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Fredericton is the ___MASK29___ of the Canadian province of New Brunswick . The city is situated in the west - central portion of the province along the Saint John ___MASK24___ , which flows west to east as it bisects the city ; it is the dominant natural feature of the area . One of the main urban centres in New Brunswick , the city had a population of 56 , 224 in the 2011 census . It is the third - largest city in the province after Saint John and Moncton . The Petitcodiac ___MASK24___ , known informally as the Chocolate ___MASK24___ , is a Canadian ___MASK24___ in south - eastern New Brunswick . The ___MASK24___ has a meander length of and is located in Westmorland , Albert , and Kings counties , draining a watershed area of about . The watershed features valleys , ridges , and rolling hills , and is home to a diverse population of terrestrial and aquatic species . Ten named tributaries join the ___MASK24___ in its course toward its mouth in Shepody ___MASK65___ . Before the ___MASK71___ of a causeway in 1968 , the ___MASK24___ had one of the world ' s largest tidal bores , which ranged from in height and moved at . With the opening of the causeway gates in April 2010 , the ___MASK24___ is flushing itself of ocean silts , and the Bore is returning to its former glory . New Brunswick is one of Canada ' s ___MASK42___ Maritime provinces ( together with Prince Edward ___MASK7___ and Nova Scotia ) and is the only constitutionally bilingual ( English  French ) ___MASK38___ . Fredericton is the ___MASK29___ , Moncton is the largest metropolitan ( CMA ) area and Saint John is the most populous city . In the 2011 nationwide census , Statistics Canada estimated the provincial population to have been 751 , 171 , being on an area of almost 73 , 000 km . The majority of the population is English - speaking , but there is also a large Francophone minority ( 33 %), chiefly of Acadian origin . The current premier of the ___MASK38___ is Brian Gallant . It was created as a result of the partitioning of the British colony of Nova Scotia in 1784 . The provincial ___MASK57___ features a ship superimposed on a yellow background with a yellow " lion passant guardant " on red pennon above it . Moncton is a ___MASK66___ located in Westmorland ___MASK34___ in the southeastern portion of the ___MASK38___ of New Brunswick , Canada . Situated in the Petitcodiac ___MASK24___ Valley , Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces . The ___MASK66___ has earned the nickname " Hub City " due to its central inland location in the region and its history as a railway and land transportation hub for the Maritimes . Acadia was a ___MASK62___ of New France in northeastern North America that included parts of eastern Quebec , the Maritime provinces , and modern - ___MASK82___ Maine to the Kennebec ___MASK24___ . During much of the 17th and early 18th centuries , Norridgewock on the Kennebec ___MASK24___ and Castine at the end of the Penobscot ___MASK24___ were the southernmost settlements of Acadia . The actual specification by the French government for the territory refers to lands bordering the Atlantic coast , roughly between the 40th and 46th parallels . Later , the territory was divided into the British colonies which became Canadian provinces and American states . The population of Acadia included members of the Wabanaki Confederacy and descendants of emigrants from France ( i . e ., Acadians ). The two communities intermarried , which resulted in a significant portion of the population of Acadia being Métis . A central business ___MASK35___ ( CBD ) is the commercial and business centre of a ___MASK66___ . In larger cities , it is often synonymous with ___MASK49___ ' s " financial ___MASK35___ ". Geographically , it often coincides with the " ___MASK56___ " or " downtown ", but the two concepts are separate : many cities have a central " business " ___MASK35___ located away from its commercial or cultural ___MASK56___ or downtown . Both the CBD and the ___MASK56___ or downtown may also coincide with the central activities ___MASK35___ . The Blue Cross Centre is a large and prominent office building located in the central business ___MASK35___ of Moncton , New Brunswick . The building features a three - story section facing Main Street and a nine - story tower to the south joined by an atrium . The building was constructed in 1988 and now encloses a total area of 30 , 200 m2 ( 325 , 000 sq ft ) . It includes a retail level as well as the main branch of the Moncton Public Library . The building is managed by McCOR Management . The largest tenants are the Medavie Blue Cross ___MASK14___ Company and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency . It is attached to the BMO building across Main Street via an enclosed , over - road pedestrian walkway . A pennon or pennant is a ___MASK57___ that is larger at the hoist than at the fly . It can have several shapes , such as triangular , tapering or triangular and swallow - tailed . Downtown is a ___MASK69___ primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a ___MASK66___ ' s core ( or center ) or central business district ( CBD ), often in a ___MASK48___ , commercial , or communal sense . The ___MASK69___ is not generally used in British English , whose speakers instead use the ___MASK69___ ___MASK56___ . A ___MASK80___ is the central area in some large cities where banks , ___MASK14___ companies and other large corporations have ___MASK33___ offices . Financial districts are often home to skyscrapers . ___MASK84___ Scotia ( Latin for " New Scotland "; French : " Nouvelle - Écosse ") is one of Canada ' s three Maritime provinces , and one of the four provinces which form Atlantic Canada . Its provincial ___MASK29___ is Halifax . ___MASK84___ Scotia is Canada ' s second - smallest province , with an area of , including Cape Breton and another 3 , 800 coastal islands . As of 2011 , the population was 921 , 727 , making ___MASK84___ Scotia the second most - densely populated province in Canada with almost . ___MASK40___ Canada , which was formed in 1971 , is the ___MASK16___ of Canada ___MASK16___ agency commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada , its population , resources , economy , ___MASK50___ , and culture . Its headquarters is in Ottawa . Prince Edward ___MASK7___ ( PEI or P . E . I .) is a ___MASK38___ of Canada consisting of the island of the same name , as well as several much smaller islands . Canada ( French : ) is a ___MASK32___ in the northern half of North America . Its ___MASK26___ provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest ___MASK32___ by total area and the fourth - largest ___MASK32___ by land area . Canada ' s ___MASK77___ with the United States is the world ' s longest land ___MASK77___ . The majority of the ___MASK32___ has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . Canada is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the ___MASK32___ ' s population of 36 million ___MASK44___ is urbanized and live near the southern ___MASK77___ . Its ___MASK29___ is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . A ___MASK56___ ( or city center ) is the commercial , cultural and often the historical , political and geographic heart of a city . The term " ___MASK56___ " is not usually used in American English ; rather , in North America , the term Downtown is used .