On 1 January 2023, Fredericton annexed parts of five local service districts;[9][10] revised census figures have not been released.

The city also hosts the Garrison Night Market through the summer months which showcases many local vendors and artists and musicians.

Fredericton has also been home to some great historical Canadian painters as well, including Goodridge Roberts, and Molly and Bruno Bobak.

[12] Colonists from the Kingdom of France in the late 1600s built Fort Nashwaak on the north side of the Saint John River, as the capital of Acadia.

[13] In 1713, Acadians escaping the British takeover of Nova Scotia settled the site, naming it Pointe Ste-Anne.

[13] The streets were laid out in the typical grid pattern of the time, with the names reflecting loyalist tendencies: Charlotte, Brunswick, George, King, and Queen.

[15] With the New Brunswick Equal Opportunity program in the 1960s, county councils were abolished, and government services were centralized provincially in Fredericton, increasing jobs and population.

In the west side, the bedrock underneath the earth is topographically dominant, whereas the other is controlled by Pleistocene and recent deposits leading to the rivers (resulting in the area being shallow and wide).

[25] The 2021 census reported that immigrants (individuals born outside Canada) comprise 7,790 persons or 12.6% of the total population of Fredericton.

[26] The largest visible minority groups were Black (2.9%), South Asian (2.9%), Arab (2.5%), Chinese (1.8%) and Filipino (1.0%).

Fredericton accepted the highest number of refugees from the Syrian Civil War per capita of any Canadian city.

Fredericton has a synagogue,[32] a mosque,[33] a Hindu temple,[34] a Unitarian fellowship,[35] and a Shambhala Buddhist meditation centre.

Fredericton has a long literary tradition, having been home to Jonathan Odell, Charles G. D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, and Francis Sherman.

[39] Writers living in Fredericton include Raymond Fraser, Herb Curtis, David Adams Richards, Mark Anthony Jarman, and Gerard Beirne.

In January 2013, "Freddy the Nude Dude" was taken south to Alabama for a replication of the original statue after 128 winters worth of damage.

[45] Fredericton's high schools compete in a variety of sports in the New Brunswick Interscholastic Athletic Association.

UNB's men's hockey team are 10-time National Champions, and the highest attended sporting events in the city.

Each summer the Fredericton Loyalists host the New Brunswick Timber team which competes in the Rugby Canada Super League.

Fredericton has a network of 25 trails totaling more than 85 km (53 mi) on both sides of the Saint John and Nashwaak Rivers.

These include the Fredericton Railway Bridge that spans 0.6 km (0.37 mi) across the Saint John River.

Fredericton's Provincial Research Organization specializes in aquaculture, mining, manufacturing, energy and the environment.