This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the community, see
St. Martins, New Brunswick .
Parish in New Brunswick, Canada
Saint Martins is a geographic parish in Saint John County , New Brunswick , Canada .[ 4]
For governance purposes the bulk of the parish is divided between the village of Fundy-St. Martins [ 5] and the Fundy rural district,[ 6] both of which are members of the Fundy Regional Service Commission.[ 7] A minor portion on the east resides in Fundy Albert , which is a member of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.[ 8]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform , the parish was divided for governance purposes between the village of St. Martins and the local service district of the parish of Saint Martins,[ 9] both of which were members of the Fundy Regional Service Commission (FRSC).[ 10]
The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick gives only a possibility - St. Martins, Maryland,[ 11] which could refer to either Saint Martin or Saint Martins by the Bay,[ 12] both in Worcester County, Maryland .
Saint Martins was erected in 1786 as one of the county's original parish.[ 13]
In 1837 the eastern end of Saint Martins was transferred to Westmorland County .[ 14] The lost area is now part of Alma Parish in Albert County .
Saint Martins Parish is bounded:[ 2] [ 15] [ 16]
on the north by the Kings County line;
on the east by the Albert County line;
on the south by the Bay of Fundy and Quaco Bay;
on the west by a line beginning at the shore of the Bay of Fundy and running northwesterly along the eastern line of a grant to Samuel Hugh at the mouth of Tynemouth Creek and its prolongation to the Kings County line.
Communities at least partly within the parish.[ 15] [ 16] [ 17] bold indicates an incorporated municipality
Bains Corner
Bay View
Burchills Flats
Chester
Fair View
Grove Hill
Hanford Brook
Hardingville
Little Beach
Orange Hill
Porter Road
St. Martins
Salmon River
Shanklin
Tynemouth Creek
West Quaco
Bodies of water[ a] at least partly within the parish.[ 15] [ 16] [ 17]
Big Salmon River
Goose River
Irish River
Little Salmon River
Mosher River
Point Wolfe River
Quiddy River
South Stream
Goose Creek
Ten Mile Creek
Tynemouth Creek
Bay of Fundy
Quaco Bay
more than two dozen officially named lakes
Other notable places [ edit ]
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18]
Big Salmon River Protected Natural Area
Dowdall Lake Protected Natural Area
Fundy National Park
Fundy Footpath
Fundy Trail Parkway Provincial Park[ 19]
Little Salmon River Protected Natural Area
Point Wolfe River Gorge Protected Natural Area
Saddleback Brook Protected Natural Area
Parish population total does not include village of St. Martins
Population trend [ 20] [ 21]
Census
Population
Change (%)
2016
1,132
1.1%
2011
1,145
4.4%
2006
1,198
4.0%
2001
1,248
2.8%
1996
1,284
7.1%
1991
1,199
5.9%
1986
1,132
N/A
Mother tongue (2016) [ 21]
Language
Population
Pct (%)
French only
25
2.2%
English only
1,105
97.8%
Both English and French
0
0%
Other languages
0
0%
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[ 22]
^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
^ a b "Census Profile" . Statistics Canada . 26 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022 .
^ a b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act" . Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 April 2023 .
^ "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act" . Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 April 2023 .
^ 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.
^ "RSC 9 Fundy Regional Service Commission: RSC 9" . Government of New Brunswick . 31 January 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023 .
^ "RSC 9 Fundy Regional Service Commission RSC 9" . Government of New Brunswick . 31 January 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023 .
^ "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act" . Government of New Brunswick . 21 July 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023 .
^ "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act" . Government of New Brunswick . 21 July 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2024 .
^ "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)" . Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 July 2020 .
^ "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
^ "Saint Martins Parish" . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Retrieved 23 October 2020 .
^ United States Geographic Service
^ "26 Geo. III Chapter I. An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, passed in the year 1786 . Saint John, New Brunswick : Government of New Brunswick. 1786. pp. 3–12. Retrieved 20 March 2021 .
^ "7 Wm. IV c. 35 An Act to establish a Boundary Line between the Counties of Westmorland and Saint John, and King's and Queen's Counties.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1837 . Fredericton : Government of New Brunswick. 1837. pp. 91–92. Retrieved 27 March 2021 .
^ a b c d "No. 150" . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 22 June 2021 . Remainder of parish on maps 151, 152, 158, and 159 at same site.
^ a b c d "435" (PDF) . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 June 2021 . Remainder of parish on mapbooks 448–450, 462–465, 475, 476, and 486 at same site.
^ a b c "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)" . Government of Canada . Retrieved 2 July 2021 .
^ "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas" . GeoNB . Retrieved 2 July 2021 .
^ "New Brunswick Regulation 2017-46 under the Parks Act (O.C. 2017-293)" (PDF) . The Royal Gazette . 175 . Fredericton : Queen's Printer : 1496–1497. 13 December 2017. ISSN 1714-9428 . Retrieved 5 July 2021 .
^ Statistics Canada: 1986 , 1991 , 1996 , 2001 , 2006 , 2011 , 2016 census
^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census Saint Martins, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick" . Statistics Canada. Retrieved 29 September 2019 .
^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7
Places adjacent to Saint Martins Parish, New Brunswick
Cities Towns Villages Regional municipality Rural communities Rural districts
Acadian Peninsula
Capital Region
Chaleur
Fundy
Greater Miramichi
Kent
Kings
Northwest
Restigouche
Southeast
Southwest
Western Valley
Regional service commissions School districts Indian reserves
Big Hole Tract 8 (North Half)
Big Hole Tract 8 (South Half)
Buctouche 16
Buctouche Micmac Band Extension
Devon 30
Eel Ground 2
Eel River 3
Esgenoôpetitj
Fort Folly 1
Indian Island 28
Indian Point 1
Indian Ranch
Kingsclear 6
Metepenagiag Urban Reserve 3
Metepenagiag Urban Reserve 8
Metepenagiag Uta'nk
Moose Meadows 4
Oinpegitjoig
Oromocto 26
Pabineau 11
Pokemouche 13
Red Bank 4
Red Bank 7
Renous 12
Richibucto 15
Soegao No. 35
St Basile 10
St. Mary's 24
Tabusintac 9
The Brothers 18
Tobique 20
Woodstock 23
Non-administrative divisions