Restigouche County, New Brunswick

Restigouche County (French pronunciation:[ʁɛstiɡuʃ]; 2021 population 30,700) is located in north-central New Brunswick, Canada.^[2][3] The county is named for the Restigouche River which flows through the county and is famous for its salmon pools, which have attracted wealthy American and Canadian tourists to the region's summer colonies for decades. Forestry dominates the local economy.

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Restigouche County had a population of 30,700 living in 14,165 of its 15,288 total private dwellings, a change of −0.8% from its 2016 population of 30,955. With a land area of 8,566.82 km² (3,307.67 sq mi), it had a population density of 3.6/km² (9.3/sq mi) in 2021.^[1]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Restigouche County, New Brunswick[6]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		30,155		19,415	3.6%	64.38%		9,930	7.11%	32.93%		555	0.89%	1.84%		255	6.25%	0.85%
2011		31,640		20,150	4.2%	63.68%		10,690	4.3%	33.79%		560	31.8%	1.77%		240	42.2%	0.76%
2006		33,045		21,030	5.7%	63.64%		11,175	9.2%	33.82%		425	21.3%	1.29%		415	62.7%	1.25%
2001		35,405		22,300	5.2%	62.98%		12,310	10.3%	34.77%		540	21.2%	1.53%		255	21.4%	0.72%
1996		38,145		23,530	n/a	61.68%		13,720	n/a	35.97%		685	n/a	1.80%		210	n/a	0.55%

Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:^[10]

• List of communities in New Brunswick
• Popelogan River
• Upsalquitch River
• Upsalquitch Northwest River

• Restigouche County Guide

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