Brunswick Parish, New Brunswick

Parish in New Brunswick, Canada

Brunswick

Parish

Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.

Coordinates: 45°50′N 64°35′W﻿ / ﻿45.84°N 64.59°W﻿ / 45.84; -64.59
Country|  Canada
Province|  New Brunswick
County| Queens County
Erected| 1816
Area

[1]

• Land| 703.20 km2 (271.51 sq mi)
Population

(2021)[1]

• Total

| 224
• Density| 0.3/km2 (0.8/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021

|  10.3%
• Dwellings

| 193
Time zone| UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-3 (ADT)

Brunswick is a geographic parish in the northeastern corner of Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it formed the local service district of the parish of Brunswick, which was a member of Kings Regional Service Commission (RSC8).[3][4]

## Origin of name

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The parish was probably named in honour of the Duke of Brunswick,[5] German military leader against Napoleon, killed at the Battle of Quatre-Bras the year before the parish's erection.

## History

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In 1786, New Brunswick chose to set up the province's system of counties and parishes as first Act of the legislation,[6] replacing the counties established the year before through a series of Letters Patent and the township system that was inherited from Nova Scotia in 1784. The eastern boundary of Queens County passed approximately through Coles Island and the Gaspereau Forks on the Salmon River but the rear lines of Waterborough and Wickham Parishes ran approximately through Hunters Home and Chipman, extending into Westmorland and Northumberland Counties.[7] The county line was moved eastward in 1787[8] by as much as 30 miles (48 km) in the north, created a large area that was not part of any parish; this area included large parts of Chipman and Waterborough Parishes in addition to most of modern Brunswick.

In 1816, this unassigned area was erected as Brunswick Parish;[9] because the county line had not been surveyed yet, any inhabitants of the New Canaan settlement were to belong to Brunswick Parish.

In 1835, part of Brunswick was included in the newly erected Chipman Parish.[10]

## Boundaries

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Brunswick Parish is bounded:[2][11][12][13]

* on the northeast east by the Kent County line;
* on the east by the Westmorland County line;
* on the southeast by the Kings County line;
* on the west by a line running north-northwesterly from north of the end of Chittick Road in Marrtown, crossing the Canaan River east of Phillips Brook and striking the Waterborough Parish line about 2 kilometres northwest of Parks Lake;
* on the northwest by a line running north 54º east[a] from a point on the Saint John River about 1.8 kilometres southwest of the Route 715 bridge over McAlpines Brook.

## Communities

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Communities at least partly within the parish.[11][12][13] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

* Alward
* Brookvale
* Canaan Forks
* Cherryvale

* Forks Stream
* Hunters Home
* New Canaan

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## Bodies of water

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Bodies of water[b] at least partly within the parish.[11][12][13]

* Canaan River
* Forks Stream
* Long Creek
* Cranberry Lake

* Lake Stream Lake
* Lower Lake
* Parks Lake
* Snowshoe Lake

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## Other notable places

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Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[11][12][13][15]

* Brookvale Protected Natural Area
* Canaan Bog Protected Natural Area
* Cranberry Lake Protected Natural Area

## Demographics

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Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

### Population

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Population trend[16][17][18]

| Census  | Population  | Change (%)

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2016  | 203  |  5.7%
2011  | 192  |  20.7%
2006  | 242  |  2.8%
2001  | 249  |

### Language

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Mother tongue (2016)[18]

| Language  | Population  | Pct (%)

|
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English only  | 180  | 87.8%
French only  | 20  | 9.8%
Both English and French  | 0  | 0%
Other languages  | 5  | 2.4%

## Access Routes

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Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[19]

* Highways
* Route 2 (TCH)

* Principal Routes
* Route 112

* Secondary Routes:
* None

* External Routes:
* None

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## See also

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* List of parishes in New Brunswick

## Notes

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1. ^ By the magnet of 1786, when declination at the starting point was a bit more than 14º west of north.[14]
2. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
2. ^ a b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
3. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". 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. ^ Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 222. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
6. ^ "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 27 March 2021.
7. ^ Ganong, William F. (1901). A Monograph of the Evolution of the Boundaries of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. Map No. 35. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
8. ^ "27 Geo. III Chapter VII. An Act in Addition to 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 1787. Saint John, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 1787. p. 147. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
9. ^ "56 Geo. III c. 27 An Act to erect into a separate Parish all the Lands in Queen's County, in the rear of the Parishes of Wickham and Waterborough.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick. Passed in the Year 1816. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1816. p. 51. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
10. ^ "5 Wm. IV c. 23 An Act for erecting parts of the Towns or Parishes of Brunswick and Canning in Queen's County into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1835. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1835. p. 31. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
11. ^ a b c d "No. 107". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 108, 117, 118, 129, and 130 at same site.
12. ^ a b c d "315" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 316, 333–335, 354–356, 375, 376, and 395 at same site.
13. ^ a b c d "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
14. ^ "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
15. ^ "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
16. ^ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
17. ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Brunswick Parish, New Brunswick
18. ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Brunswick, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
19. ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Places adjacent to Brunswick Parish, New Brunswick

|  | Harcourt Parish | Salisbury Parish

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|  |
Waterborough Parish |

Brunswick Parish

| Havelock Parish
|  |
Johnston Parish |  | Studholm Parish

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Subdivisions of New Brunswick

Cities|

* Bathurst
* Campbellton
* Dieppe
* Edmundston
* Fredericton
* Miramichi
* Moncton
* Saint John

Towns|

* Beaurivage
* Belle-Baie
* Cap-Acadie
* Caraquet
* Carleton North
* Champdoré
* Grand Bay–Westfield
* Grand Falls
* Grand-Bouctouche
* Hampton
* Hartland
* Hautes-Terres
* Heron Bay
* Île-de-Lamèque
* Oromocto
* Quispamsis
* Riverview
* Rivière-du-Nord
* Rothesay
* Saint-Quentin
* Salisbury
* Shediac
* Shippagan
* St. Andrews
* St. Stephen
* Sussex
* Tantramar
* Vallée-des-Rivières
* Woodstock

Villages|

* Arcadia
* Belledune
* Bois-Joli
* Doaktown
* Five Rivers
* Fredericton Junction
* Fundy Albert
* Fundy-St. Martins
* Grand Lake
* Grand Manan
* Lakeland Ridges
* McAdam
* Memramcook
* Neguac
* New Maryland
* Nouvelle-Arcadie
* Southern Victoria
* Three Rivers
* Tobique Valley
* Tracy
* Valley Waters

Regional municipality|

* Tracadie

Rural communities|

* Alnwick
* Butternut Valley
* Campobello Island
* Central York
* Eastern Charlotte
* Fundy Shores
* Hanwell
* Harvey
* Haut-Madawaska
* Kedgwick
* Maple Hills
* Miramichi River Valley
* Nackawic-Millville
* Nashwaak
* Strait Shores
* Sunbury-York South
* Upper Miramichi

Rural districts|

* Acadian Peninsula
* Capital Region
* Chaleur
* Fundy
* Greater Miramichi
* Kent
* Kings
* Northwest
* Restigouche
* Southeast
* Southwest
* Western Valley

Regional service commissions|

* Acadian Peninsula
* Capital Region
* Chaleur
* Fundy
* Greater Miramichi
* Kent
* Kings
* Northwest
* Restigouche
* Southeast
* Southwest
* Western Valley

School districts|

* Anglophone North
* Anglophone South
* Anglophone East
* Anglophone West
* Nord-Est
* Nord-Ouest
* Sud

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|

*   * Counties
* Civil parishes
* Local service districts

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