Sunbury County (2016 population 27,644^[1]) is located in central New Brunswick, Canada. A large military base (CFB Gagetown) is located in the western part of the county south of the town of Oromocto. The county also hosts forestry and mixed farming. Burton is the county shire town.

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Sunbury
County
Location within New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
Established	1785
Area [1]
• Land	2,696.53 km2 (1,041.14 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	27,644
• Density	10.3/km2 (27/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	1.8%
• Dwellings	11,853
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code	506

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As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sunbury County had a population of 27,864 living in 11,310 of its 11,903 total private dwellings, a change of 0.8% from its 2016 population of 27,644. With a land area of 2,692.97 km² (1,039.76 sq mi), it had a population density of 10.3/km² (26.8/sq mi) in 2021.^[3]

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Population trend[4][5][1] Census Population Change (%) 2016 27,644 1.8% 2011 27,143 6.3% 2006 25,542 0.9% 2001 25,776 1.6% 1996 25,358 7.6% 1991 23,575 N/A

Mother tongue (2016)[1] Language Population Pct (%) English only 24,175 87.7% French only 2,670 9.7% Other languages 480 1.7% Both English and French 235 0.9%

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Highways and numbered routes that run through the county, including external routes that start or finish at the county limits:^[6]

• List of communities in New Brunswick
• Sunbury County, Nova Scotia