Haut-Madawaska is an incorporated rural community in Madawaska County within the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Take a look below for 7 interesting and fascinating facts about Haut-Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada.

1. It is located in the New Brunswick Panhandle and was formed in 2017 through the amalgamation of four villages with five local service districts and a portion of a sixth local service district.

2. In a 2016 plebiscite, the residents of five local service districts (the parishes of Baker Brook, Clair, Lac Baker, Saint-François, and Saint-Hilaire), part of a sixth local service district (the parish of Madawaska) and four villages (Baker Brook, Clair, Saint-François de Madawaska and Saint-Hilaire) voted 493 to 299 in favour of incorporating a new rural community under the name of Haut-Madawaska.

3. The incorporation took effect July 1, 2017.

4. The plebiscite was the second in as many years.

5. In 2015, a similar plebiscite was held that also included a fifth village, Lac Baker.

6. The residents of all communities involved voted in favour of incorporation as a rural community with the exception of Lac Baker’s residents, thereby defeating the proposal.

7. The population of the Rural Community of Haut-Madawaska in Canada’s 2016 Census of Population was 3,714.