title: Saint-Léolin, New Brunswick
text: # Saint-Léolin, New Brunswick
  
  Saint-Léolin is a former village on the Acadian Peninsula in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the town of Rivière-du-Nord.
  
  ## History
  
  The first settler in the village was Joseph Bertin in the early 19th century. The village was originally named Saint-Joseph, but changed in 1904 to avoid confusion with another Saint-Joseph near Memramcook.
  
  The village was incorporated in 1978.
  
  On 1 January 2023, Saint-Léolin amalgamated with the three other villages and all or part of four local service districts to form the new of Rivière-du-Nord. The community's name remains in official use.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Léolin had a population of 615 living in 305 of its 330 total private dwellings, a change of -4.9% from its 2016 population of 647. With a land area of 19.73 $km^2$ (7.62 sq mi), it had a population density of $31.2/km^2$ (80.7/sq mi) in 2021.
  
  