Balmoral, New Brunswick

Village of Balmoral
Village
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Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Restigouche
Parish	Balmoral
Settled	ca.1850
Village Status	1972
Electoral Districts    Federal	Madawaska—Restigouche
Provincial	Dalhousie-Restigouche East
Government
• Type	Village Council
• Mayor	Charles Bernard
• Councillors	List of Members Dou Dou Levesque Jean-Paul Bélanger Donald Savoie Guy Landry
Area
• Land	43.53 km2 (16.81 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,719
• Density	39.5/km2 (102/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.8%
• Dwellings	721
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)	E8E
Area code	506
Highways	Route 275
Website	www.balmoralnb.com Template:Fr icon

Balmoral (2011 population: 1,719) is a Canadian village in Restigouche County, New Brunswick. It is located approximately 10 kilometres south of Dalhousie. Although Balmoral's population presently meets the requirements for "town" status under the Municipalities Act of the Province of New Brunswick, the community has not yet made any change to its municipal status. The village also contains the neighbourhoods of Blair Athol, Saint-Maure, Selwood, and Upper Balmoral.

History

See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Restigouche County, New Brunswick

The area was settled in the 1850s by Joseph Drapeau. When a later contingent of settlers from Scotland arrived, they gave the community its present name after Balmoral Castle.

Demographics

Population

Population trend

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011	1,719	0.8%
2006	1,706	7.1%
2001	1,836	7.0%
1996	1,975	1.3%
1991	1,949	N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	1,580	94.61%
English only	45	2.69%
Both English and French	15	0.90%
Other languages	30	1.80%

Economy

Forestry is the most important industry in the village.

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Restigouche County, New Brunswick

See also

• List of communities in New Brunswick

External links

• Village of Balmoral