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Balmoral Parish, New Brunswick

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This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the former village, now part of Bois-Joli, see Balmoral, New Brunswick.

Balmoral is a geographic parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.[4]

Balmoral
Parish
Location within Restigouche County.
Location within Restigouche County.
Coordinates: 47°41′51″N 66°33′27″W / 47.6975°N 66.5575°W / 47.6975; -66.5575
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyRestigouche
Erected1896
Area
[1]
 • Land1,088.01 km2 (420.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total309
 • Density0.3/km2 (0.8/sq mi)
 • Change 2016-2021
Increase 11.2%
 • Dwellings
131
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include the villages of Atholville, Balmoral, Charlo, and Eel River Crossing

For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Campbellton, the town of Heron Bay, the village of Bois-Joli,[5] the Moose Meadows 4 Indian reserve, and the Restigouche rural district,[6] all of which are members of the Restigouche Regional Service Commission.[7]

Before the 2023 governance reform, along Route 275 beginning near the eastern parish line and running southwest to the western parish line were the village of Balmoral, the local service district of Blair Athol, and the village of Atholville, with the LSD of Balmoral-St. Maure along the southern boundary of Balmoral; small areas in the northeastern corner were part of the villages of Eel River Crossing and Charlo,[5] and the remainder of the parish formed the LSD of the parish of Balmoral,[8] often called Balmoral-Maltais to distinguish it from Balmoral-St. Maure. The reform amalgamated Balmoral, Balmoral-St. Maure, Blair Athol, and parts of the parish LSD along the Boissonault, Drapeau and Saint-Maure Roads with Eel River Crossing and areas neighbouring it to form Bois-Joli;[5] Campbellton annexed part of the parish LSD along the southern side of McAbbie Road,[5] Heron Bay annexed two areas of the parish LSD along the eastern parish line,[5] and the remainder of the parish LSD became part of the rural district.

Origin of name edit

The parish may have gotten its name from Balmoral Castle, Scotland, increasingly used by Queen Victoria at the time. William F. Ganong had no idea of its origin, noting only that there was a place of that name in Scotland.[9]

History edit

Balmoral was erected in 1896 from Dalhousie Parish.[10]

Boundaries edit

Balmoral Parish is bounded:[2][11][12][13]

  • on the northwest and north by a line beginning at a point about 350 metres north of Route 275 and about 900 metres westerly of the junction of Val-d'Amour Road with Route 275, then running northeasterly along the northwestern edge of the Balmoral Settlement to its northeastern corner, then turning 90º and running about 250 metres southeasterly, then turning 90º and running to Route 275, then running easterly along the southern edge of grants along Route 280 then those along Route 11 to meet a line running true south from near the northern end of the Eel River Bar Seawall;
  • on the east by the line running due south from the Eel River Bar Seawall to the Northumberland County line;
  • on the south by the county line;
  • on the west by a line beginning on the county line about 2.9 kilometres west of the Lower West Branch Portage Brook, then running true north to the starting point.

Communities edit

Communities at least partly within the parish.[11][12][13] bold indicates an incorporated municipality or Indian reserve

Bodies of water edit

Bodies of water[b] at least partly within the parish.[11][12][13]

Other notable places edit

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[11][12][13][14]

  • Budworm City airstrip
  • Goulette Brook Protected Natural Area
  • Mount Akroyd Protected Natural Area
  • Portage Lakes Protected Natural Area
  • White Meadows

Demographics edit

Parish population total did not include portions within Moose Meadows 4 or former municipalities. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Population edit

Canada census – Balmoral community profile
202120162011
Population309 (+11.2% from 2016)278 (+6.9% from 2011)602 (-2.7% from 2006)
Land area1,088.01 km2 (420.08 sq mi)1,089.41 km2 (420.62 sq mi)1,098.32 km2 (424.06 sq mi)
Population density0.3/km2 (0.78/sq mi)0.3/km2 (0.78/sq mi)0.5/km2 (1.3/sq mi)
Median age46.0 (M: 46.4, F: 46.0)45.8 (M: 47.2, F: 45.5)44.5 (M: 45.1, F: 42.6)
Private dwellings131 (total)  121 (occupied)120 (total)  251 (total) 
Median household income$73,500$58,880$34,474
Notes: 2016 population change is in comparison to revised 2011 population
References: 2021[15] 2016[16] 2011[17] earlier[18][19]
Historical Census Data - Balmoral Parish, New Brunswick
YearPop.±%
1991 748—    
1996 780+4.3%
2001 605−22.4%
YearPop.±%
2006 619+2.3%
2011 602−2.7%
2011 rev 260−56.8%
YearPop.±%
2016 278+6.9%
2021 309+11.2%
[20][21][22][1] 2011 rev shows population after boundary changes

Language edit

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Balmoral Parish, New Brunswick[20]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2021
305
 260   8.3% 85.2% 50   42.9% 16.4% 5   500.0% 1.64% 0   100.0% 0.00%
2016
280
 240   57.9% 85.7% 35   16.7% 12.5% 0   100.0% 0% 5   500.0% 1.8%
2011
605
 570   0.9% 94.21% 30   25.0% 4.96% 5   50.0% 0.83% 0   0.0% 0.00%
2006
615
 565   4.6% 91.87% 40   60.0% 6.50% 10   60.0% 1.63% 0   0.0% 0.00%
2001
575
 540   30.3% 93.91% 25   25.0% 4.35% 10   0.0% 1.74% 0   0.0% 0.00%
1996
805
 775 n/a 96.27% 20 n/a 2.48% 10 n/a 1.24% 0 n/a 0.00%

Access Routes edit

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[23]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Natural Resources Canada lists Macabee as the current name; provincial highway mapbooks use Brassard.
  2. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. ^ The Territorial Division Act[2] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of Saint John and Fredericton, and one town of Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act[3] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Restigouche Regional Service Commission: RSC 2". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Restigouche Regional Service Commission: RD 2". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  9. ^ Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 219. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  10. ^ "59 Vic. c. 8 An Act to Revise and Codify an Act to Provide for the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March, 1896. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1896. pp. 86–123. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  11. ^ a b c d "No. 5". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 20 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 6, 13, 14, 25, 26, 38, and 39 at same site.
  12. ^ a b c d "002" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 20 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 003, 013–015, 027–029, 046–048, 066–068, 086–088, 106, and 107 at same site.
  13. ^ a b c d "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  15. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  16. ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  17. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  18. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
  19. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
  20. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  21. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Balmoral Parish, New Brunswick
  22. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census Balmoral, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  23. ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 6, 14-15

External links edit



47°41′51″N 66°33′27″W / 47.69750°N 66.55750°W / 47.69750; -66.55750 (Balmoral Parish, New Brunswick)

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