| Aroostook | |
| Pushpin Map: | New Brunswick |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Aroostook in New Brunswick |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Brunswick |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Type3: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name3: | Andover |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Southern Victoria |
| Seat Type: | Electoral Districts Federal |
| Parts Type: | Provincial |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.23 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 313 |
| Population Density Km2: | 140.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016–21 |
| Population Blank1: | 2.3% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 163 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 46.8011°N -67.7244°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code(s) |
| Area Code: | 506 |
| Blank Name: | Access Routes |
| Blank Info: | |
| Website: | www.atholville.net |
Aroostook is a former village in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023. It is now part of the village of Southern Victoria.
The community is located on the west bank of the Saint John River at the mouth of the Aroostook River. It is approximately 11 kilometres north of Perth-Andover.
See also: History of New Brunswick and List of historic places in Victoria County, New Brunswick. Aroostook was founded in 1852 and became an important railway centre in 1878 with the completion of the New Brunswick Railway from Fredericton to Edmundston and the Aroostook River Railway from Aroostook to Caribou, Maine. Both railways were leased by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1890 and a large rail yard and locomotive roundhouse was constructed in the village to service CPR trains operating in northwestern New Brunswick and northern Maine.
The construction of taxpayer-funded highways during the 20th century saw railways decline in use following World War II. CPR abandoned service through Aroostook in March 1987 following the loss of 2 bridges to ice jams downstream from the village.
On 1 January 2023, Aroostook amalgamated with Perth-Andover and parts of two local service districts to form the new village of Southern Victoria.[3] [4] The community's name remains in official use.[5]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Aroostook had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.23km2, it had a population density of in 2021. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.