New Brunswick

New Brunswick is the largest province of the Maritimes. Dense Appalachian forests spill across the boarders of Quebec and Maine and blanket almost 90 percent of the provinces. Over 2,200 km of coastline lies along the Bay of Fundy, Northumberland Strait, Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Baie des Chaleurs.
New Brunswick is adjacent Nova Scotia and Quebec as well as Main. Prince Edward Island is connected by a bridge – the Confederation Bridge (13 km). It is the only official bi-lingual province in Canada and the Acadian heritage plays an important role – come and explore this land of exceptional beauty and tranqyility.

Quick Facts

• Capital - Fredericton
• Flower - Purple Violet
• Entered Confederation - 1 July 1867
• Population, approx.  720,000
• Land area out of Canada's total area - 0.7%

Cities

Today the greater Fredericton area has a population of more than approx. 111,000 people and the capital itself has approx. 46,000 citizens
Saint John is the largest city (approx. 125,000) in New Brunswick, followed by Moncton and Fredericton, the provincial capital.

Climate

New Brunswick has a typically continental climate. (Continental climates, compared with true maritime climates, have an earlier spring and shorter fall, wider fluctuations of temperature from day to day and from season to season, and more snowfall but less total precipitation.)

In summer, the predominant air mass is warm continental, with occasional incursions of hot, humid air from the Gulf of Mexico. The cold Gulf waters retard warming of the air in spring, keep the summer maximum temperature low, and provide a slight warming of the air in fall - provided the winds are off the water. Moist influxes of Atlantic air produce mild spells in winter and periods of cool weather in summer. Near the Bay of Fundy, continental air masses are modified by the ocean. Coastal locations such as Saint John experience moist Atlantic air most of the year, producing mild periods during the winter and cool weather the rest of the year.

July is the warmest month in New Brunswick. Average summer temperature range from 22C on the Fundy coast to 25C and higher inland. Extremes have exceeded 37.8C (100F). January is the coldest month. Along the south-eastern shores, the January mean is around -7.5C. In the north-west extreme low temperatures of -30 to -35C are reported every winter. The all-time provincial low is -47.2C.

Time Zones

New Brunswick is in the Atlantic Time zone.