An American's Guide to Canada: New Brunswick

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Capital: Fredericton
Other major cities: Moncton, Saint John
Population (2005): 751,400
Premier: Bernard Lord (Progressive Conservative Party)

One of the Maritime provinces. Most of it is owned by a family named Irving (as in Irving Petroleum, theoil and gas company in eastern Canada). What isn't owned by the Irvings is very probably owned by McCain's Foods. New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual (English and French) province in Canada.

More information:

Government of New Brunswick
Government of Canada's Facts about New Brunswick -- includes information about the land, history, people, and economy
New Brunswick links from Yahoo

--Emily Way (emily_@_americansguide.ca)
Last updated September 13, 2005