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 NaN% from its 2016 population of $647$. With a land area of 19.73 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.