Haut-Madawaska is a town in the New Brunswick Panhandle, Canada, formed by amalgamating the previous incorporated rural community of the same name with the village of Lac Baker.

[3] The town includes the former incorporated villages of Lac Baker, Baker-Brook, Clair, Saint-François-de-Madawaska and Saint-Hilaire.

In a 2016 plebiscite, the residents of five local service districts (the parishes of Baker Brook, Clair, Lac Baker, Saint-François, and Saint-Hilaire), part of a sixth local service district (the parish of Madawaska) and four villages (Baker Brook, Clair, Saint-François de Madawaska and Saint-Hilaire) voted 493 to 299 in favour of incorporating a new rural community under the name of Haut-Madawaska.

[5] As a result of the 2023 New Brunswick local governance reform, Lac Baker was amalgamated with the rest of Haut-Madawaska in 2023.

[6] The region's economy is focused on two industry sectors with some of the main players outlined below: 1) Food industry (Saint-François-de-Madawaska is known as the province's Chicken Capital) 2) Wood products (part of the Northern New Brunswick wood products cluster) The region is known for its hardworking labor and close to full employment with recurring periods of zero or negative unemployment.