Kennedy, executive director of human rights group Egale Canada, said she wasn't familiar with the straight flag -- and Sunday's ceremony was the first time she had heard of it being raised in Canada." On 1 January 2023, Chipman amalgamated with the village of Minto and all or part of five local service districts to form the new village of Grand Lake. The community's name remains in official use. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Chipman 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. Notable people Elizabeth Brewster, CM SOM (26 August 1922 – 26 December 2012) was a poet, author, and academic. See also List of communities in New Brunswick List of counties of New Brunswick References Further reading Baird, Rev. Frank, M.A., D.D., 1946. History of the Parish of Chipman. Sackville, NB: Tribune Press Ltd. Baird, Rev. Frank, M.A., D.D., 1941. Salmon River One Hundred Years Ago - An Address at the Centennial Celebration of the Chipman United Church. Chipman Historical Photo Committee, eds. 2002. Chipman Then and Now: A Pictorial History of Chipman and Neighbouring Communities. Chipman: Mirror Printing. Copeland, Gary. 1992. Men of Clay, The Chipman Story: A Historical Biography of the Chipman Brick Industry ( 1928–1990). St. Stephen, NB: Data I. Morell, Marjorie Taylor. 1981. Of Mines and Men. St. Stephen, NB: Print'N Press. Gillett, Heather Roselle. 2008. "What is a Brickmaker: An Occupational Folklife Study of the Brick Industry in Chipman, New Brunswick." MA Thesis (Folklore). St John's, Memorial University of Newfoundland. Communities in Queens County, New Brunswick Former villages in New Brunswick Mining communities in New Brunswick