Welcome to Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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Fredericton summary
Fredericton is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, making it the seat of the provincial Crown. The city is an important cultural, artistic and
educational centre for the province and is home to two universities - the University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University. Fredericton is home to cultural
institutions such as the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the York-Sunbury Museum and The Playhouse, the latter which serves as a venue for theatre, concerts and other
entertaining diversions. The city hosts the annual Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival, attracting regional and international jazz and blues artists. As a provincial
capital, its economy is inextricably tied to the fortunes of the public sector; however, the city also contains a growing IT and commercial sector. The city boasts
the highest percentage of residents with a post-secondary education in the province and one of the highest per capita incomes.
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In the 2006 census, the population of the city of Fredericton was 50,535 and the population of the census agglomeration (termed "Greater Fredericton") was 85,688.
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The first major expansion of the city occurred on July 1, 1945 when it amalgamated with the town of Devon. Today the city of Fredericton comprises Fredericton proper,
and the boroughs of Silverwood, Nashwaaksis, Barker's Point and Marysville, which were incorporated into the city in 1973.
The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province and, along with Moncton and Saint John, is one of the main urban centres in southern New Brunswick.
The St. John River flows in a west-east direction, bisecting the city and providing the dominant natural feature for the municipality.
The 19th and early 20th centuries, the lumber industry - with its corresponding mills - was a primary sector of Fredericton's economy. Over the course of the 20th
century, this industry declined and gave way to the provincial government and the universities becoming the primary employers in the city.
The policies of centralizing provincial government functions during the 1960s under New Brunswick Premier Louis Robichaud - along with the expanded role of the public
sector characteristic of the 1960s/70s - led to a sizeable expansion of the city's population. It was during these decades that the Hill area on the city's Southside
was largely developed and bedroom communities such as New Maryland emerged.
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The 1960s also saw an expansion of the University of New Brunswick - due to increased post-war university enrollment - as well as the construction of the Fredericton
campus of Saint Thomas University. Also contributing to this expansion was the move of the Law School to the Fredericton area. This expansion of the post-secondary sector
also contributed to Fredericton's population growth during the 1960s and 1970s. Since then, the city's population has continued to grow though at a slower rate due to
slower growth of the government sector - along with hiring freezes and in some cases layoffs - during the Frank McKenna and Bernard Lord governments.
In recent years, increased student enrollment at the city's universities has led to greater demand for rental property. This has led to the construction of new university
residences and apartment buildings in the city, and increased rates of rent - making them the highest rental rates in the province.
It is due to the predominance of the universities and government in the city that Fredericton has not been subjected to the severe economic fluctuations faced by other
Atlantic Canadian cities that have had to deal with mill shutdowns and the decline of the fishing industry in recent decades. It is for this reason that Fredericton is one
of the few Atlantic Canadian cities, along with Moncton and Halifax, Nova Scotia that has actually reported a population increase in recent years.
The city has been investing actively in IT infrastructure. The City of Fredericton was recently the winner of the "Judges Innovation Award" at the 2004 C.I.P.A. (Canadian
Information Productivity Awards) due to their "Fred-eZone" free municipality wide WiFi network initiative. This and other innovations by the city's utelco, e-Novations, led
Intel to do a case study on their successes. Fred-eZone spans much of the city’s downtown and parts of surrounding residential areas, as well as peripheral commercial areas
such as Fredericton's Regent Mall.
Recently, the New Brunswick government has been seeking to attract more immigrants to the province (and consequently the Fredericton area) to increase the labour force and
compensate for an aging population.
The Greater Fredericton Region has also established an investment attraction tool, Invest Greater Fredericton, to provide investors and site selectors with one central source
for economic information such as real estate, demographics, key industries and more.
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