Saint John, New Brunswick
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Saint John, New Brunswick

Administration
Full nameSaint John
Official nameSaint John
Settlement typeCity
Motto"O Fortunati Quorum Jam Moenia Surgunt"
(Latin for, "O Fortunate Ones Whose Walls Are Now Rising."
or "O Happy They, Whose Promised Walls Already Rise")
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountySaint John County
Established1785
Major Settlement Started1783
IncorporationMay 18, 1785
Gov. Thomas Carlton
Named forSt. John the Baptist
Government
City MayorIvan Court
Governing bodySaint John City Council
MPsRodney Weston
MLAsTrevor Holder, Carl Killen, Glen Savoie, Dorothy Shephard, Glen Tait
Geography
Urban Area12.1 sq mi (31.31 km2)
Metro Area38.8 sq mi (100.61 km2)
Highest Elevation1269.7 ft (387 m)
Lowest Elevation0 ft (0 m)
Demography
Total Population63097 (2006)
Density (pop.)215.7/km2 (558.7/sq mi)
Metro (pop.)122,134|population_density_metro_km2=36.4
Other information
Time zoneAtlantic (AST) (UTC-4)
- Summer (DST)Atlantic (ADT) (UTC-3)
Canadian Postal codeE2H to E2P
Area code506
Telephone Exchanges202, 214, 333, 557 -8, 592, 608, 631 -640, 642 -654, 657 -8, 663, 672, 674, 693-4, 696, 721
NTS Map021G08
GNBC CodeDAEGW
Marketing SloganExplore Our Past, Discover your Future.

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Saint John (French: Ville de Saint John) is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. The city is situated along the north shore of the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the St. John River. In 2006 the city proper had a population of 72,043. The population of the Census Metropolitan Area is 126,132, the second largest CMA in New Brunswick behind Moncton.

The "Saint" in Saint John is not normally abbreviated in order to distinguish it from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, whose name features the abbreviation. The river however, is abbreviated St. John.

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KV bantams host tourney - Telegraph-Journal Tweet this news
Telegraph-Journal---SAINT JOHN- - The -Saint John- Avalanche doubled the Lancaster Bandits 4-2 in Southern -New Brunswick- Minor Hockey League Bantam action. ... - Date : Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:09:25 GMT+00:00
Finance minister to speak at board of trade luncheon - Telegraph-Journal Tweet this news
Telegraph-Journal---SAINT JOHN- - The -Saint John- Board of Trade will host a luncheon Nov. 22 with -New Brunswick's- Finance Minister Blaine Higgs. The event will take place at the ... - Date : Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:03:18 GMT+00:00
PotashCorp fights $50M contract breach suit - CBC.ca Tweet this news
CBC.ca--PotashCorp said in a statement of defence and a counterclaim filed with the Court of Queen's Bench in -Saint John- on Nov. 8 that Comstock knew the job was ... - Date : Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:33:44 GMT+00:00
Heavy rain floods NB roads - CBC.ca Tweet this news
CBC.ca---Saint John- has been drenched by 162 millimetres of rain since Thursday and that has caused many roads in the city to be closed because of flooding. ... - Date : Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:54:32 GMT+00:00
Saint John police tackle domestic violence - CBC.ca Tweet this news
CBC.ca--The force is partnering in a research project at the University of -New Brunswick- in -Saint John- that will examine 200 randomly chosen cases of domestic ... - Date : Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:31:25 GMT+00:00
NB Museum is key component of Stonehammer - Telegraph-Journal Tweet this news
Telegraph-Journal---SAINT JOHN- - The -New Brunswick- Museum's geology gallery takes visitors on a visual journey through each geological period in time. ... - Date : Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:11:29 GMT+00:00
Edmonton's Little League Orioles turn things around on Day 2 - Edmonton Journal Tweet this news
Edmonton Journal--The prairie representative at the national tournament in -Saint John-, -NB-, got into the win column on Sunday, downing Quebec 13-2 to even their record at 1-1 ... - Date : Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:22:47 GMT+00:00
Saint John says no to Anglo Society flag - CBC.ca Tweet this news
CBC.ca---Saint John- city council is the latest local government in -New Brunswick- to turn away the controversial Anglo Society. Council received and filed the group's ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:39:09 GMT+00:00
Pit bulls attack NB woman, kill cat - CBC.ca Tweet this news
CBC.ca--A -New Brunswick- woman was attacked by two loose pit bulls that killed her cat, but -Saint John- police say they've closed the case without laying any charges. ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:29:51 GMT+00:00
Reunion 2010 a resounding success - Telegraph-Journal Tweet this news
Telegraph-Journal---SAINT JOHN- - Organizers of Reunion 2010 said the concerts at Fort LaTour this weekend were such a success that the Harbour Passage site should become a ... - Date : Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:11:25 GMT+00:00

Population : St. John River Campaign (1758-59)
Census Population
1825 8,488
1836 12,073
1842 19,281
1850 22,745
1861 27,317
1871 28,805
1881 26,127
1891 24,184
1901 40,711
1911 42,511
1921 47,166
1931 47,514
1941 50,084
1951 50,779
1961 55,153
1971 89,039
1981 80,521
1991 74,969
2001 69,661
2006 72,043

Subdivisions of New Brunswick New Brunswick

SubdivisionsCounties * Parishes * Municipalities * Municipal amalgamations * Communities * First Nations * School districts * Regions
CitiesBathurst * Campbellton * Dieppe * Edmundston * Fredericton * Miramichi * Moncton * Saint John

Census metropolitan areas (CMAs) in Canada by size

Toronto, ON * Montreal, QC * Vancouver, BC * Ottawa, ON * Calgary, AB * Edmonton, AB * Quebec City, QC * Winnipeg, MB * Hamilton, ON * London, ON * Kitchener-Waterloo, ON * St. Catharines-Niagara, ON * Halifax, NS * Oshawa, ON * Victoria, BC * Windsor, ON * Saskatoon, SK * Regina, SK * Sherbrooke, QC * St. John's, NL * Barrie, ON * Kelowna, BC * Abbotsford, BC * Greater Sudbury, ON * Kingston, ON * Saguenay, QC * Trois-Rivières, QC * Guelph, ON * Moncton, NB * Brantford, ON * Thunder Bay, ON * Saint John, NB * Peterborough, ON |

Interbasin water diversions in Canada

Water diversionsAlouette-Stave * Barrière * Bay d'Espoir * Boyd �Sakami * Bridge River-Seton Lake * Campbell �Heber * Churchill �Southern Indian Lake * Columbia-Kootenay (canal) * Coquitlam �Buntzen * Cypress Lake * Daisy Lake-Squamish (Cheakamus) * Deer Lake * Ingram River * Jordan River * Lac de la Frégate * Laforge * Lake Manouane) * Long Lake * Mégiscane River * Nechako Diversion (Kenney Dam-Kemano) * Ogoki River * Opasatika River * Pasquia * Root River * Saint John Water Supply * Sault aux Cochons * Smallwood Reservoir (Julian, Kanairiktok & Naskaupi) * Swift Current * Vernon Irrigation * Wahleach * Wellington Lake * Wreck Cove
ProposedChilko Lake-Tatlayoko/Homathko * Great Recycling and Northern Development Canal * North American Water and Power Alliance



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