Situated along the east bank of the Petitcodiac River, the City of Dieppe borders Moncton to the east and encompasses the Moncton International Airport. Dieppe became a town in 1952 after annexing Lakeburn in 1948. In 1973, the villages of Saint-Anselme, Chartersville, Fox Creek, and the Dover area were amalgamated, and Dieppe was designated as a city in 2003.
The initial settlers arrived around 1730, followed by the Melanson family in Fox Creek in 1746, and the LeBlanc and Boudreau families in Chartersville in 1776. Initially known as French Village and later Léger Corner, the area was incorporated as a village in 1920 and renamed Dieppe in 1946 to honor the servicemen who participated in the World War II Dieppe Raid.
In recent decades, the City of Dieppe has experienced remarkable growth. As a suburban community within the Greater Moncton region, it hosts a regional shopping center and an expanding industrial park. Industries in the area include paper product manufacturing, construction equipment production, and food product processing and packaging.
The City of Dieppe is home to a French campus of New Brunswick Community College and a flight-training school. Although the province is officially bilingual, not all of the population is. However, Dieppe stands out with approximately three-quarters of its residents speaking both languages.
In line with its city status, Dieppe’s administration has been developing a downtown core around Léger Corner, its busiest intersection. The City of Dieppe co-hosts the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie with Moncton and houses the Chocolate River Conservatory of Music.
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