Riverview, New Brunswick

Riverview is a town in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. Riverview is located on the south side of the Petitcodiac River, across from the larger cities of Moncton and Dieppe. Riverview has an area of 34 km2, and a population density of 564.6 PD/km2. Riverview's slogan is "A Great Place To Grow". With a population of 20,584 in 2021,

Riverview is the largest town in New Brunswick, and despite being designated as a town it is the fifth-largest municipality in the province, being more populous than the cities of Edmundston, Bathurst, Campbellton, and Miramichi.

History
Though the Petitcodiac River was a regular transportation corridor for aboriginal peoples, the first known settlements in the area were three Acadian villages in what are now Turtle Creek, Lower Coverdale and Point Park. The French-speaking families were forced to abandon the area in 1758 during the Grand Derangement. Resettlement of what would become Riverview began around 1783 when settlers from Yorkshire, England began to farm there. The Town of Riverview was formed on July 9, 1973 with the amalgamation of the three villages of Bridgedale, Gunningsville and Riverview Heights. Harold Findlay became the first mayor and seven councillors were elected at-large to serve a population of 14,177. Since that time, Riverview has grown to include almost 19,130 represented by four ward councillors and three councillors-at-large.

Riverview's first female mayor was Anne Seamans who served until her retirement in 2021.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Riverview had a population of $20,584$ living in $8,651$ of its $8,797$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $19,667$. With a land area of 34.1 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

Riverview's linguistic majority is English, with 90.6% speaking English as a first language and only 7.8% speaking French as a first language. The adjacent cities of Moncton and Dieppe are about 32% and 73% Francophone respectively and have benefited from an ongoing rural depopulation of the Acadian Peninsula and areas in northern and eastern New Brunswick. About 27% of the town population is bilingual and understands both English and French.

Neighbourhoods
Riverview has seven main neighbourhoods, each with several smaller subdivisions:
 * West Riverview
 * Riverview Heights
 * Findlay South
 * Gunningsville
 * Point Park
 * Bridgedale
 * Cross Creek

Emergency services
The town is served by Ambulance New Brunswick, Riverview Fire & Rescue, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Hospital services are located in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Facilities
See Moncton Sport Facilities
 * Riverview Aquatic Centre - a full size indoor swimming pool with 6 lanes (each 25m long) connected with Riverview High School.
 * Several soccer and baseball fields
 * Byron Dobson Memorial Arena, with two hockey rinks
 * Six green clay tennis courts
 * Parklanes Bowling Centre - 12 candlepin bowling lanes with automatic scoring

Events
Riverview Sunfest is an annual festival of events to celebrate the incorporation of Riverview as a town and Canada Day.

Urban parks

 * Caseley Park - A large park in front of town hall named after former mayor of Riverview, Ralph Caseley. The park includes a monument of a Centurion Tank and a monument to the victims of the Polytechnique massacre.
 * Riverfront Park - A park by the Petitcodiac River Causeway featuring an outdoor workout centre often referred to as the "Green Gym".
 * Mill Creek Nature Park - a 133 ha nature park with a network of formal and informal trails.
 * Bridgedale Centre Play Area
 * Dobson Trail
 * Gunningsville Boulevard
 * Hawthorne Play Area
 * Riverview Lions Community Park

Places of interest
The town is home to one of seven Nav Canada area control centres, Moncton Area Control Centre, serving air traffic over New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and eastern Quebec. The centre controls all air traffic between Europe and Eastern Canada. This centre monitors over 430,000 flights a year, 80% of which are either entering or leaving North American airspace.

Media
See Media in Greater Moncton

Transportation
See Greater Moncton Transportation

Education
There are currently seven schools in Riverview, including one high school, one middle school, and five elementary schools. In December 2011, it was officially announced that a new K-8 school would be constructed in East Riverview that is expected to open for the 2013 school year.


 * Riverview High School (9-12)
 * Riverview Middle School (6-8)
 * Riverview East School (K-8)
 * West Riverview School|West Riverview Elementary School (K-5)
 * Frank L. Bowser Elementary School (K-5)
 * Claude D. Taylor Elementary School (K-5)