This article is about the community. For the geographic parish, local service district, and census subdivision it is within, see Sainte-Marie Parish, New Brunswick.
The village is located 45 km north of Moncton and its residents are largely Acadians, most of whom speak French in its local variant Chiac.
Sainte-Marie-de-Kent is the site of the Kent County Agricultural Fair, one of New Brunswick's oldest and largest agricultural fairs, a five-day event which has been held annually since 1956, during the final full week of August.
