Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick
Place in New Brunswick, Canada
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Blacks Harbour is a community in the rural community of Eastern Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023. It is on a harbour of the same name opening onto the Bay of Fundy. It is 15 kilometres southeast of the town of St. George, 3 kilometres west of Beaver Harbour and 56 kilometres east from the town of St. Stephen on Route 176.
Blacks Harbour | |
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The Blacks Harbour post office in 2026 with Fishermen's Monument by Claude Roussel | |
  Blacks Harbour Location within New Brunswick. | |
| Coordinates: 45°03′32″N 66°47′05″W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Charlotte |
| Municipality | Eastern Charlotte |
| Incorporated | 1972 |
| Amalgamated | 1 January 2023 |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.02 km2 (3.48 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 907 |
| • Density | 100.6/km2 (261/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2016-2021 |  1.5 |
| • Dwellings | 421 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code | 506 |
Highways Route 176 |  Route 778 |
| Website | www.blacksharbour.ca/ home_page.html |
History
Blacks Harbour's exact origin is unknown, possibly an early family name. Post office dates from 1889.[2]
In 1968 a new building was built to accommodate the federal fisheries department and the Blacks Harbour post office. The Canadian Department of Public Works commissioned New Brunswick sculptor Claude Roussel to create a fishermen's monument. He used iron rods soldered together to produce a sculpture representing two fishermen and a net. The sculpture, which is over seven feet tall and painted black, is sited in front of the post office, which still occupies the building as of 2026.[3]
On 1 January 2023, Blacks Harbour amalgamated with St. George and all or part of five local service districts to form the new incorporated rural community of Eastern Charlotte.[4][5] The name Blacks Harbour remains in official use.[6]
Geography
Blacks Harbour is the northern terminus for the year-round Blacks Harbour to Grand Manan Island Ferry operated by Coastal Transport
Fishing has been a vital part of its existence for over 200 years. Connors Brothers Limited was founded in 1885 at Blacks Harbour, now a major international processor of all types of seafood. The company is also a major New Brunswick employer.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Blacks Harbour had a population of 907 living in 385 of its 421 total private dwellings, a change of 1.5% from its 2016 population of 894. With a land area of 9.02 km2 (3.48 sq mi), it had a population density of 100.6/km2 (260.4/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
| 2021 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 907 (+1.5% from 2016) | 982 (+3.2% from 2006) |
| Land area | 9.02 km2 (3.48 sq mi) | 8.90 km2 (3.44 sq mi) |
| Population density | 100.6/km2 (261/sq mi) | 110.3/km2 (286/sq mi) |
| Median age | 45.6 (M: 44.4, F: 46.8) | 42.5 (M: 40.2, F: 45.0) |
| Private dwellings | 421 (total) 385 (occupied) | 417 (total) |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $43,367 |
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick[7] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | English |
French |
English & French |
Other | |||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
950 |
850 | 1.8% |
89.47% | 65 |  18.7% |
6.84% | 5 | n/a% |
0.53% | 30 | 100.0% |
3.16% | |||||
2006 |
930 |
835 | 13.5% |
89.79% | 80 | 20.0% |
8.60% | 0 |  0.0% |
0.00% | 15 | n/a% |
1.61% | |||||
2001 |
1,065 |
965 | 1.0% |
90.61% | 100 | 4.8% |
9.39% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.00% | 0 | 100.0% |
0.00% | |||||
1996 |
1,135 |
975 | n/a | 85.90% | 105 | n/a | 9.25% | 10 | n/a | 0.88% | 45 | n/a | 3.96% | |||||
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