Largest Cities: (by population) Moncton, Saint John, Fredericton, Bathurst, Miramichi
Name: The province's name comes from the English and French translation for the city of Braunschweig in north Germany, the ancestral home of the Hanoverian King George III of the United Kingdom.
Note: The Canadian Confederation, or the birth of Canada as a recognized nation, took place on July 1, 1867, and originally included the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec.
Religion: Catholic (54%), Baptist, (11%), United Church of Canada (10%), others