Riverview, New Brunswick

{{See also|History of New Brunswick|List of historic places in Albert County, New Brunswick}}

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.{{cite book |last1=Renouf |first1=Helen |title=A History of Riverview |date=1986 |publisher=Lancelot Press |location=Hantsport NS |isbn=0889993343 |page=14}} 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.{{cite web|title=History of Riverview|url=https://www.townofriverview.ca/community/arts-and-culture/history|work=Town of Riverview Website|publisher=Town of Riverview|access-date=28 March 2013}}

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

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Riverview had a population of {{val|20584|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|8651|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|8797|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:20584-19667}}|19667|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|19667|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|34.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|20584|34.1|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000213 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), New Brunswick | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 21, 2022}}

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.{{cite web|title =2011 Community Profiles |url = http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1306020&Geo2=PR&Code2=13&Data=Count&SearchText=riverview&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1| work = Statistics Canada|access-date = 2014-05-19}} 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.

{{Historical populations

|1981|14907

|1986|15638

|1991|16270

|1996|16653

|2001|17010

|2006|17832

|2011|19128

|2016|19667

|2021|20584

|footnote=}}

Riverview has seven main neighbourhoods, each with several smaller subdivisions:

• West Riverview
• Riverview Heights
• Findlay South
• Gunningsville
• Point Park
• Bridgedale
• Cross Creek

The town is served by Ambulance New Brunswick, Riverview Fire & Rescue,{{cite web |url=http://www.townofriverview.ca/public-safety/riverview-fire-and-rescue/emergency-equipment-and-vehicles |title=Emergency Equipment and Vehicles |publisher=Town of Riverview |access-date=August 19, 2019}} and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Hospital services are located in Moncton, New Brunswick.

See Moncton Sport Facilities

• Riverview Aquatic Centre - a full size indoor swimming pool with 6 lanes (each 25m long) connected with Riverview High School.{{cite web |url=http://www.townofriverview.ca/parks-and-recreation/facilities/pat-crossman-memorial-aquatic-centre |title=Pat Crossman Memorial Aquatics Centre |publisher=Town of Riverview |access-date=August 19, 2019}}
• Several soccer and baseball fields
• Byron Dobson Memorial Arena, with two hockey rinks{{cite web |url=https://www.townofriverview.ca/parks-and-recreation/facilities/byron-dobson-memorial-arena |title=Byron Dobson Memorial Arena |publisher=Town of Riverview |access-date=August 19, 2019}}
• Six green clay tennis courts{{cite web |url=http://www.riverviewtennis.ca |title=Riverview Tennis Club |access-date=August 19, 2019}}

{{Further|List of events in Greater Moncton}}

Riverview Sunfest is an annual festival of events to celebrate the incorporation of Riverview as a town and Canada Day.{{cite web |url=http://www.townofriverview.ca/en/thingstodo/sunfest.asp |publisher=Town of Riverview |title=SunFest |access-date=August 19, 2019}}

• 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.townofriverview.ca/en/thingstodo/caseleypark.asp |title=Caseley Park |publisher=Town of Riverview, NB |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415101451/http://www.townofriverview.ca/en/thingstodo/caseleypark.asp |archive-date=April 15, 2013}}
• Riverfront Park - A park by the Petitcodiac River Causeway featuring an outdoor workout centre often referred to as the "Green Gym".{{cite web |url=https://www.townofriverview.ca/parks-and-recreation/green-gym |title=Green Gym|publisher=Town of Riverview, NB |access-date=August 19, 2019}}
• Mill Creek Nature Park - a 133 ha nature park with a network of formal and informal trails.{{Cite web |title=Mill Creek Nature Park |url=https://www.townofriverview.ca/millcreeknaturepark |publisher=Town of Riverview |access-date=August 19, 2019}}
• Bridgedale Centre Play Area
• Dobson Trail
• Gunningsville Boulevard
• Hawthorne Play Area
• Riverview Lions Community Park{{cite web |title=Parks and Trails |url=http://www.townofriverview.ca/parks-and-recreation/parks-and-trails |publisher=Town of Riverview |access-date=August 19, 2019}}

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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.

See Media in Greater Moncton

See Greater Moncton Transportation

{{See also|List of schools in Metro Moncton}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.townofriverview.ca/community/schools |title=Schools in Riverview |publisher=Town of Riverview |access-date=August 19, 2019}}

• Riverview High School (9-12)[http://rhsroyals.nbed.nb.ca/ Riverview High School ]
• Riverview Middle School (6-8)[http://rms.nbed.nb.ca/ Riverview Middle School ]
• Riverview East School (K-8)[http://web1.nbed.nb.ca/sites/ASD-E/schools/rivervieweast/Pages/default.aspx Riverview East School ]
• West Riverview School|West Riverview Elementary School (K-5)[http://westriverview.nbed.nb.ca/ West Riverview School ]
• Frank L. Bowser Elementary School (K-5)[http://flb.nbed.nb.ca/ Frank L. Bowser School ]
• Claude D. Taylor Elementary School (K-5)[http://claudedtaylor.nbed.nb.ca/ Claude D Taylor School ]

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|date=August 2010

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{{Main|List of people from Riverview, New Brunswick}}

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Riverview

| North = Moncton (South End, Downtown) (Over Petitcodiac River)

| Northeast =Dieppe (Over Petitcodiac River)

| East = Dieppe (Over Petitcodiac River)

| Southeast = Lower Coverdale

| South = Pine Glen

| Southwest = Turtle Creek

| West = Middle Coverdale

| Northwest = Moncton (Lakeview) (Over Petitcodiac River)

}}

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• A History of the Town, Riverview: Amalgamating Bridgedale, Gunningsville, Riverview Heights, Hantsport: Lancelot Press, 1986.

• {{Official website|http://www.townofriverview.ca/}}

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