Music of New Brunswick as Music New Brunswick getting involved with other professional music associations such as Factor and Socan, and University New Brunswick on the scene to help provide educational opportunities for children and assistance from Tourism New Brunswick, the local New Brunswick music scene has really blossomed over the few past decades. The New Brunswick Country Hall of Fame attracts many visitors and promotes local country music history and musicians such as Don Messer and Wilf Carter. New Brunswick's capital city is Fredericton, which is home to the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival, an annual event attracting some of the most respected
Demographics of New Brunswick Demographics of New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces, and the only officially bilingual province (French and English) in the country. The provincial Department of Finance estimates that the province's population in 2006 was 729,997 of which the majority is English-speaking but with a substantial (32%) French-speaking minority of mostly Acadian origin. First Nations in New Brunswick include the Mi'kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet). The first European settlers, the Acadians are descendants of French colonists of Acadia, a French colony in what is today Nova scotia. The Acadians were expelled by the British (1755) for refusing to