Riverview
Town
A Great Place To Grow
Official seal of Riverview Seal
Motto:  A Great Place To Grow
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Albert County
Founded	1733
Incorporated	1973
Government
• Mayor	Clarence Sweetland
• Governing Body	Riverview Town Council
• MP's	Robert Goguen & Rob Moore
• MLA's	Ralph Bruce Fitch
Area
• Total	33.88 km2 (13.08 sq mi)
Elevation	Sea level to 9 m (0 - 30 ft)
Population  (2006)[1]
• Total	17,832 (rank 217th)
• Density	526.3/km2 (1,363/sq mi)
Time zone	Atlantic Standard Time (-4)
Area code	506
Telephone Exchange	386
NTS Map	021I02
GNBC Code	DBBTG
Highway	Route 114
Waterways	Petitcodiac River, Lake Petitcodiac, Mill Creek, Turtle Creek
Website	Riverview's website

Riverview (2006 population: 17,832) is a Canadian town in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. Riverview is located on the south side of the Petitcodiac River, across from the larger cities of Moncton(pop. 64,128) and Dieppe(pop. 18,565). Riverview has an area of 34 square kilometres (13 sq mi), and a population density of 526.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,363/sq mi). Riverview's slogan is "A Great Place To Grow".

Population

History

Riverview first became a permanent settlement when settlers from Yorkshire, England, settled there in 1733.

Sports

Teams

Facilities

• Riverview Aquatic Centre - a full size indoor swimming pool with 6 lanes (each 25m long) connected with Riverview High School. ^[1]
• Several Soccer and Baseball Fields
• Two Hockey Rinks ^[2]

Events

See List of events in Greater Moncton

Other Places of Note

Urban Parks

• Riverfront Park

Other

• Moncton Air Traffic Control Center - The town is also home to one of seven NAVCANADA Area Control Centres, serving Air Traffic over New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. The Centre controls all air traffic between Europe and Eastern Canada. This centre monitors over 430,000 flights a year, 80% of which are either entering or leaving North American airspace.[112]

Emergency Services

The town is served by Ambulance New Brunswick, Riverview Fire & Rescue, and the Codiac RCMP.

Media

see also Media in Greater Moncton

Transportation

See Greater Moncton Transportation

Education

• Riverview High School (9-12) ^[3]
• Riverview Middle School (6-8) ^[4]
• Gunningsville Elementary School (K-5) ^[5]
• West Riverview Elementary School (K-5) ^[6]
• Frank L. Bowser Elementary School (K-5) ^[7]
• Lower Coverdale Elementary School (K-5) ^[8]
• Claude D. Taylor Elementary School (K-5) ^[9]

Climate

Major Events

See Events in Greater Moncton

Famous People

• Travis Jayner, Olympic speed skater, a member of the United States speed skating team and winner of a bronze metal in the 5000m relay in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.^[10]
• Ken MacTavish-Drummer Cool Dork Band. Resident from 1974-2000.