This page gives background to our profiles and images for places-of-worship in New-Brunswick. At this point we are showing a growing sample of images of places of worship in the province of New Brunswick. Throughout the website we use the postal abbreviation NB; (French: Nouveau-Brunswick is also abbreviated as NB).
A perspective on this province
New Brunswick is one of the three Maritime Provinces of Canada. With the passage of Official Languages Act in 1969, it became the only province of Canada with both French and English as its official languages.
It is part of the traditional lands of the Mi’kmaq and Maliseet, and in 1604 settlement of Port Royale founded the New France colony of Acadia (L’Acadie) (which grew to include present day Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, the Gaspe region of Quebec, and the eastern portion of the State of Maine).
According to Statistics Canada, the province of New Brunswick has an estimated 781,476 residents1 as of July 1, 2020.
Demographics
Historical Populations2
| Year | Pop. | Year | Pop. |
| 1861 | 252,047 | 1941 | 457,401 |
| 1871 | 285,594 | 1951 | 515,697 |
| 1881 | 321,233 | 1961 | 597,936 |
| 1891 | 321,263 | 1971 | 634,560 |
| 1901 | 331,120 | 1981 | 696,403 |
| 1911 | 351,889 | 1991 | 723,900 |
| 1921 | 387,876 | 2001 | 729,490 |
| 1931 | 408,219 | 2011 | 751,171 |
Source: Statistics Canada
Language
In New Brunswick, 57.15% are English speaking only, 8.58% are French only, while 33.95% speak both and 0.32% neither. 3
Religion
The 2011 census indicated number of adherents for the Roman Catholic Church with 366,000 (49.7%) and various Protestant churches with 250,895 (34.1%). Other religions combined totaled 7495 (1.0%), with 111,435 (15.1%) reporting no religious affiliation.
New Brunswick Photo Organization
New Brunswick is divided into 15 counties. Counties in New Brunswick no longer serve as a local government. For organizational purposes we have grouped counties into regions (below) to allow grouping of photos and site data.
Northwest (NW): Madawaska, Victoria, & Carleton counties
Northeast (NE): Restigouche, Gloucester, & Northumberland counties
Southwest (SW): Charlotte, Sunbury & York counties
Southeast (SE): Albert, Westmoreland & Kent
Central (C): Queens, Saint John & Kings
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1 https://www.nbjobs.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/LMI%20reports/2021-03-15-LMI-Population-Report-EN.pdf, Page 1
2 Source: Statistics Canada[ “Population of Prince Edward Island since 1851”
3 https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=PR&Code1=13&Geo2=PR&Code2=12&SearchText=Nova+Scotia&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=Language&TABID=1&type=0