List of parishes in New Brunswick

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The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided by the Territorial Division Act[1] into 152 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.

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[]

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

  • The provincial government uses LSDs to deliver services to unincorporated parts of the province. 128 LSDs[e] have a name identical to the parish they are in at least partly in, but only 26[f] have the same boundaries as the parish they are named after.
  • The provincial government divides the province into taxing authorities for the purpose of calculating and collecting property taxes. Municipalities, rural communities, regional municipalities, and LSDs can all have multiple taxing authorities. Taxing authorities follow property lines rather than municipal, parish or LSD boundaries[g] and often share the name of an LSD they partially overlap.
  • 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[]

148 of New Brunswick's parishes are used as the basis of census subdivisions by Statistics Canada, with a further two listed as dissolved CSDs.[12] Unless noted, all figures below are for census subdivisions, which do not include areas within municipalities, incorporated rural communities, or Indian reserves.

Name County Population
(2016)[13] 		Population
(2011)[13] 		Change
(%)[13] 		Area
(km²)[13] 		Population
density[13]
Aberdeen Carleton 781 981 −20.4 446.20 1.8
Acadieville Kent 709 744 −4.7 332.22 2.1
Addington Restigouche 656 717 −8.5 935.17 0.7
Allardville Gloucester 2,032 2,081 −2.4 654.69 3.1
Alma Albert 5 0 ... 222.62 0
Alnwick Northumberland 3,640 3,771 −3.5 669.09 5.4
Andover Victoria 891 942 −5.4 123.45 7.2
Baker Brook Madawaska 275 287 −4.2 125.17 2.2
Balmoral Restigouche 278 260 6.9 1,089.41 0.3
Bathurst Gloucester 4,797 4,979 −3.7 1,504.87 3.2
Beresford Gloucester 6,248 6,354 −1.7 456.86 13.7
Blackville Northumberland 2,028 2,215 −8.4 824.02 2.5
Blissfield Northumberland 451 501 −10.0 1,240.54 0.4
Blissville Sunbury 819 926 −11.6 341.74 2.4
Botsford Westmorland 1,058 1,074 −1.5 304.16 3.5
Bright York 3,289 3,068 7.2 403.72 8.1
Brighton Carleton 1,735 1,764 −1.6 509.67 3.4
Brunswick Queens 203 192 5.7 704.43 0.3
Burton Sunbury 5,119 5,421 −5.6 259.10 19.8
Cambridge Queens 647 651 −0.6 113.65 5.7
Campobello[i] Charlotte 872 925 −5.7 39.67 22.0
Canning Queens 924 952 −2.9 174.38 5.3
Canterbury York 525 609 −13.8 556.15 0.9
Caraquet Gloucester 1,337 1,382 −3.3 109.97 12.2
Cardwell Kings 1,353 1,414 −4.3 311.90 4.3
Carleton Kent 708 770 −8.1 435.95 1.6
Chatham Northumberland 511 522 −2.1 22.70 22.5
Chipman Queens 913 962 −5.1 483.44 1.9
Clair Madawaska 283 297 −4.7 43.92 6.4
Clarendon Charlotte 63 52 21.2 492.19 0.1
Colborne Restigouche 227 202 12.4 754.96 0.3
Coverdale Albert 4,466 4,401 1.5 236.04 18.9
Dalhousie Restigouche 1,067 1,123 −5.0 62.70 17.0
Denmark Victoria 1,471 1,592 −7.6 751.27 2.0
Derby Northumberland 976 998 −2.2 61.01 16.0
Dorchester Westmorland 429 477 −10.1 90.13 4.8
Douglas York 6,154 6,081 1.2 1,446.95 4.3
Drummond Victoria 2,157 2,250 −4.1 1,014.89 2.1
Dufferin Charlotte 573 573 – 12.34 46.4
Dumbarton Charlotte 335 368 −9.0 374.43 0.9
Dumfries York 356 373 −4.6 302.72 1.2
Dundas Kent 3,914 3,970 −1.4 174.63 22.4
Durham Restigouche 1,076 1,207 −10.9 410.89 2.6
Eldon Restigouche 657 698 −5.9 1,681.46 0.4
Elgin Albert 892 968 −7.9 519.59 1.7
Gagetown Queens 311 316 −1.6 234.88 1.3
Gladstone Sunbury 452 485 −6.8 362.12 1.2
Glenelg Northumberland 1,560 1,610 −3.1 505.21 3.1
Gordon Victoria 1,493 1,567 −4.7 1,431.58 1.0
Grand Falls Victoria 1,109 1,172 −5.4 158.04 7.0
Grand Manan Charlotte 145 162 −10.5 6.05 24.0
Greenwich Kings 1,058 1,047 1.1 114.46 9.2
Grimmer Restigouche 981[14] 1,096 −10.5 653.48 1.5
Hammond Kings 251 295 −14.9 244.26 1.0
Hampstead Queens 277 294 −5.8 212.56 1.3
Hampton Kings 2,809 2,734 2.7 121.26 23.2
Harcourt Kent 346 390 −11.3 1,170.96 0.3
Hardwicke Northumberland 2,201 2,329 −5.5 278.60 7.9
Harvey Albert 333 376 −11.4 277.27 1.2
Havelock Kings 1,061 1,158 −8.4 349.23 3.0
Hillsborough Albert 1,308 1,395 −6.2 304.05 4.3
Hopewell Albert 647 643 0.6 149.08 4.3
Huskisson Kent 15 25 −40.0 369.33 0.0
Inkerman Gloucester 2,366 2,366 – 107.56 22.0
Johnston Queens 560 660 −15.2 359.32 1.6
Kars Kings 325 407 −20.1 75.84 4.3
Kent Carleton 2,153 2,242 −4.0 840.20 2.6
Kingsclear York 2,822 2,651 6.5 152.06 18.6
Kingston Kings 2,913 2,952 −1.3 200.69 14.5
Lac Baker Madawaska 5 5 – 24.30 0.2
Lepreau Charlotte 707 752 −6.0 209.62 3.4
Lincoln Sunbury 7,177 6,458 11.1 159.59 45.0
Lorne Victoria 464 518 −10.4 1,641.87 0.3
Ludlow[j] Northumberland not profiled after 2011
Madawaska Madawaska 10 0 ... 173.18 0.1
Manners Sutton York 1,777 1,806 −1.6 526.56 3.4
Maugerville Sunbury 1,831 1,776 3.1 921.96 2.0
McAdam York 73 27 170.4 537.42 0.1
Moncton Westmorland 9,811 9,421 4.1 579.63 16.9
Musquash Saint John 1,194 1,200 −0.5 235.33 5.1
Nelson Northumberland 957 935 2.4 354.57 2.7
New Bandon Gloucester 1,214 1,190 2.0 359.11 3.4
New Maryland York 2,606 2,466 5.7 375.44 6.9
Newcastle Northumberland 1,136 1,220 −6.9 578.92 2.0
North Lake York 233 243 −4.1 440.03 0.5
Northampton Carleton 1,724 1,825 −5.5 243.44 7.1
Northesk Northumberland 2,263 2,333 −3.0 3,355.15 0.7
Northfield Sunbury 620 643 −3.6 303.77 2.0
Norton Kings 1,301 1,296 0.4 144.76 9.0
Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Madawaska 275 263 4.6 187.18 1.5
Paquetville Gloucester 2,329 2,504 −7.0 220.51 10.6
Peel Carleton 1,196 1,223 −2.2 113.09 10.6
Pennfield Charlotte 2,170 2,218 −2.2 363.86 6.0
Perth Victoria 1,082 1,096 −1.3 318.25 3.4
Petersville Queens 681 723 −5.8 590.14 1.2
Prince William York 930 895 3.9 287.71 3.2
Queensbury York 1,174 1,272 −7.7 300.65 3.9
Richibucto Kent 1,887 1,986 −5.0 249.05 7.6
Richmond Carleton 1,303 1,358 −4.1 259.28 5.0
Rivière-Verte Madawaska 711 686 3.6 715.86 1.0
Rogersville Northumberland 1,102 1,213 −9.2 326.33 3.4
Rothesay Kings 325 347 −6.3 7.26 44.8
Sackville Westmorland 1,182 1,336 −11.5 579.98 2.0
Saint AndréSaint-André Madawaska 1,129 1,134 −0.4 128.18 8.8
Saint Andrews Charlotte 553 593 −6.7 24.27 22.8
Saint AnneSainte-Anne Madawaska 964 949 1.6 368.89 2.6
Saint BasileSaint-Basile Madawaska 592 717 −17.4 129.61 4.6
Saint CharlesSaint-Charles Kent 1,997 1,982 0.8 174.99 11.4
Saint Croix Charlotte 657 616 6.7 78.67 8.4
Saint David Charlotte 1,529 1,605 −4.7 190.66 8.0
Saint FrançoisSaint-François Madawaska 606 630 −3.8 344.59 1.8
Saint George Charlotte 2,341 2,472 −5.3 500.23 4.7
Saint HilaireSaint-Hilaire Madawaska 478 490 −2.4 41.90 11.4
Saint IsidoreSaint-Isidore Gloucester 1,361 1,368 −0.5 173.25 7.9
Saint JacquesSaint-Jacques Madawaska 1,596 1,599 −0.2 299.49 5.3
Saint James Charlotte 1,186 1,241 −4.4 556.62 2.1
Saint JosephSaint-Joseph Madawaska 1,538 2,171 −29.2 322.89 4.8
Saint LéonardSaint-Léonard Madawaska 975 1,052 −7.3 345.39 2.8
Saint LouisSaint-Louis Kent 1,802 1,741 3.5 258.74 7.0
Saint MarieSainte-Marie[k] Kent 1,972 2,008 −1.8 238.44 8.3
Saint Martins Saint John 1,132 1,145 −1.1 629.20 1.8
Saint Marys York 4,837 4,733 2.2 752.68 6.4
Saint Patrick Charlotte 689 647 6.5 236.89 2.9
Saint PaulSaint-Paul Kent 842 866 −2.8 228.72 3.7
Saint QuentinSaint-Quentin Restigouche 1,532 1,489 2.9 2,478.57 0.6
Saint Stephen Charlotte 1,839 1,986 −7.4 103.25 17.8
Salisbury Westmorland 3,388 3,417 −0.8 874.16 3.9
Saumarez Gloucester 6,818[15] 6,920 −1.5 326.78 20.9
Shediac Westmorland 4,789 4,917 −2.6 196.71 24.3
Sheffield Sunbury 809 853 −5.2 272.16 3.0
Shippegan Gloucester 4,800 5,004 −4.1 208.08 23.1
Simonds Carleton 473 565 −16.3 75.56 6.3
Simonds Saint John 3,843 3,828 0.4 280.86 13.7
Southampton York 1,484 1,538 −3.5 450.04 3.3
Southesk Northumberland 1,694 1,833 −7.6 2,467.02 0.7
Springfield Kings 1,525 1,652 −7.7 248.54 6.1
Stanley York 832 903 −7.9 1,222.02 0.7
Studholm Kings 3,522 3,612 −2.5 449.37 7.8
Sussex Kings 2,516 2,529 −0.5 244.02 10.3
Upham Kings 1,269 1,306 −2.8 189.22 6.7
Wakefield Carleton 2,767 2,814 −1.7 196.43 14.1
Waterborough Queens 847 851 −0.5 445.55 1.9
Waterford Kings 469 458 2.4 221.27 2.1
Weldford Kent 1,338 1,318 1.5 611.30 2.2
Wellington Kent 3,079 3,099 −0.6 184.52 16.7
West Isles Charlotte 797 731 9.0 38.35 20.8
Westfield Kings 1,962 2,108 −6.9 295.70 6.6
Westmorland Westmorland 908 964 −5.8 175.43 5.2
Wickham Queens 427 426 0.2 160.34 2.7
Wicklow Carleton 1,697 1,738 −2.4 195.64 8.7
Wilmot Carleton 1,022 1,085 −5.8 191.41 5.3
Woodstock Carleton 2,220 2,165 2.5 195.62 11.3
Total parishes[l] 225,617 230,627 −2.2 64,189.24 3.5

Former and renamed parishes[]

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 informal use.

See also[]

Notes[]

  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 - use different spellings than the parish they are named after; Saint Mary uses 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 November 1, 2010; the parish itself still legally exists and appears in the Territorial Division Act.
  10. ^ The local service district of Parish of Ludlow was replaced on March 10, 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 March 17, 2008. The parish itself still legally exists and appears in the Territorial Division Act.
  11. ^ The official name is Sainte-Marie in both languages.[1]
  12. ^ These totals are not inclusive of any portions within cities, town, villages, incorporated rural communities, regional municipality, or Indian reserves. Totals are calculated; Campobello, Grimmer, and Saumarez are not included.

References[]

  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. ^ Figure derived from counting parishes listed on "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data". statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. February 7, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  14. ^ "Grimmer, Parish [Dissolved census subdivision], New Brunswick and British Columbia [Province]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Saumarez, Parish [Dissolved census subdivision], New Brunswick and Canada [Country]". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
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