Aberdeen, New Brunswick

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Aberdeen (2006 population 959) is a parish, ranked 2,105 in terms of population, in western New Brunswick, Canada on the Southwest Miramichi River in Carleton County.

It is defined in the Territorial Division Act as: Beginning at the northwestern angle of lot number ten, granted to William Woodforde, on the Cold Stream; thence running by the magnet of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven north seventy-two degrees west eight chains to the eastern line of a reserved road, thence following the several courses of the said road by the base line of the lots in a northerly direction to the northwest angle of the lot letter "I", granted to William Bain; thence south seventy-two degrees and thirty minutes east by the magnet of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, to meet the eastern line of a reserved road; thence northerly along said road to the northwest angle of lot number fifty-five, in range 5, Johnville; thence easterly to the southeast angle of lot number fifty-six, on said range 5 of Johnville; thence easterly in a direct line to the northwest angle of lot number eighty, in block 2, Glassville; thence easterly along the northern line of said lot and its eastern prolongation to the County line; thence along the said County line in a southwesterly direction to meet the eastern prolongation of the north line of the said grant to William Woodforde; thence along the said prolongation and line westerly to the place of beginning. Ever since the end of 1900s, the population had been dropping rapidly, and falls lower than 1,000 somewhere in the year of 2003. ^[1]

According to the Canada 2006 Census^[2]:

• Population:	959 (-10% from 2001)
• Land area:	447.91 km² (172.94 sq mi)
• Population density:	2.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.4 /sq mi)
• National population rank (Out of 5,008):	Ranked 2,105th
• Median age:	N/A (males: N/A, females: N/A)
• Total private dwellings:	498
• Dwellings occupied by permanent residents:	396
• Mean household income:	$N/A