Paquetville facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Paquetville
Village
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Gloucester
Parish	Paquetville
Established	1866
Village Status	1966
Electoral Districts    Federal	Acadie—Bathurst
Provincial	Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur
Government
• Type	Village Council
Area
• Land	9.40 km2 (3.63 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	642
• Density	68.3/km2 (177/sq mi)
• Change 2001-06	3.7%
• Census Ranking	2,682 of 5,008
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Postal code(s)	E8R
Area code(s)	506
Dwellings	290
Median Income	$34,040 CDN
Access Routes	Route 135
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

Paquetville church

Paquetville is a Canadian village in Gloucester County, New Brunswick. It is located on the Acadian Peninsula, at the intersection of Route 340, Route 135 and Route 350. In 2006, Paquetville had a population of 642.

The village was founded by Monseigneur Paquet in 1873, who brought several parishioners with him from Shippagan.

The village is the home of Édith Butler, who sings the song "Paquetville".

Demographics

Population trend Census Population Change (%) 2006 642 3.7% 2001 667 8.8% 1996 731 6.3% 1991 688 N/A

Mother tongue language (2006) Language Population Pct (%) French only 575 95.83% Both English and French 15 2.50% English only 10 1.67% Other languages 0 0.00%

Images for kids

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  Monseigneur Paquet, founder of Paquetville