This article is about the county in New Brunswick. For the historic county in Ontario, see Carleton County, Ontario. For the geographic parish, census subdivision and former local service district in Kent County, New Brunswick, see Carleton Parish, New Brunswick.
Carleton County (2016 population 26,220[1]) is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada.
The western border is Aroostook County, Maine, the northern border is Victoria County, and the southeastern border is York County from which it was formed in 1831. The Saint John River bisects the western section of the county. The Southwest Miramichi River flows through the eastern section of the county. Potato farming is a major industry. The scenic town of Hartland is home to the longest covered bridge in the world.
As a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Carleton County had a population of 26,360 living in 11,120 of its 11,865 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 26,178. With a land area of 3,309.06 km2 (1,277.64 sq mi), it had a population density of 8.0/km2 (20.6/sq mi) in 2021.[5]
