natural wonder
Hopewell Rocks
Iconic 'flowerpot' rock formations sculpted by the Bay of Fundy's extreme tides, which you can walk among at low tide and kayak around at high tide.
35 km · about 40 min drive
New Brunswick, Canada · North America
Moncton sits on the route: 5 minutes from Humphreys Mills, 35km from Hopewell Rocks.
Moncton is a town located in New Brunswick, Canada. With a population of 86,106, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Moncton sits in Canada, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Moncton time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Moncton to your route.
Moncton (; French pronunciation: [mɔŋktœn]) is the most populous city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, it lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces. The city has earned the nickname "Hub City" because of its central inland location in the region and itsRead more
history as a railway and land transportation hub for the Maritimes. As of the 2025 Statistics Canada estimates, the city had a population of 102,378, the first time that a New Brunswick city had a population of more than 100,000 people. The metropolitan population in 2025 was 196,143, making it one of the fastest growing census metropolitan areas (CMA) in Canada. Its land area is 140.67 square kilometres (54.31 sq mi).
Although the Moncton area was first settled in 1733, Moncton was officially founded in 1766 with the arrival of Pennsylvania German immigrants from Philadelphia. Initially an agricultural settlement, Moncton was incorporated in 1855. It was named for Lt. Col. Robert Monckton, the British officer who had captured nearby Fort Beauséjour a century earlier. A significant wooden shipbuilding industry developed in the community by the mid-1840s, allowing for the civic incorporation of the town in 1855.
The shipbuilding economy collapsed in the 1860s, causing the town to lose its civic charter in 1862. Moncton regained its charter in 1875 after the community's economy rebounded, mainly due to a growing railway industry. In 1871, the Intercolonial Railway of Canada chose Moncton as its headquarters. Moncton remained a railway town for well over a century until the Canadian National Railway (CNR) locomotive shops closed in the late 1980s.
Although Moncton's economy was significantly impacted by the collapse of the shipbuilding industry in the 1860s and by the closure of the CNR locomotive shops in the 1980s, the city was able to rebound strongly on both occasions. It adopted the motto Resurgo (Latin: "I rise again") after its rebirth as a railway town. Its economy is stable and diversified, primarily based on its traditional transportation, distribution, retailing, and commercial heritage, and supplemented by strength in the educational, health care, financial, information technology, and insurance sectors. The strength of Moncton's economy has received national recognition in part due to a local unemployment rate that is consistently lower than the national average.
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Moncton is located in New Brunswick, Canada, North America. The coordinates are 46.0945 latitude, -64.7965 longitude.
Moncton has a population of approximately 86,106 people, making it a town in Canada.
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natural wonder
Iconic 'flowerpot' rock formations sculpted by the Bay of Fundy's extreme tides, which you can walk among at low tide and kayak around at high tide.
35 km · about 40 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A lighthouse on sea cliffs over 50 metres high at the eastern gate of Fundy National Park, named for the violent water thrown up by an offshore reef that half-surfaces at mid-tide. Reached by Route 915.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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