Albert County (2016 population 29,158)^[1] is New Brunswick's third-youngest county located on the Western side of the Petitcodiac River on the Chignecto Bay in the Bay of Fundy. Prior to the abolition of county government in 1967, the shire town was Hopewell Cape. The county was established in 1845 from parts of Westmorland County and Saint John County, and named after Prince Albert.^[2]

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Albert
County
Farm landscape near Alma
Location within New Brunswick
Coordinates: 45.82°N 64.85°W / 45.82; -64.85
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
Established	1845
Area [1]
• Land	1,807.88 km2 (698.03 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	29,158
• Density	16.1/km2 (42/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	1.1%
• Dwellings	13,111
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	506

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The mineral albertite was discovered a few miles away in 1849, giving rise to Albert Mines.^[3]

As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Albert County had a population of 30,749 living in 12,913 of its 13,476 total private dwellings, a change of 5.5% from its 2016 population of 29,158. With a land area of 1,806.23 km² (697.39 sq mi), it had a population density of 17.0/km² (44.1/sq mi) in 2021.^[6]

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Canada Census Mother Tongue - Albert County, New Brunswick[5]
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Non-official languages
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		28,930		26,105	0.2%	90.24%		1,995	8.1%	6.90%		235	17.5%	0.81%		535	30.5%	1.85%
2011		28,590		26,135	4.0%	91.41%		1,845	17.1%	6.45%		200	207.7%	0.70%		410	16.3%	1.43%
2006		27,260		25,130	2.0%	92.19%		1,575	9.4%	5.78%		65	43.5%	0.24%		490	78.2%	1.80%
2001		26,470		24,640	0.1%	93.09%		1,440	10.8%	5.44%		115	15.0%	0.43%		275	44.7%	1.04%
1996		26,255		24,665	n/a	93.94%		1,300	n/a	4.95%		100	n/a	0.38%		190	n/a	0.72%

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Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:^[11]

• Fundy National Park
  • Chignecto North
  • Headquarters
  • Point Wolfe
  • Visitors Centre
• Hopewell Rocks
• Shepody National Wildlife Area
• Wilson Brook Natural Protected Area
• Cape Enrage
• Albert County Museum

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