List of municipalities in New Brunswick
In 1785, Saint John became the first community in what would eventually become Canada to incorporate as a city. Moncton is New Brunswick's largest municipality by population with 71,889 residents and Saint John is the largest urban municipality by land area at . Approximately one-third of the residents of New Brunswick do not live in municipalities but reside in local service districts, which are unincorporated communities administered by the Minister of Environment and Local Government and have no local government of their own.
List of municipalities in New Brunswick
The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may incorporate a village as a town under the Municipal Act if it has a population of 1,500 or more, and provides a level of services that the Minister of Environment and Local Government considers appropriate. Towns already in existence on January 1, 1967 continue to be incorporated regardless of population. New Brunswick had 26 towns that had a cumulative population of 128,746 in the 2016 Census. New Brunswick's largest town by population is Riverview with 19,667 residents and largest town by area is Sackville with a land area of . New Brunswick's smallest town by population is Nackawic with 941 residents and the smallest by land area is Saint-Quentin at .