Saint-Paul Parish, New Brunswick

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Saint-Paul
St. Paul
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°19′39″N 65°01′03″W / 46.3275°N 65.0175°W / 46.3275; -65.0175
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyKent County
Erected1888
Area
[1]
 • Land228.72 km2 (88.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total842
 • Density3.7/km2 (10/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
Decrease 2.8%
 • Dwellings
399
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

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

The local service district of the parish of Saint-Paul is a member of the Kent Regional Service Commission (KRSC).[3]

Origin of name[]

The parish may have taken its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish.

History[]

Saint-Paul was erected in 1888 from all of Sainte-Marie Parish west of McLaughlin Road.[4]

Boundaries[]

Saint-Paul Parish is bounded: [2][5][6][7]

Governance[]

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Saint-Paul,[b] established in 1966 to assess for fire protection. Community services were added in 1987, recreational and sports facilities in 2008, and non-fire related rescue in 2015. First aid and ambulance services (1982–2008) were formerly included.

Communities[]

Communities at least partly within the parish;[5][6][7] italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Bodies of water[]

Bodies of water[c] at least partly in the parish:[5][6][7]

Other notable places[]

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.[5][6][7][10]

  • McLean Settlement Protected Natural Area

Demographics[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ By the magnet of 1850,[8] when declination in the area was between 21º and 22º west of north.[9]
  2. ^ The name was originally styled Saint Paul; this was changed to the modern form in 1985. The French name was in the modern style when the LSD regulation was made bilingual in 1984.
  3. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Census Profile, 2016 Census Saint-Paul, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ^ "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
  4. ^ "51 Vic. c. 71 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Saint Mary, in the County of Kent, into a separate Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March and April, 1888. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1888. pp. 160–162. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  5. ^ a b c d "No. 99". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 109 at same site.
  6. ^ a b c d "284" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 285, 300, 301, 317, and 318 at same site.
  7. ^ a b c d "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  8. ^ "13 Vic. c. 51 An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1850. pp. 142–152, 145–149. Retrieved 27 March 2021. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
  9. ^ "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  11. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  12. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Paul Parish, New Brunswick

External links[]



Coordinates: 46°19′39″N 65°01′03″W / 46.32750°N 65.01750°W / 46.32750; -65.01750 (Saint-Paul Parish, New Brunswick)

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