Saint John, New Brunswick

Saint John
Skyline of Uptown Saint John
Nickname: 
"Port City"[1]
Motto(s): 
"O Fortunati Quorum Jam Moenia Surgunt"
(Latin for, "O Fortunate Ones Whose Walls Are Now Rising."
or "O Happy They, Whose Promised Walls Already Rise")
Saint John
Location of Saint John
Saint John
Saint John (Canada)
Coordinates: 45°16′50″N 66°04′34″W / 45.28056°N 66.07611°W / 45.28056; -66.07611
CountryCanada
ProvinceNew Brunswick
CountySaint John
ParishCity of Saint John[2]
Founded onJune 24, 1604[4]
Major Settlement Started1783[4]
IncorporationMay 18, 1785 (1785-05-18)
Named forSaint John River
Government
 • MayorDonna Reardon
 • Governing bodySaint John City Council
 • MPsWayne Long (Lib.)
 • MLAs
  • John Dornan (Lib.)
  • Kate Elman Wilcott (Lib.)
  • David Hickey (Lib.)
  • Ian Lee (PC)
  • Glen Savoie (PC)
Area
 • Land315.59 km2 (121.85 sq mi)
 • Urban
70.05 km2 (27.05 sq mi)
 • Metro
3,505.66 km2 (1,353.54 sq mi)
Highest elevation
80.8 m (265.1 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • City69,895[3]
 • Density221.5/km2 (574/sq mi)
 • Urban
63,447[5]
 • Urban density905.8/km2 (2,346/sq mi)
 • Metro
130,613[6]
 • Metro density37.3/km2 (97/sq mi)
 • City Pop 2016–2021
3.4%
 • Dwellings
33,908
Demonym(s)Saint Johner, Saint-Jeannois(e), Johner (colloquial)
Time zoneUTC−4 (Atlantic Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−3 (ADT)
Canadian Postal code
E2H, E2J, E2K, E2L, E2M, E2N, E2P, E2R, and E2S
Area code506 and 428
Telephone exchanges202, 214, 333, 343, 557–8, 592, 608, 631–640, 642–654, 657–8, 663, 672, 674, 693–4, 696, 721, 977
NTS Map21G8 Saint John
GNBC CodeDAEGW[7]
GDP (Saint John CMA)CA$6.4 billion (2016)[8]
GDP per capita (Saint John CMA)CA$51,021 (2016)
Websitesaintjohn.ca/en

The City of Saint John is the second largest city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, and the third largest in the maritime provinces.

Media

CHSJ 890

CKLT CTV Television Network

CHNB Global Television Network

Rogers

References

  1. Common Council Minutes – February 8, 2016
  2. "Territorial Divisions Act (section 27(a))". The Province of New Brunswick, through the Queen's Printer. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Saint John, New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  4. 4.0 4.1 McGahan, Elizabeth W. "Saint John".
  5. "Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
  6. "Census Profile, 2021 Census: Saint John [Census metropolitan area], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  7. "Saint John". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  8. "Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000)". Statistics Canada. 27 January 2017. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.