Saint-André Parish, New Brunswick

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Saint-André
St. André
Parish
Location within Madawaska County, New Brunswick.
Location within Madawaska County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 47°08′37″N 67°45′18″W / 47.14361°N 67.755°W / 47.14361; -67.755
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyMadawaska
Erected1907
Area
[1]
 • Land128.18 km2 (49.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total1,129
 • Density8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
Decrease 0.4%
 • Dwellings
448
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Saint-André is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Grand Falls and the incorporated rural community of Saint-André,[3] both of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC).[4]

Origin of name[]

The parish takes its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish.[5]

History[]

Saint-André was erected from Saint-Léonard Parish in 1907.[5]

Boundaries[]

Saint-André Parish is bounded:[2][6][7][8]

  • on the east, beginning at a point on the Victoria County line about 35.4 kilometres south of the Restigouche County line, then running generally southerly along the Victoria County line to the Saint John River, about 75 metres west of the mouth of Little River;
  • on the south by the Saint John River, running upriver along first the Victoria County line and then the international border;
  • on the northwest, beginning in the Saint John on the prolongation of Bourgoin Road, then running along the prolongation and Bourgoin Road to the rear line of grants along the Saint John, which coincides with Route 2 in this area, then southeasterly along Route 2 about 650 metres to the rear line of the tier of grants along Bourgoin Road in Saint-Léonard Parish, then generally northeasterly along the rear line of the Bourgoin Road grants to the end of the tier and then along its prolongation to Route 255, then northeasterly and northwesterly along the rear line and northeastern line of the southeastern tier of the Coombes Road Settlement in Saint-Léonard Parish, then northeasterly and northwesterly along the southeastern and northeastern lines of the northwestern tier of Coombes Road Settlement to its northernmost corner, about 1 kilometre northeast of the bend of Route 17, then northeasterly along the prolongation of the northwestern line of the northwestern tier to the starting point.

Communities[]

Communities at least partly within the parish;[6][7][8] bold indicates an incorporated municipality or incorporated rural community

Bodies of water[]

Bodies of water[a] at least partly in the parish:[6][7][8]

Demographics[]

Parish population total does not include Grand Falls or the former incorporated village of St. André[b]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
  2. ^ The rural community CSD is actually the former incorporated village of St. André, which was relabelled the rural community CSD after the merger.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census Saint-André, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 2006-34 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 2006-185)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC) / Les communautés dans chacune des 12 Commissions de services régionaux (CSR)" (PDF), Government of New Brunswick, July 2017, retrieved 2 February 2021
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "6 Edward 7 c. 22 An Act to amend an Act intituled 'An Act to revise and codify an Act to provide for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes,' so far as relates to the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March. 1906. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1906. pp. 62–66.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "No. 45". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 54 at same site.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c "145" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 161, 162, 177, and 178 at same site.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  9. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  10. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-André Parish, New Brunswick



Coordinates: 47°08′37″N 67°45′18″W / 47.14361°N 67.75500°W / 47.14361; -67.75500 (Saint-André Parish, New Brunswick)

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