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Fact Sheet METRO FREDERICTON 64,180 111,024 Our History The majestic Wolastoq (Saint John River) ? Fun Facts & Firsts makes a natural turn at Fredericton, carving out the fertile shores and plains • About 1.8 million visitors to the • Fredericton is known as the Poets’ that have attracted hunters, farmers, Capital Region annually. Corner of Canada. Bliss Carman, Sir entrepreneurs and innovators for • Home to CFB Gagetown, one of the Charles G. D. Roberts and Francis Joseph hundreds of years. largest military training bases in the Sherman were born and raised here. British Commonwealth. • Christ Church Cathedral, completed in Long before the founding of Fredericton • Over 70% of ’s knowledge early 1850s, was the first Gothic Revival by the Loyalists in the 1780s, the region industry is in Fredericton. cathedral built in North America. was home to the Maliseet and Mi’kmaq • Fredericton has a strong military history who made the region a seasonal stop for • Fredericton features one of the highest as a garrison town. It was established as hunting, fishing, and farming. per capita clusters of engineers in North America. UNB has been graduating a British Military Garrison in 1784, until engineers since 1854. the establishment of the Canadian army French fur traders arrived in 1692, and the Infantry School Corps in 1883. establishing a settlement on the • Abony Family Tennis Centre is New • In Q3, 2020, Rogers launched 5G in Nashwaak and Saint John rivers. French Brunswick’s only indoor tennis facility Fredericton, the first 5G enabled city in Acadiens, fleeing from the British offering 6 full courts. Atlantic Canada. expulsion, formed another • The first observatory built in Canada settlement in 1732. (1851) was the William Brydone Jack • As Atlantic Canada’s Craft Brewing Observatory, on the UNB Campus. Capital, Fredericton has among the most taprooms per capita in Canada. The British swept up the Saint John River • Nicknames for Fredericton include Valley in the tumult of 1758, settling a “Freddy”, “Celestial City”, “City of Stately • Canada’s First Amphibian Park, Hyla Park few kilometers downriver from today’s Elms” and “Freddy Beach”. Nature Preserve, was named for the tiny city limits. Post , gray tree frog who’s habitat is protected more than 2000 British Loyalists arrived • #6 for most walkable cities in Canada by the park. at St. Anne’s Point and began drawing up 2009 (Westjet Up Magazine). formal plans for a town. The area was renamed “Frederick’s Town” in 1785 in honour of the second son of Honors & Awards King George III and declared the capital of the province. • Second Best Place to Live in Canada • 4th Best City for Families in Canada (2021) Macleans news magazine (2009) Richard Florida,“Who’s Your City?” On April 25, 1845, Queen Victoria made • Top 20 Most Beautiful Canadian Cities • Saint John River- one of Canada’s Top 5 Fredericton a Cathedral City despite the to Live In, Slice.ca (2020) Bass Lakes/Rivers 2020) Fish’n Canada population falling short of the 10,000 • Top 10 Places to Live in Canada for 6 • One of North America’s top microcities required for city status. The consequence consecutive years & 3rd Best Place to for business investment (2015) fDI was the stunning Gothic Revival Christ Retire in Canada - Moneysense magazine Magazine Church Cathedral whose spire still dominates the skyline today. • “Startup Community of the Year” by • FROSTival was named one of Canada’s Startup Canada (2016) Best Winter Festivals (2019) - Chatelaine

Fredericton has grown from a wild fur- • The University of New Brunswick • The Fredericton Marathon is one trading outpost and seasonal hunting and St. Thomas University amongst of 7 Great Canadian Marathons, ground to a thriving cultural, educational, most gorgeous campuses in Canada, (2019)-Canadian Running magazine and economic centre and one of the Huffington Post (2014) • Cultural Capital of Canada, Government country’s most beautiful and creative • One of the World’s Top 7 Intelligent of Canada (2009) communities. Communities (2008 & 2009) - Intelligent • Fredericton is number three on the list of Community Forum Most Affordable Cities in Canada (2021) University Magazine

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