Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick

{{Use Canadian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Blacks Harbour | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = | motto = | image_skyline = Blacks Harbour 1930 scierie Connors Brothers.jpg | image_caption = Connors Brothers sawmill in Blacks Harbour in 1930 | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = New Brunswick | pushpin_label_position =  | pushpin_map_caption = Location within New Brunswick. | pushpin_mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Canada | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = New Brunswick | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Charlotte | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Eastern Charlotte | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | established_title = Incorporated | established_date = 1972 | established_title2 = Amalgamated | established_date2 = 1 January 2023 | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | area_magnitude = | unit_pref =  | area_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/> | area_total_km2 = 9.02 | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name=2021census/> | population_note = | population_total = 907 | population_density_km2 = 100.6 | population_density_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = Pop 2016-2021 | population_blank1 = {{increase}} 1.5 | population_blank2_title = Dwellings | population_blank2 = 421 | timezone = AST | utc_offset = -4 | timezone_DST = ADT | utc_offset_DST = -3 | coordinates = {{coord|45|03|32|N|66|47|05|W|region:CA-NB|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = Postal code(s) | postal_code = E5H | area_code = 506 | blank_name = Highways {{jct|state=NB|NB|176}} | blank_info = {{jct|state=NB|NB|778}} | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | blank2_name = | blank2_info = | website = [http://www.blacksharbour.ca/home_page.html/ www.blacksharbour.ca/ home_page.html] | footnotes = }}

'''Blacks Harbour''' is a community in the rural community of Eastern Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023. It is on a harbour of the same name opening onto the Bay of Fundy. It is 15 kilometres southeast of the town of St. George, 3 kilometres west of Beaver Harbour and 56 kilometres east from the town of St. Stephen on Route 176.

== History == Blacks Harbour's exact origin is unknown, possibly an early family name. Post office dates from 1889.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hamilton|first=William|title=The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=0-7715-9754-1|location=Toronto|pages=71}}</ref>

On 1 January 2023, Blacks Harbour amalgamated with St. George and all or part of five local service districts to form the new incorporated rural community of Eastern Charlotte.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Governments Establishment Regulation – Local Governance Act |url=https://laws.gnb.ca/en/showfulldoc/cr/2022-50 |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=20 January 2023 |date=12 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="GovRefMapRSC10">{{cite web |title=RSC 10 Southwest Regional Service Commission |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/local-governance/maps/RSC10.html |website=Government of New Brunswick |access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref> The name Blacks Harbour remains in official use.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Proposed entity names reflect strong ties to nature and history |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/news_release.2022.05.0267.html |location=Irishtown, New Brunswick |publisher=Government of New Brunswick |date=25 May 2022 |access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref>

== Geography ==

thumb|200px|Vehicles boarding the ferry in Blacks Harbour to Grand Manan Island (2002)

Blacks Harbour is the northern terminus for the year-round Blacks Harbour to Grand Manan Island Ferry operated by Coastal Transport

Fishing has been a vital part of its existence for over 200 years. Connors Brothers Limited was founded in 1885 at Blacks Harbour, now a major international processor of all types of seafood. The company is also a major New Brunswick employer.

== Demographics == {{stack|{{Historical populations | title= Historical Census Data - Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick<ref name="scpast">Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census</ref> | percentages = | shading = off | align = none | cols = | 1991 |1139 | 1996 |1148 | 2001 |1082 | 2006 |952 | 2011 |982 | 2016 |894 | 2021 |907 | footnote = | source = <ref name=2021census/> }}}}

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Blacks Harbour had a population of {{val|907|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|385|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|421|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:907-894}}|894|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|894|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|9.02|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|907|9.02|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000213 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), New Brunswick | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 21, 2022}}</ref> {{Canada census |location = Blacks Harbour |2021_population=907 | 2021_pop_delta=+1.5 | 2021_land_area=9.02 | 2021_pop_density=100.6 |2021_median_age=45.6 | 2021_median_age_m=44.4 | 2021_median_age_f=46.8 |2021_total_pvt_dwell=421 |2021_occ_pvt_dwell=385 |2021_mean_hh_income=60,000 |2021_geocode=2021A00051302012 | 2021_access_date=2023-10-19 |2011_population=982 |2011_pop_delta=+3.2 |2011_land_area=8.90 |2011_pop_density=110.3 |2011_median_age=42.5 |2011_median_age_m=40.2 |2011_median_age_f=45.0 |2011_total_pvt_dwell=417 |2011_mean_hh_income=43,367 |2011_access_date=2014-05-19 |2006_population=952 | 2006_pop_delta=-12.0 | 2006_land_area=8.90 | 2006_pop_density=107.0 |2006_median_age=41.0 | 2006_median_age_m=38.8 | 2006_median_age_f=42.4 |2006_total_pvt_dwell=415 | 2006_mean_hh_income=36,575 | 2006_access_date=2014-05-19 |2001_population=1,082 | 2001_pop_delta=-5.7 | 2001_land_area=8.90 | 2001_pop_density=121.6 |2001_median_age=36.8 | 2001_median_age_m=35.1 | 2001_median_age_f=38.3 |2001_total_pvt_dwell=436 |2001_mean_hh_income=33,885 | 2001_access_date=2014-05-19 |notes= }}

===Language=== {| class="wikitable" !colspan="19"|Canada Census Mother Tongue - Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick<ref name="scpast"/> |- ! Census | ! Total |colspan="1"| !colspan="3"|{{center|English}} |colspan="1"| !colspan="3"|{{center|French}} |colspan="1"| !colspan="3"|{{center|English & French}} |colspan="1"| !colspan="3"|{{center|Other}} |- ! Year | ! Responses | ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % | ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % | ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % | ! Count ! Trend ! Pop % |- | {{center|2011}} | | {{center|950}} | | 850 | {{increase}} 1.8% | 89.47% | | 65 | {{decrease}} 18.7% | 6.84% | | 5 | {{increase}} n/a% | 0.53% | | 30 | {{increase}} 100.0% | 3.16% |- | {{center|2006}} | | {{center|930}} | | 835 | {{decrease}} 13.5% | 89.79% | | 80 | {{decrease}} 20.0% | 8.60% | | 0 | {{steady}} 0.0% | 0.00% | | 15 | {{increase}} n/a% | 1.61% |- | {{center|2001}} | | {{center|1,065}} | | 965 | {{decrease}} 1.0% | 90.61% | | 100 | {{decrease}} 4.8% | 9.39% | | 0 | {{decrease}} 100.0% | 0.00% | | 0 | {{decrease}} 100.0% | 0.00% |- | {{center|1996}} | | {{center|1,135}} | | 975 | n/a | 85.90% | | 105 | n/a | 9.25% | | 10 | n/a | 0.88% | | 45 | n/a | 3.96% |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Geographic location | Centre = Blacks Harbour | North = Justasons Corner | Northeast = | East = Beaver Harbour | Southeast = | South = ''Bay of Fundy'' Ferry to: Grand Manan Island | Southwest = | West = ''Letang Harbour'' | Northwest = }}

Category:Communities in Charlotte County, New Brunswick Category:Former villages in New Brunswick Category:Populated coastal places in Canada Category:2023 disestablishments in New Brunswick