Renous-Quarryville

Renous-Quarryville (2020 population: 1188) was a Canadian local service district in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, located 25 mi upstream of Miramichi, situated where the Renous River, and the Indiantown brook. discharges into the Southwest Miramichi River. It was named for the Renous river, and settlement, as well as Quarryville's quarry, hence the name "Renous-Quarryville local service district." It is now part of the incorporated rural community of Miramichi River Valley.

Renous proper, and the river is probably named for a Micmac chief, Sock Renou.[1]

Renous-Quarryville is 5 kilometres east of Miramichi River Valley where the majority of students attend school, although many also attend Millerton school.

The community is the site of the Atlantic Institution, a Correctional Service of Canada maximum-security prison located on the site of a former Canadian Forces ammunition depot.[2]

On March 30, 2019, the Tom Donovan Arena in Renous was named 2019 winner of the Kraft Hockeyville national contest, with a $250,000 prize for arena upgrades and an NHL pre-season game to be played in the area on September 18, 2019. On that date, the Montreal Canadiens faced the Florida Panthers.[3] Said game had taken place in the city of Bathurst, about an hour away.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Renous-Quarryville had a population of 1,036 living in 395 of its 423 total private dwellings, a change of 0.7% from its 2016 population of 1,029. With a land area of 65.22 km2 (25.18 sq mi), it had a population density of 15.9/km2 (41.1/sq mi) in 2021.[4]

Population of Renous-Quarryville
Name[4] Parish[5] Population
(2021)[4] 		Population
(2016)[4] 		Change[4] Land area
(km2)[4] 		Population
density[4]
Renous-Quarryville part A Blackville 710 723 −1.8% 39.6 17.9/km2
Renous-Quarryville part B Derby 326 306 +6.5% 25.62 12.7/km2
Total — 1,036 1,029 +0.7% 65.22 15.9/km2

See also

References

  1. ^ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 83. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.
  2. ^ csc-scc.gc.ca: "Atlantic Institution"
  3. ^ "Canadiens release preseason schedule".
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  5. ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions, census subdivisions (municipalities) and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (New Brunswick)". Statistics Canada. February 7, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2021.

46°49′N 65°48′W / 46.817°N 65.800°W / 46.817; -65.800


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