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'''Haut-Madawaska''' is a [[List of municipalities in New Brunswick#Rural communities|rural community]] in the province of [[New Brunswick]], Canada. It is located in the [[New Brunswick Panhandle]] and was formed in 2017 through the amalgamation of four villages with five [[Local service district (New Brunswick)|local service districts]] and a portion of a sixth local service district.
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'''Haut-Madawaska''' is a town in the [[New Brunswick Panhandle]], Canada, formed by amalgamating the previous [[List of Municipalities in New Brunswick#Rural communities|incorporated rural community]] of the same name with the village of [[Lac Baker, New Brunswick|Lac Baker]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act |url=https://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/2022-50 |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=11 January 2023 |date=12 October 2022}}</ref> The town includes the former incorporated villages of Lac Baker, [[Baker-Brook, New Brunswick|Baker-Brook]], [[Clair, New Brunswick|Clair]], [[Saint-François-de-Madawaska]] and [[Saint-Hilaire, New Brunswick|Saint-Hilaire]].{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

Revised census figures for the new town have not been released; 2021 figures are for the rural community.


== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Boundaries of Entity 1, Haut-Madawaska.svg|alt=Boundaries of Haut-Madawaska as of January 1, 2023.|left|thumb|100x100px|Boundaries of Haut-Madawaska as of January 1, 2023.]]
In a 2016 plebiscite, the residents of five local service districts (the parishes of [[Baker Brook Parish, New Brunswick|Baker Brook]], [[Clair Parish, New Brunswick|Clair]], [[Lac Baker Parish, New Brunswick|Lac Baker]], [[Saint-François Parish, New Brunswick|Saint-François]], and [[Saint-Hilaire Parish, New Brunswick|Saint-Hilaire]]), part of a sixth local service district (the parish of [[Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick|Madawaska]]) and four villages ([[Baker-Brook, New Brunswick|Baker Brook]], [[Clair, New Brunswick|Clair]], [[Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick|Saint-François de Madawaska]] and [[Saint-Hilaire, New Brunswick|Saint-Hilaire]]) voted 493 to 299 in favour of incorporating a new rural community under the name of Haut-Madawaska.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/byelections-twentysixteen-nov-nb-1.3848358 | title=Miramichi picks Adam Lordon as new mayor | publisher=CBC | date=November 14, 2016 | accessdate=November 21, 2016}}</ref> The incorporation took effect July 1, 2017.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/2017-3//20180225 | title=New Brunswick Regulation 2017-3 under the Municipalities Act | publisher=Government of New Brunswick | date=March 20, 2017 | accessdate=February 25, 2018}}</ref> The plebiscite was the second in as many years. In 2015, a similar plebiscite was held that also included a fifth village, [[Lac-Baker, New Brunswick|Lac Baker]]. The residents of all communities involved voted in favour of incorporation as a rural community with the exception of Lac Baker's residents, thereby defeating the proposal.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sussex-corner-madawaska-amalgamation-1.3311746 | title=No amalgamation for Sussex area, Haut-Madawaska | publisher=CBC | date=November 9, 2015 | accessdate=November 21, 2016}}</ref>
In a 2016 plebiscite, the residents of five [[Local service district (New Brunswick)|local service district]]s (the parishes of [[Baker Brook Parish, New Brunswick|Baker Brook]], [[Clair Parish, New Brunswick|Clair]], [[Lac Baker Parish, New Brunswick|Lac Baker]], [[Saint-François Parish, New Brunswick|Saint-François]], and [[Saint-Hilaire Parish, New Brunswick|Saint-Hilaire]]), part of a sixth local service district (the parish of [[Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick|Madawaska]]) and four villages (Baker Brook, Clair, Saint-François de Madawaska and Saint-Hilaire) voted 493 to 299 in favour of incorporating a new rural community under the name of Haut-Madawaska.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/byelections-twentysixteen-nov-nb-1.3848358 | title=Miramichi picks Adam Lordon as new mayor | publisher=CBC | date=November 14, 2016 | accessdate=November 21, 2016}}</ref> The incorporation took effect July 1, 2017.<ref name="Regulation">{{cite web | url=http://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/2017-3//20180225 | title=New Brunswick Regulation 2017-3 under the Municipalities Act | publisher=Government of New Brunswick | date=March 20, 2017 | accessdate=February 25, 2018}}</ref> The plebiscite was the second in as many years. In 2015, a similar plebiscite was held that also included a fifth village, Lac Baker. The residents of all communities involved voted in favour of incorporation as a rural community with the exception of Lac Baker's residents, thereby defeating the proposal.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sussex-corner-madawaska-amalgamation-1.3311746 | title=No amalgamation for Sussex area, Haut-Madawaska | publisher=CBC | date=November 9, 2015 | accessdate=November 21, 2016}}</ref> As a result of the [[Higgs-Allain Local Governance Reforms|2023 New Brunswick local governance reform]], Lac Baker was amalgamated with the rest of Haut-Madawaska in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of New Brunswick |first=Canada |date=2022-01-31 |title=Maps {{!}} RSC 1 |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/local-governance/maps/RSC1.html |access-date=2022-09-23 |website=www2.gnb.ca |language=en}}</ref>

== Economy ==
The region's economy is focused on two industry sectors with some of the main players outlined below:

1) Food industry (Saint-François-de-Madawaska is known as the province's Chicken Capital)

* Groupe Westco (an integrated poultry
* Nadeau Poultry (a poultry processing plant, part of the Maple Lodge Farms company)
* Sunnymel (a poultry processing plant, partnership between Groupe Westco and Olymel)
* Les Industries Corriveau (a processing plant for buckwheat flour)

2) Wood products (part of the Northern New Brunswick wood products cluster)

* JD Irving Hardwoods (a hardwood grading and kiln drying facility, part of the JD Irving Group)
* Waska (a manufacturer of cedar shingles)
* JMN Enterprises (a manufacturer of kitchen accessories, BBQ accessories, and hardwood components)
* Fiready (a manufacturer of kiln dried firewood)
* Canusa Cedar (a manufacturer of cedar shingles)

The region is known for its hardworking labor and close to full employment with recurring periods of zero or negative unemployment.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.infoweekend.ca/actualites/actualite/120663/le-haut-madawaska-en-recherche-de-main-duvre | title=Le Haut-Madawaska en recherche de main-d'œuvre }}</ref>


== Demographics ==
== Demographics ==
In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Haut-Madawaska had a population of {{val|3720|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|1658|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|1781|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:3720-3714}}|3714|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|3714|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|611.55|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|3720|611.55|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=census2021 />
The population of the Rural Community of Haut-Madawaska in [[2016 Canadian Census|Canada's 2016 Census of Population]] was 3,714<!--781+275+283+606+478+5+564+252+470-->.

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|| [[Baker-Brook, New Brunswick|Baker Brook]] || [[List of parishes in New Brunswick|Parish]] ||align=center| {{nts|275}}
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|| [[Baker Brook Parish, New Brunswick|Baker Brook]] || [[List of villages in New Brunswick|Village]] ||align=center| {{nts|564}}
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|| [[Clair, New Brunswick|Clair]] || [[List of parishes in New Brunswick|Parish]] ||align=center| {{nts|283}}
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|| [[Clair Parish, New Brunswick|Clair]] || [[List of villages in New Brunswick|Village]] ||align=center| {{nts|781}}
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|| [[Lac Baker Parish, New Brunswick|Lac Baker]] || [[List of parishes in New Brunswick|Parish]] ||align=center| {{nts|5}}
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|| [[Saint-François Parish, New Brunswick|Saint-François]] || [[List of parishes in New Brunswick|Parish]] ||align=center| {{nts|606}}
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|| [[Saint-François-de-Madawaska]] || [[List of villages in New Brunswick|Village]] ||align=center| {{nts|470}}
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|| [[Saint-Hilaire Parish, New Brunswick|Saint-Hilaire]] || [[List of parishes in New Brunswick|Parish]] ||align=center| {{nts|478}}
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|| [[Saint-Hilaire, New Brunswick|Saint-Hilaire]] || [[List of villages in New Brunswick|Village]] ||align=center| {{nts|252}}
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== Government ==
The current mayor is [[Jean-Pierre Ouellet]] (a former minister in the provincial government).{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

== See also ==
*[[List of communities in New Brunswick]]
*[[List of municipalities in New Brunswick]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{official website|http://haut-madawaska.com}}

{{Subdivisions of New Brunswick|towns=yes|villages=yes|rural communities=yes|regional municipalities=yes|counties=yes|state=expanded}}

[[Category:Communities in Madawaska County, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Rural communities in New Brunswick]]

Latest revision as of 21:30, 21 November 2024

Haut-Madawaska
Town
Haut-Madawaska is located in New Brunswick
Haut-Madawaska
Haut-Madawaska
Location within New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 47°18′29″N 68°29′49″W / 47.308°N 68.497°W / 47.308; -68.497
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountyMadawaska
Rural communityJuly 1, 2017[1]
TownJanuary 1, 2023
Area
[2]
 • Land611.55 km2 (236.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
3,720
 • Density6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)
 • Change (2016–21)
Increase 0.2%
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Websitehaut-madawaska.com

Haut-Madawaska is a town in the New Brunswick Panhandle, Canada, formed by amalgamating the previous incorporated rural community of the same name with the village of Lac Baker.[3] The town includes the former incorporated villages of Lac Baker, Baker-Brook, Clair, Saint-François-de-Madawaska and Saint-Hilaire.[citation needed]

Revised census figures for the new town have not been released; 2021 figures are for the rural community.

History

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Boundaries of Haut-Madawaska as of January 1, 2023.
Boundaries of Haut-Madawaska as of January 1, 2023.

In a 2016 plebiscite, the residents of five local service districts (the parishes of Baker Brook, Clair, Lac Baker, Saint-François, and Saint-Hilaire), part of a sixth local service district (the parish of Madawaska) and four villages (Baker Brook, Clair, Saint-François de Madawaska and Saint-Hilaire) voted 493 to 299 in favour of incorporating a new rural community under the name of Haut-Madawaska.[4] The incorporation took effect July 1, 2017.[1] The plebiscite was the second in as many years. In 2015, a similar plebiscite was held that also included a fifth village, Lac Baker. The residents of all communities involved voted in favour of incorporation as a rural community with the exception of Lac Baker's residents, thereby defeating the proposal.[5] As a result of the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reform, Lac Baker was amalgamated with the rest of Haut-Madawaska in 2023.[6]

Economy

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The region's economy is focused on two industry sectors with some of the main players outlined below:

1) Food industry (Saint-François-de-Madawaska is known as the province's Chicken Capital)

  • Groupe Westco (an integrated poultry
  • Nadeau Poultry (a poultry processing plant, part of the Maple Lodge Farms company)
  • Sunnymel (a poultry processing plant, partnership between Groupe Westco and Olymel)
  • Les Industries Corriveau (a processing plant for buckwheat flour)

2) Wood products (part of the Northern New Brunswick wood products cluster)

  • JD Irving Hardwoods (a hardwood grading and kiln drying facility, part of the JD Irving Group)
  • Waska (a manufacturer of cedar shingles)
  • JMN Enterprises (a manufacturer of kitchen accessories, BBQ accessories, and hardwood components)
  • Fiready (a manufacturer of kiln dried firewood)
  • Canusa Cedar (a manufacturer of cedar shingles)

The region is known for its hardworking labor and close to full employment with recurring periods of zero or negative unemployment.[7]

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Haut-Madawaska had a population of 3,720 living in 1,658 of its 1,781 total private dwellings, a change of 0.2% from its 2016 population of 3,714. With a land area of 611.55 km2 (236.12 sq mi), it had a population density of 6.1/km2 (15.8/sq mi) in 2021.[2]

Haut-Madawaska population breakdown[8]
Former municipality or
local service district 		Former
status 		Population
(2016)
Baker Brook Parish 275
Baker Brook Village 564
Clair Parish 283
Clair Village 781
Lac Baker Parish 5
Saint-François Parish 606
Saint-François-de-Madawaska Village 470
Saint-Hilaire Parish 478
Saint-Hilaire Village 252
Total population — 3,714

Government

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The current mayor is Jean-Pierre Ouellet (a former minister in the provincial government).[citation needed]

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ a b "New Brunswick Regulation 2017-3 under the Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. March 20, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Census Profile of Haut-Madawaska, Rural community". Statistics Canada. December 6, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  3. ^ "Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act". Government of New Brunswick. October 12, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "Miramichi picks Adam Lordon as new mayor". CBC. November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  5. ^ "No amalgamation for Sussex area, Haut-Madawaska". CBC. November 9, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  6. ^ Government of New Brunswick, Canada (January 31, 2022). "Maps | RSC 1". www2.gnb.ca. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  7. ^ "Le Haut-Madawaska en recherche de main-d'œuvre".
  8. ^ "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names Up to January 1st, 2018" (PDF). Statistics Canada. November 14, 2018. pp. 23–24. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
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