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New Brunswick population 2026
New Brunswick has 883,522 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2026, 8,811 more than a year earlier (+1.01%). It is 8th of Canada’s 13 provinces and territories by population, home to 2.1% of Canada’s people.
New Brunswick in numbers
- Population
- 884 thousand 1 July 2026
- Change in a year
- +1.01% +8,811 people
- Change since 2021
- +11.72% from 791 thousand
- Share of Canada
- 2.1% 8th of 13 provinces and territories
- Population density
- 12per km² 72,908 km²
That is about as many people as Reunion (886 thousand).
Population of New Brunswick by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 750,517 |
| 2001 | 749,823 |
| 2002 | 749,375 |
| 2003 | 749,444 |
| 2004 | 749,424 |
| 2005 | 748,061 |
| 2006 | 745,621 |
| 2007 | 745,430 |
| 2008 | 746,875 |
| 2009 | 749,956 |
| 2010 | 753,034 |
| 2011 | 755,590 |
| 2012 | 758,121 |
| 2013 | 758,261 |
| 2014 | 758,657 |
| 2015 | 759,226 |
| 2016 | 763,322 |
| 2017 | 766,697 |
| 2018 | 770,497 |
| 2019 | 777,387 |
| 2020 | 783,432 |
| 2021 | 790,802 |
| 2022 | 808,587 |
| 2023 | 829,937 |
| 2024 | 857,114 |
| 2025 | 874,711 |
| 2026 | 883,522 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 883,522 | +8,811 | +1.01% |
| 2025 | 874,711 | +17,597 | +2.05% |
| 2024 | 857,114 | +27,177 | +3.27% |
| 2023 | 829,937 | +21,350 | +2.64% |
| 2022 | 808,587 | +17,785 | +2.25% |
| 2021 | 790,802 | +7,370 | +0.94% |
| 2020 | 783,432 | +6,045 | +0.78% |
| 2019 | 777,387 | +6,890 | +0.89% |
| 2018 | 770,497 | +3,800 | +0.50% |
| 2017 | 766,697 | +3,375 | +0.44% |
| 2016 | 763,322 | +4,096 | +0.54% |
| 2015 | 759,226 | +569 | +0.08% |
| 2014 | 758,657 | +396 | +0.05% |
| 2013 | 758,261 | +140 | +0.02% |
| 2012 | 758,121 | +2,531 | +0.33% |
New Brunswick among Canada’s provinces and territories
Full ranking →| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ontario | 16,262,121 | +0.28% | 38.9% | 15 |
| 2 | Quebec | 9,067,114 | +0.18% | 21.7% | 6 |
| 3 | British Columbia | 5,710,598 | +0.14% | 13.7% | 6 |
| 4 | Alberta | 5,101,050 | +1.52% | 12.2% | 8 |
| 5 | Manitoba | 1,517,379 | +0.58% | 3.6% | 2 |
| 6 | Saskatchewan | 1,278,402 | +0.96% | 3.1% | 2 |
| 7 | Nova Scotia | 1,103,419 | +0.75% | 2.6% | 20 |
| 8 | New Brunswick | 883,522 | +1.01% | 2.1% | 12 |
| 9 | Newfoundland and Labrador | 552,462 | +0.41% | 1.3% | 1 |
| 10 | Prince Edward Island | 182,989 | +0.77% | 0.4% | 33 |
| 11 | Yukon | 50,356 | +2.45% | 0.1% | 0 |
| 12 | Northwest Territories | 45,904 | −0.28% | 0.1% | 0 |
| 13 | Nunavut | 43,091 | +2.33% | 0.1% | 0 |
Largest cities in New Brunswick
City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.
- Moncton86,106
- Saint John71,808
- Fredericton63,116
- Dieppe27,304
- Riverview20,584
- Quispamsis18,768
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Source and method
Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0009. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Total area including inland water, Wikidata. Statistics Canada updates this table every quarter. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for Canada, which uses a different method.
Cite this page: New Brunswick population, Statistics Canada, 1 July 2026. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/canada/new-brunswick/
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