2006 data
References: 2021 2016 2011 earlier

Historical Census Data - St. George, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1901 733 —     1911 988 +34.8% 1921 1,110 +12.3% 1931 1,087 −2.1% 1941 1,169 +7.5% 1951 1,263 +8.0%	Year Pop. ±% 1961 1,133 −10.3% 1981 1,195 +5.5% 1986 1,305 +9.2% 1991 1,345 +3.1% 1996 1,414 +5.1% 2001 1,509 +6.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 1,309 −13.3% 2006A 1,512 +15.5% 2011 1,543 +2.1% 2016 1,517 −1.7% 2021 1,579 +4.1%
(A) population and dwelling count amendments

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - St. George, New Brunswick 2006 language data inaccurate due to unresolved census errors
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		1,570		1,370		87.2%		30	n/a%			5	n/a%			145
2016		1,505		1,345	3.6%	90.9%		30	25%	1.99%		5	n/a%	0.33%		105	23.5%	6.98%
2011		1,525		1,395	13.9%	91.48%		40	27.3%	2.62%		5	n/a%	0.33%		85	183.3%	5.57%
2006		1,310		1,225	13.7%	93.51%		55	31.2%	4.20%		0	0.0%	0.00%		30	200.0%	2.29%
2001		1,510		1,420	6.0%	94.04%		80	23.1%	5.30%		0	0.0%	0.00%		10	n/a%	0.66%
1996		1,405		1,340	n/a	95.37%		65	n/a	4.63%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

External links

• Official site