Saint John

city in New Brunswick, Canada
Organization city_in_new_brunswick Q203403
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Summary

Saint John is a city in New Brunswick[1]. It draws 5,378 Wikipedia views per month (city in new brunswick category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Saint John County[3]
  • Country: Canada[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Bay of Fundy[5], Saint John River[6]
  • Head of government: Donna Reardon[7]
  • Official language: English[8]
  • Shares border with: Grand Bay–Westfield[9]
  • Founder: Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour[10]
  • Named after: John the Baptist[11]
  • Twinned administrative body: Koper[12], Newport[13], Shantou[14], Shenzhen[15]
  • Postal code: E2H, E2J, E2K, E2L, E2M, E2N, E2P, E2R, and E2S[16]
  • Part of: Bay of Fundy[17]
  • Commons category: Saint John, New Brunswick[18]
  • Located in time zone: Atlantic Time Zone[19]
  • Local dialing code: 506[20], 428[21]
  • Inception: 1604[22]
  • Official website: https://saintjohn.ca/en[23], https://saintjohn.ca/fr[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Saint John, New Brunswick[25]
  • Commons gallery: Saint John, New Brunswick[26]
  • Population: 70,063[27], 67,575[28]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[30], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[31]
  • Category for people born here: Q8072440[32]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Saint John[33]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Saint John, New Brunswick[34]
  • Different from: Saint John[35]
  • Elevation above sea level: 30 m[36]

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Saint John include Saint John Airport[37], an airport[38], in Canada[39].

Why It Matters

Saint John has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for it include Saint John Airport[37], an airport[38], in Canada[39].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . saintjohn.ca. saintjohn.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . canadainternational.gc.ca. canadainternational.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . canadainternational.gc.ca. canadainternational.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Canada 2011 Census. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Canada 2016 Census. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · GregMcCollum · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Canadiana name authority id → ncf10143786
    Fast id → 1233595
    Located in time zone → Atlantic Time Zone
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fast id: 1233595, add P2163 claim: 1233595"
  2. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Bay of Fundy
    Dewey decimal classification → 2--71532
    Topic's main category → Category:Saint John, New Brunswick
    Official website → https://saintjohn.ca/en, https://saintjohn.ca/fr
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: saint-john, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289957427|saint john (#289957427)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
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