Which city is the historic capital of New Brunswick?

New Brunswick lies in the Appalachian Range. United Empire Loyalists founded the province. It holds the St. John River system, the second largest river system along North America's Atlantic coastline. Its main industries are forestry, agriculture, fisheries, mining, food processing and tourism. Saint John is the biggest city, the main port and the manufacturing centre. Moncton is the leading Francophone Acadian city. Fredericton is the historic capital. Keep those three cities apart, because each one plays a different role in the province.

New Brunswick is the only province that is officially bilingual. English and French both have official status there. About one in three people live and work in French. That mix comes from the province's past. Loyalist settlers arrived from the south, and French-speaking families were already rooted in the area. You can still meet both traditions today at street festivals and in traditional music. For a test question, hold on to the simple point: one province, two official languages.