Saint John

Saint John (pop. 76,381), city in eastern Canada, located in southern New Brunswick on the Bay of Fundy, at the mouth of the St. John River. It is one of the only 2 ice-free ports of Canada's Atlantic coast and is New Brunswick's center of transportation, commerce, and industry, including large shipyards, oil and sugar refineries, and pulp and paper mills. Originally a French trading post (1631–35), it passed between French and English control until 1758, when the English became the permanent rulers. The growth of the city escalated rapidly when the United Empire Loyalists arrived from the United States in 1783. Known as Paar Town, the city was incorporated as St. John 2 years later.

See also: New Brunswick.