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Location
East coast of Canada.
Time
GMT - 4 (GMT - 3 from second Sunday in March to first Sunday in November).
Area
71,355 sq km (27,550 sq miles).
Population
730,000 (official census 2006).
Population Density
10.2 per sq km.
Capital
Fredericton. Population: 85,688 (2006).
Geography
New Brunswick, which is below the Gaspé Peninsula, shares its western border with Maine and has 2,250km (1,400 miles) of coast on the Gulf of St Lawrence and the Bay of Fundy. Its landscape comprises 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.
Language
New Brunswick is officially bilingual (English and French) with approximately 33% of the population being French speaking.