broken street lights, a deteriorating sea wall and the empty shell of the abandoned fertilizer plant. In 1998, the Dorchester Jail was also closed. It is currently a fitness gym and a bed and breakfast. On 1 January 2023, Dorchester amalgamated with the town of Sackville and parts of three local service districts to form the new town of Tantramar. The community's name remains in official use. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Dorchester had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend Income (2015) Mother tongue (2016) Economy The village's main employer today is the Correctional Service of Canada, which operates a prison complex now comprising the medium-security (once maximum-security) Dorchester Penitentiary, and the minimum-security Westmorland Institution. Many residents commute to work in the nearby towns of Sackville and Amherst or the cities of Moncton and Dieppe. A recent influx of residents is creating a new demand for Dorchester. Tourism is centred on the historic and natural features of the area. One of Dorchester's most historic buildings houses the Keillor House Museum. The annual shorebird migration to the mud flats of nearby Johnson's Mills is celebrated by an oversize model of a semi-palmated sandpiper situated in the village square. Another tourist attraction is the conversion of the Dorchester Jail to a successful bed and breakfast where you can spend a night in a real jail cell. Opened in 2017, it’s one of the Maritimes highest rated adventure Airbnb’s listed. It’s the sight of the last double hanging in New Brunswick, where the Bannister brothers were hanged and buried at the jail. Transportation Although situated on the CN Rail main line between Halifax and Montreal, Dorchester no longer has a passenger station, with travellers having to entrain/detrain in Sackville or Moncton. The nearest airport is the Greater Moncton International Airport, a 40 km drive in Dieppe. Notable people William Henry Snyder Nickerson - Dorchester born winner of the Victoria Cross for actions performed during the Second Boer War. John F. Hickman - Canadian soldier, victim of the 1919 Kinmel Park riots in Wales after World War I. His parents lived in Dorchester and he is buried at Dorchester Rural Cemetery. Edward Barron Chandler - Father of Confederation. His