Carleton North was incorporated on January 1, 2023 via the amalgamation of the former town of Florenceville-Bristol and the former villages of Bath and Centreville as well as the concurrent annexation of adjacent unincorporated areas.

[1] Carleton North is home to the corporate headquarters for McCain Foods, the largest producer of French fries in the world.

McCain also operates the Florenceville Airport, with a single paved runway located amid agricultural fields on the west side of the river.

Mountain View Packers sources all of their potatoes from local farmers while the cauliflower is grown on site at their own farm.

This long-running family business specializes in its quality softwood lumber made mainly from Balsam Fir and White Spruce.

The company has also recently built a new mill in the town to produce wood stove pellets in order to use more of what would be scrap material to help cut down on waste.

[4] BWS Manufacturing is a family run company located in Carleton North where they specialize in the production of trailers for the agriculture, construction, forestry and commercial industries.

BWS Manufacturing has been a major employer and contributor to the local economy for the past 48 years in Carleton North.

Update: Potato Break was once again publicly reviewed in 2010/2011 and it was decided by the DEC, the Superintendent for School District 14 and the Minister of Education that a new system be put in place.

[11] The Bath Community School is receiving $250,000 investment from the provincial government to aid in planning of upcoming renovations.

[12] Carleton North is within the region of New Brunswick referred to as the "Bible Belt," and it has a high number of churches in relation to the small population of the area.

The Member of Parliament for the Tobique-Mactuquac riding in the House of Commons of Canada is PC MP Richard Bragdon.

The borough of Florenceville lies on a flat that has extremely rich soil due to past volcanic activity before the last ice age.

The bedrock underlying Carleton North at its oldest is part of the White Head Formation consisting of limestone and calcareous shales of Late Ordovician to Early Silurian in age.

Later in history more sedimentary rocks were deposited forming the Smyrna Mills Formation during the Silurian, consisting of shales, limestones, and conglomerates.

There is also an extensive fault trending through Carleton North from NE to SW which the Saint John River follows for a short distance through the town, causing its seemingly odd bend in flow in the local area.

The town gets a fair amount of precipitation, although major paralyzing snow and rain storms such as blizzards and hurricanes are uncommon but do happen on occasion.

The outdoor summer market features food, produce, craft, woodworking, flower, baked goods, local meat and jewellery vendors.

Carleton North is fortunate enough to have active charitable organizations in the town that work hard towards the betterment of the community.

Charity is their main focus and the organization works hard to improve quality of life in Carleton North.

[18] The River View Manor is a non-profit and registered charitable organization located in Carleton North, New Brunswick.