71,569 sq km (27,632 sq miles).

752,000 (2005 estimate).

10.5 per sq km.

Fredericton. Population: 124,172 (2005).

New Brunswick, which is below the Gaspé Peninsula, shares its western border with Maine and has 2250km (1400 miles) of coast on the Gulf of St Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy. Its landscape comprises of forested hills with rivers cutting through them. The main feature is St John River Valley in the south. Northern and eastern coastal regions give way to the extensive drainage basin of the Miramichi River in the central area.

New Brunswick is officially bilingual (English and French) with approximately 33 per cent of the population being French speaking.