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List of parishes in New Brunswick

The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided by the Territorial Division Act[1] into 152 geographic parishes,[a] units which had political significance as subdivisions of counties until the Municipalities Act of 1966.[b] Parishes still exist in law and include any municipality, rural community, or regional municipality within their borders.[2] They provided convenient boundaries for electoral districts[c] and organising delivery of government services for some time after 1966 but were gradually supplanted for such purposes by local service districts (LSDs), which better represent communities of interest. Local governance reforms on 1 January 2023 abolished the local service district as a unit of governance but this did not affect the existence of geographic parishes.

Parishes are still used[d] to describe legal boundaries for health administration[6][7] judicial matters,[8] agricultural boards, and some other entities; highway, fisheries and wildlife, community planning, and some other departments use parishes for rural locations, while some forms still use parishes as the only alternative to municipalities when entering one's community.

Provincial government guidelines require capitalising the word parish only if it follows the specific part of the name: e.g., Hopewell Parish but the parish of Hopewell.[9]

Other uses of the term parish edit

Confusion is caused by three other government uses of the term parish.

  • The provincial government used LSDs to deliver services to unincorporated parts of the province. 128 LSDs[e] had a name identical to the parish they were at least partly in, but only 26[f] had the same boundaries as the parish they were named after.
  • The provincial government divides the province into taxing authorities for the purpose of calculating and collecting property taxes. Municipalities, rural communities, and regional municipalities can all have multiple taxing authorities. Taxing authorities follow property lines rather than municipal or parish boundaries[g] and often shared the name of an LSD they partially overlapped.
  • Statistics Canada uses the term parish for any Census subdivision that is not an incorporated municipality, rural community, regional municipality or Indian reserve. Only 49 CSDs have the same borders as the parish they are named after.[h]

List edit

142 of New Brunswick's parishes are used as the basis of census subdivisions by Statistics Canada.[13] Unless noted, all figures below are for census subdivisions, which do not include areas within municipalities, incorporated rural communities, or Indian reserves. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Name County Population
(2021) 		Population
(2016)[12] 		Change
(%)[12] 		Area
(km²)[12] 		Population
density[12]
Aberdeen Carleton 812 781   4.0 444.88 1.8
Acadieville Kent 752 709   6.1 332.08 2.3
Addington Restigouche 698 656   6.4 933.00 0.7
Allardville Gloucester 1,949 2,032   4.1 654.60 3.0
Alma Albert 5 5   222.74 0.0
Alnwick Northumberland 3,615 3,640   0.7 668.84 5.4
Andover Victoria 879 891   1.3 123.42 7.1
Baker Brook Madawaska not profiled after 2016
Balmoral Restigouche 309 278   11.2 1,088.01 0.3
Bathurst Gloucester 4,761 4,797   0.8 1,502.74 3.2
Beresford Gloucester 6,226 6,248   0.4 455.61 13.7
Blackville Northumberland 1,996 2,028   1.6 823.93 2.4
Blissfield Northumberland 491 451   8.9 1,235.57 0.4
Blissville Sunbury 777 819   5.1 341.74 2.3
Botsford Westmorland 1,120 1,058   5.9 304.62 3.7
Bright York 3,317 3,289   0.9 403.73 8.2
Brighton Carleton 1,596 1,735   8.0 509.30 3.1
Brunswick Queens 224 203   10.3 703.20 0.3
Burton Sunbury 5,176 5,119   1.1 258.39 20.0
Cambridge Queens 684 647   5.7 113.17 6.0
Campobello[i] Charlotte 949 872   8.8 39.59 24.0
Canning Queens 1,028 924   11.3 173.25 5.9
Canterbury York 552 525   5.1 550.7 1.0
Caraquet Gloucester 1,261 1,337   5.7 109.32 11.5
Cardwell Kings 1,401 1,353   3.5 311.87 4.5
Carleton Kent 764 708   7.9 435.23 1.8
Chatham Northumberland 527 511   3.1 22.70 23.2
Chipman Queens 853 913   6.6 483.45 1.8
Clair Madawaska not profiled after 2016
Clarendon Charlotte 66 63   4.8 492.11 0.1
Colborne Restigouche 266 227   17.2 753.38 0.4
Coverdale Albert 4,766 4,466   6.7 236.00 20.2
Dalhousie Restigouche 1,090 1,067   2.2 62.62 17.4
Denmark Victoria 1,424 1,471   3.2 751.08 1.9
Derby Northumberland 938 976   3.9 61.00 15.4
Dorchester Westmorland 438 429   2.1 90.13 4.9
Douglas[j] York 5,935 5,703   1.2 1,446.95 4.3
Drummond Victoria 2,095 2,157   2.9 1,013.66 2.1
Dufferin Charlotte 565 573   1.4 12.34 45.8
Dumbarton Charlotte 346 335   3.3 373.20 0.9
Dumfries York 420 356   18.0 298.51 1.4
Dundas Kent 4,332 3,914   10.7 172.32 25.1
Durham Restigouche 950 1,076   11.7 409.78 2.3
Eldon[j] Restigouche 674 672   5.9 1,681.46 0.4
Elgin Albert 1,064 892   19.3 519.54 2.0
Gagetown Queens 324 311   4.2 234.58 1.4
Gladstone Sunbury 486 452   7.5 362.08 1.3
Glenelg Northumberland 1,532 1,560   1.8 504.78 3.0
Gordon Victoria 1,559 1,493   4.4 1,430.19 1.1
Grand Falls Victoria 1,077 1,109   2.9 158.09 6.8
Grand Manan Charlotte 139 145   4.1 5.96 23.3
Greenwich Kings 1,126 1,058   6.4 114.56 9.8
Grimmer Restigouche not profiled after 2016
Hammond Kings 276 251   10.0 244.24 1.1
Hampstead Queens 288 277   4.0 212.39 1.4
Hampton Kings 2,969 2,809   5.7 121.24 24.5
Harcourt Kent 346 346   1,169.20 0.3
Hardwicke Northumberland 2,203 2,201   0.1 275.95 8.0
Harvey Albert 358 333   7.5 276.85 1.3
Havelock Kings 1,042 1,061   1.8 349.22 3.0
Hillsborough Albert 1,397 1,308   6.8 304.03 4.6
Hopewell Albert 597 647   7.7 149.14 4.0
Huskisson Kent 5 15   66.7 369.31 0.0
Inkerman Gloucester 2,373 2,366   0.3 107.63 22.0
Johnston Queens 638 560   13.9 360.87 1.8
Kars Kings 377 325   16.0 75.54 5.0
Kent Carleton 1,966 2,153   8.7 839.76 2.3
Kingsclear York 2,839 2,822   0.6 150.11 18.9
Kingston Kings 3,202 2,913   9.9 200.41 16.0
Lac Baker Madawaska not profiled after 2016
Lepreau Charlotte 803 707   13.6 209.52 3.8
Lincoln Sunbury 7,519 7,177   4.8 159.44 47.2
Lorne Victoria 313 464   32.5 1,632.21 0.2
Ludlow[k] Northumberland not profiled after 2011
Madawaska Madawaska 0 10   100.0 173.42 0.0
Manners Sutton York 1,920 1,777   8.0 524.75 3.7
Maugerville Sunbury 1,772 1,831   3.2 919.94 1.9
McAdam York 61 73   16.4 534.77 0.1
Moncton Westmorland 10,704 9,811   9.1 564.16 19.0
Musquash Saint John 1,253 1,194   4.9 233.06 5.4
Nelson[j] Northumberland 929 952   2.4 353.68 2.6
New Bandon Gloucester 1,200 1,214   1.2 359.28 3.3
New Maryland York 2,806 2,606   7.7 375.02 7.5
Newcastle Northumberland 1,149 1,136   1.1 578.70 2.0
North Lake York 282 233   21.0 439.6 0.6
Northampton Carleton 1,875 1,724   8.8 243.31 7.7
Northesk Northumberland 2,169 2,263   4.2 3,346.76 0.6
Northfield Sunbury 577 620   6.9 303.27 1.9
Norton Kings 1,325 1,301   1.8 144.77 9.2
Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Madawaska 253 275   8.0 186.30 1.4
Paquetville Gloucester 2,250 2,329   3.4 220.42 10.2
Peel Carleton 1,198 1,196   0.2 112.74 10.6
Pennfield Charlotte 2,222 2,170   2.4 363.75 6.1
Perth Victoria 1,047 1,082   3.2 318.10 3.3
Petersville Queens 710 681   4.3 589.95 1.2
Prince William York 1,083 930   16.5 284.39 3.8
Queensbury York 1,237 1,174   5.4 294.35 4.2
Richibucto[j] Kent 2,085 1,872   11.4 249.21 8.4
Richmond Carleton 1,456 1,303   11.7 258.80 5.6
Rivière-Verte Madawaska 657 711   7.6 715.72 0.9
Rogersville Northumberland 1,072 1,102   2.7 326.27 3.3
Rothesay Kings 342 325   5.2 7.26 47.1
Sackville Westmorland 1,204 1,182   1.9 578.9 2.1
Saint AndréSaint-André[l] Madawaska 1,794 1,901   5.6 136.19 13.2
Saint Andrews Charlotte 550 553   0.5 24.27 22.7
Saint AnneSainte-Anne Madawaska 936 964   2.9 368.76 2.5
Saint BasileSaint-Basile Madawaska 736 592   24.3 129.96 5.7
Saint CharlesSaint-Charles Kent 2,024 1,997   1.4 175.07 11.6
Saint Croix Charlotte 648 657   1.4 78.60 8.2
Saint David Charlotte 1,470 1,529   3.9 190.39 7.7
Saint FrançoisSaint-François Madawaska not profiled after 2016
Saint George Charlotte 2,495 2,341   6.6 500.05 5.0
Saint HilaireSaint-Hilaire Madawaska not profiled after 2016
Saint IsidoreSaint-Isidore Gloucester 1,312 1,361   3.6 173.14 7.6
Saint JacquesSaint-Jacques Madawaska 1,652 1,596   3.5 298.44 5.5
Saint James Charlotte 1,024 1,186   13.7 552.90 1.9
Saint JosephSaint-Joseph Madawaska 1,549 1,538   0.7 321.42 4.8
Saint LéonardSaint-Léonard Madawaska 858 975   12.0 344.85 2.5
Saint LouisSaint-Louis Kent 1,760 1,802   2.3 258.65 6.8
Saint MarieSainte-Marie[m] Kent 1,991 1,972   1.0 238.32 8.4
Saint Martins Saint John 1,177 1,132   4.0 629.00 1.9
Saint Marys York 5,084 4,837   5.1 751.90 6.8
Saint Patrick Charlotte 710 689   3.0 236.59 3.0
Saint PaulSaint-Paul Kent 877 842   4.2 228.41 3.8
Saint QuentinSaint-Quentin Restigouche 1,504 1,532   1.8 2,474.01 0.6
Saint Stephen Charlotte 1,671 1,839   9.1 102.83 16.3
Salisbury Westmorland 3,377 3,388   0.3 874.00 3.9
Saumarez Gloucester not profiled after 2016
Shediac Westmorland 5,144 4,789   7.4 178.79 28.8
Sheffield Sunbury 888 809   9.8 271.29 3.3
Shippegan Gloucester 4,781 4,800   0.4 204.52 23.4
Simonds Carleton 514 473   8.7 75.57 6.8
Simonds Saint John 3,913 3,843   1.8 281.06 13.9
Southampton York 1,497 1,484   0.9 446.85 3.4
Southesk Northumberland 1,666 1,694   1.7 2,462.60 0.7
Springfield Kings 1,641 1,525   7.6 248.53 6.6
Stanley York 920 832   10.6 1,218.38 0.8
Studholm Kings 3,527 3,522   0.1 448.98 7.9
Sussex Kings 2,579 2,516   2.5 243.99 10.6
Upham Kings 1,357 1,269   6.9 189.21 7.2
Wakefield Carleton 2,722 2,767   1.6 196.31 13.9
Waterborough Queens 903 847   6.6 443.16 2.0
Waterford Kings 491 469   4.7 221.27 2.2
Weldford[j] Kent 1,335 1,333   0.2 607.56 2.2
Wellington Kent 3,292 3,079   6.9 184.80 17.8
West Isles Charlotte 718 797   9.9 38.32 18.7
Westfield Kings 2,114 1,962   7.7 295.34 7.2
Westmorland Westmorland 997 908   9.8 173.27 5.8
Wickham Queens 409 427   4.2 160.54 2.5
Wicklow Carleton 1,591 1,697   6.2 195.50 8.1
Wilmot Carleton 969 1,022   5.2 191.40 5.1
Woodstock[j] Carleton 2,219 2,178   1.9 194.83 11.4
Total parishes[n] 227,326 222,338   2.2 63,325.23 3.6

Former and renamed parishes edit

Name County Notes
Fredericton York Incorporated as a city in 1848 but still appears in the Territorial Division Act.
Lancaster Saint John Amalgamated with the City of Saint John in 1967.
Liverpool Kent Original name of Richibucto Parish, changed in 1832.
Palmerston Kent Original name of Saint-Louis Parish, changed in 1866.
Portland Saint John Amalgamated with the City of Saint John in 1889.
Saint Mary Kent Original name of Sainte-Marie Parish, changed in 1973. Still in use for some purposes.

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Plus the Cities of Saint John and Fredericton, and the Town of Grand Falls, although Fredericton and Grand Falls have both expanded their borders beyond those listed in the TDA.
  2. ^ County municipalities were dissolved; 12 quasimunicipal commissions and 63 local improvement districts were converted to villages; and 85 parishes plus 7 former school districts with fire protection and/or other services were made local service districts.
  3. ^ Parishes were used to define the boundaries of provincial electoral districts in reports from 1974-1993;[3][4] 2006 was the first report to use local service districts to define riding boundaries.[5]
  4. ^ As of July 2021, by more than a dozen Acts and more than fifty Regulations.
  5. ^ Two more parish LSDs - North Esk and South Esk - used different spellings than the parish they were named after; Saint Mary used the parish's old name in English but the modern Sainte-Marie in French.
  6. ^ 1 in Albert County, 7 in Charlotte, 1 in Kent, 7 in Kings, 2 in Madawaska, 2 in Queens, 1 in Saint John, 1 in Sunbury, 4 in York.
  7. ^ Examples include several properties in the village of Eel River Crossing being taxed as part of the village of Charlo in 2014[10] and voting maps released by the Town of Hampton for its shared recreation services in 2016, including the LSD of the parish of Springfield.[11]
  8. ^ 52 parishes have no municipality within their limits; 3 of these have Indian reserves.
  9. ^ The local service district of the parish of Campobello was incorporated as a rural community on 1 November 2010; the parish itself still legally exists and appears in the Territorial Division Act. The data here is for the rural community of Campobello Island.
  10. ^ a b c d e f 2016 figure adjusted for subsequent change in boundaries.
  11. ^ The local service district of Parish of Ludlow was replaced on 10 March 1971 by the new local service district of Upper Miramichi, which also included part of the local service district of the parish of Stanley; Upper Miramichi was incorporated as a rural community on 17 March 2008. The parish itself still legally exists and appears in the Territorial Division Act.
  12. ^ Figures are for rural community of Saint-André, which includes all of parish not included in town of Grand Falls.
  13. ^ The official name is Sainte-Marie in both languages.[1]
  14. ^ These totals are not inclusive of any portions within cities, town, villages, incorporated rural communities, regional municipality, or Indian reserves. Totals are calculated; non-CSDs are not included.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act" (PDF). Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act" (PDF). Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ Graham, G. E.; Lanteigne, L.; Cloutier, Mrs. Benoit; Dick, W. B.; Jonah, H. N. (1974). "Appendix A". Report of the Representation and Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission. Government of New Brunswick.
  4. ^ Creaghan, William L.M.; Jean, Bernard-A.; Clarke, Janice L.; Thériault, Nicole; Doiron, Claire; Toole, Frederick D.; Groom, Mabel (October 1993). A New Electoral Map for New Brunswick: The Final Report of The Representation and Electoral District Boundaries Commission. Province of New Brunswick. pp. 25–133.
  5. ^ Larlee, Margaret; Robichaud, Brigitte; Brown, David; Carrier, Normand; Myers, Richard; Paulin, Réginald; Ward, Pam (20 February 2006). "Appendix B". A New Electoral Map for New Brunswick: Final Report of the Electoral Boundaries and Representation Commission. Province of New Brunswick.
  6. ^ "Regional Health Authorities Act (R.S.N.B. 2011, c.217)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  7. ^ "NEW BRUNSWICK REGULATION 2009-141 under the Public Health Act (O.C. 2009-460)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  8. ^ "NEW BRUNSWICK REGULATION 83-120 under the Judicature Act (O.C. 83-707)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  9. ^ LeBlanc, Valmond (11 September 2020). "Legislate Assembly of New Brunswick Parliamentary Stylebook" (PDF). Government of New Brunswick. p. 92. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  10. ^ Let's Grow Together: Your future is in your hands! (Report). Government of New Brunswick. 8 October 2014. p. 6.
  11. ^ "Public Vote for Residents of the Local Service District of Springfield re: Hampton Regional Multipurpose Facility". Town of Hampton website. 2016.[dead link]
  12. ^ a b c d e "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  13. ^ Figure derived from counting parishes still used as Census subdivisions.[12]
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