There are seven school districts in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The Minister of Education in New Brunswick is currently Dominic Cardy, MLA for Fredericton West-Hanwell. Current School Districts History Merging and renaming of 2012 As of September 2012, the Government of New Brunswick decided to merge and rename all the school districts changing the number of districts from 14 to 7. By doing this, the provinces minister of education estimates $5 million would be saved in administrative costs. This was done by merging by language, francophone and anglophone as described below: Anglophone West was created by merging districts 14, 17, and 18. Anglophone South was created by merging districts 6, 8, and 10. Anglophone East was previously known as district 2. Anglophone North was created by merging districts 15 and 16. Francophone Sud was created by merging districts 1 and 11. Francophone Nord-Ouest was previously known as district 3. Francophone Nord-Est was created by merging districts 5 and 9. See also List of schools in New Brunswick Administrative divisions of New Brunswick References External links New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development New Brunswick Department of Education - Anglophone School Districts New Brunswick Department of Education - Francophone School Districts List of New Brunswick School Websites Education in New Brunswick School districts New Brunswick