Focus on Geography Series, 2016 Census

Population, 2016 and 2011 censuses

Figure 1.1 description Long description for Figure 1.1 Population, 2016 and 2011 censuses

• In 2016, the enumerated population of Moncton census metropolitan area (CMA) was 144,810, which represents a change of 4.0% from 2011. This compares to the provincial average of -0.5% and the national average of 5.0%.
• The land area of Moncton is 2,559.05 square kilometres and the population density was 56.6 people per square kilometre.
• In 2016, there were 61,769 private dwellings occupied in Moncton, which represent a change of 5.5% from 2011.

Figure 1.2 Population in the last 20 years, Moncton

Figure 1.2 description Long description for Figure 1.2 Population in the last 20 years, Moncton

Figure 1.3 Population change (in percentage) in the last 20 years, Moncton

Figure 1.3 description Long description for Figure 1.3 Population change (in percentage) in the last 20 years, Moncton

Population change (in percentage), census metropolitan areas, 2006 to 2011 and 2011 to 2016

Figure 1.4 description Long description for Figure 1.4 Population change (in percentage), census metropolitan areas, 2006 to 2011 and 2011 to 2016

Population and dwelling counts

Population change, 2011 to 2016 for census subdivisions in the Moncton CMA

Table 1 Moncton CMA – Census subdivisions, population change, 2011 to 2016

Census subdivision (CSD) name	Type	Population
		2016	2011	% change
Moncton Census subdivision - Moncton, City	C	71,889	69,074	4.1
Dieppe Census subdivision - Dieppe, City	C	25,384	23,310	8.9
Riverview Census subdivision - Riverview, Town	TV	19,667	19,128	2.8
Moncton Census subdivision - Moncton, Parish	P	9,811	9,421	4.1
Memramcook Census subdivision - Memramcook, Village	VL	4,778	4,831	-1.1
Coverdale Census subdivision - Coverdale, Parish	P	4,466	4,401	1.5
Salisbury Census subdivision - Salisbury, Village	VL	2,284	2,208	3.4
Hillsborough Census subdivision - Hillsborough, Parish	P	1,308	1,395	-6.2
Hillsborough Census subdivision - Hillsborough, Village	VL	1,277	1,350	-5.4
Dorchester Census subdivision - Dorchester, Village	VL	1,096	1,167	-6.1
Elgin Census subdivision - Elgin, Parish	P	892	968	-7.9
Saint-Paul Census subdivision - Saint-Paul, Parish	P	842	866	-2.8
Hopewell Census subdivision - Hopewell, Parish	P	647	643	0.6
Dorchester Census subdivision - Dorchester, Parish	P	429	477	-10.1
Fort Folly 1 Census subdivision - Fort Folly 1, Indian reserve	IRI	40	48	-16.7

Population change and rank, 2011 to 2016 for CMAs or CAs in New Brunswick

Table 2 New Brunswick – Metropolitan areas, population rank and population change, 2011 to 2016

CMA or CA name	Type	Population			Rank
		2016	2011	% change	Nat.	Prov.
Moncton Moncton - Census metropolitan area	CMA	144,810	139,287revised r	4.0	29	1
Saint John Saint John - Census metropolitan area	CMA	126,202	129,057revised r	-2.2	31	2
Fredericton Fredericton - Census agglomeration	CA	101,760	98,320revised r	3.5	39	3
Bathurst Bathurst - Census agglomeration	CA	31,110	31,936revised r	-2.6	88	4
Miramichi Miramichi - Census agglomeration	CA	27,523	28,115	-2.1	99	5
Edmundston Edmundston - Census agglomeration	CA	23,524	23,819revised r	-1.2	104	6
Campbellton Campbellton - Census agglomeration	CA	15,746	17,361revised r	-9.3	127	not applicable ···
Campbellton (New Brunswick part)		13,114	14,039revised r	-6.6	not applicable ···	7
Campbellton (Quebec part)		2,632	3,322	-20.8	not applicable ···	29