Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Master Street Address Guide (MSAG)?
Use this page to search for information about roads included in the New Brunswick Road Network (NBRN). The NBRN includes both public and private roads in the province and acts as the backbone of NB 911 civic addressing, emergency service delivery and many other systems.
How do I search the MSAG?
You can search the MSAG by several attributes including Street Name, Street Type, Status, Community and by Emergency Service Provider.
By default, search results will include any record that includes the string of letters or numbers. E.g. A search for Angel returns results for Angel, Angela, Angelique, Angelview, Évangéline, etc.
Select Exact Match to find a specific name or combination. E.g. A search for Angel will return a result for Angel only.
Multiple attributes can be specified to narrow your search.
Results are sorted and displayed in alphabetical order by Community Street Name and then numerically by Address Range.
It is recommended that you use the drop down lists wherever possible, especially when searching for emergency service providers. The names used in the MSAG may have been abbreviated in order to be compatible with other NB 911 systems.
If you do not see your fire service provider in the list, scroll down to X. Many active fire departments are identified with an X before their name. Again, this is for consistency with other NB 911 systems.
Search Results
Search results are displayed at the bottom of the page. If more than 25 results are returned, results will be displayed on several pages with links that will allow you to jump ahead.
About the Results:
Road Segment IDs are unique identifiers used to link street records with geospatial data.
Each road in New Brunswick is identified by its
Community,
Street Name,
Suffix and
Direction. These road components are also civic address attributes.
Each road segment includes all of these components, plus an
address range and specific
emergency service providers.
Roads are identified as either
Public or
Private. Public roads are typically managed by the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DTI), a municipality or local government organization. Private roads are typically managed by property owners.
Road Status is identified as either Active or Reserved. Active roads are public or private roads that are part of the New Brunswick Road Network. Reserved roads are road names that have been reserved for future use in a specific community.
Address Range defines the highest and lowest civic numbers on the left and right sides of the street. Ranges are defined for each side of the street to account for differences in geography (e.g. two lane highway, railway bed on one side of the road) and boundaries (e.g. community boundaries may run parallel to a street).
Roads are segmented at road intersections and anywhere that attributes change, such as community boundaries. Ranges are identified for each segment of road in the NBRN.
Ranges of 0/0 are used on road segments where civic addressing is not required and/or possible. E.g. Ramps and bridges will have a 0/0 range.
Police,
Fire,
Ambulance,
Poison Control and
PSAP are identified for and specific to each segment in the NBRN. Emergency service provider names used in the MSAG may have been abbreviated for compatibility with other NB 911 systems.
PSAP refers to the primary public safety answering point where 911 calls are answered for this road segment.
Date of Last Edit refers to the last time this road record was modified. The date is provided in YYYY-MM-DD format.
Download Results
Search results can be downloaded and saved to your desktop. These results can be saved in a format of the user’s choice.
Download MSAG
Clicking Download MSAG will produce an XML file that includes data for all roads included in the New Brunswick Road Network.
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Open "Excel" and select a blank worksheet to begin. Under the "Data" tab, click on the icon called “From Other Sources” then select the "From XML Data Import" option. In the new dialogue window, navigate to and select the XML file you wish to import. In the next dialogue titled "Import Data", select the first radio button called “XML table in existing worksheet” and click “Ok”.
How do I import XML into Excel 2016?
Open "Excel" and select a blank worksheet to begin. Under the "Data" tab, click on "Get Data" in the ribbon then select "From File" followed by "From XML". In the new dialogue window, navigate to and select the XML file you wish to import. In the next dialogue titled "Navigator", after selecting the source on the left, you may choose to "Edit" how you wish to load the data into xml or simply click "Load" using buttons to complete the process.
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