Saint John, New Brunswick
city in New Brunswick, Canada
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.
City of Saint John | |
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City | |
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Nickname(s): Fundy City, Loyalist City, Port City, Original City | |
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") | |
Location of Saint John in New Brunswick | |
Coordinates: 45°16′50″N 66°04′34″W / 45.28056°N 66.07611°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Saint John County |
Parish | Simonds Parish |
Established | 1604[1] |
Major Settlement Started | 1783[1] |
Incorporation | May 18, 1785 |
First settled | Samuel de Champlain |
Founded by | Gov. Thomas Carlton |
Named for | St. John the Baptist |
Government | |
• City Mayor | Mel Norton |
• Governing body | Saint John City Council |
• MPs | Rodney Weston |
• MLAs | Trevor Holder, Carl Killen, Glen Savoie, Dorothy Shephard, Glen Tait |
Area | |
• Urban | 326 km2 (126 sq mi) |
• Metro | 3,362.95 km2 (1,298.44 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 80.8 m (265.1 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• City | 70,063 (CSD) |
• Density | 215.7/km2 (559/sq mi) |
• Metro | 127,761 |
• Metro density | 38.0/km2 (98/sq mi) |
source: Statistics Canada | |
Time zone | UTC-4 (Atlantic (AST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (Atlantic (ADT)) |
Canadian Postal code | E2K, E2L And E2P |
Area code | 506 |
Telephone Exchanges | 202, 214, 333, 343, 557 -8, 592, 608, 631 -640, 642 -654, 657 -8, 663, 672, 674, 693-4, 696, 721, 977 |
NTS Map | 021G08 |
GNBC Code | DAEGW |
Website | City of Saint John |
Media
changeCHSJ 890
CHNB Global Television Network
Rogers
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McGahan, Elizabeth W. "Saint John". Archived from the original on 2017-07-28. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Archived from the original on 2008-12-07. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Archived from the original on 2008-12-07. Retrieved 2013-06-04.