Dufferin Parish, New Brunswick

Parish in Canada

Dufferin

Parish

Location within Charlotte County.

Country|  Canada
Province|  New Brunswick
County| Charlotte County
Erected| 1873
Area

[1]

• Land| 12.34 km2 (4.76 sq mi)
Population

(2021)[1]

• Total| 565
• Density| 45.8/km2 (119/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021

|  1.4%
• Dwellings

| 265
Time zone| UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-3 (ADT)

Dufferin is a geographic parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada,[4] located east of St. Stephen.

For governance purposes, the entire parish is part of the town of the Municipal District of St. Stephen,[5] which is a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission.[6]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised a single local service district (LSD), which was a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC).[7]

The Census subdivision of the same name shares the parish's boundaries.[1]

## Origin of name[edit]

The parish was named for the Earl of Dufferin,[a] who was Governor General of Canada at time.[8]

## History[edit]

Dufferin was erected in 1873 from Saint Stephen Parish.[9]

## Boundaries[edit]

Dufferin Parish is bounded:[2][10][11]

* on the north by the rear line of the tier of grants fronting on the St. Croix River and Pagans Cove;
* on the east by the mouth of Oak Bay;
* on the south by the St. Croix River;
* on the west by the Old Bay Road and Dennis Stream.

## Local service district[edit]

The local service district of the parish of Dufferin comprised the entire parish.[12]

The LSD was established in 1969 to assess for community services,[13] in this case to provide ambulance service after local funeral homes ceased doing so.[14] Fire protection was added in 1970.[15]

In 2021, the LSD assesses for only the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[16] The taxing authority is 509.00 Dufferin.

## Communities[edit]

Communities at least partly within the parish.[10][11][17]

* Champlain
* Crocker Hill
* The Ledge

## Bodies of water[edit]

Bodies of water[b] at least partly within the parish.[10][11][17]

* St. Croix River
* The Narrows
* Oak Bay

## Demographics[edit]

### Population[edit]

Canada census – Dufferin community profile

| 2021| 2016| 2011

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Population| 565 (-1.4% from 2016)| 573 (0.0% from 2011)| 573 (+7.1% from 2006)
Land area| 12.34 km2 (4.76 sq mi)| 12.34 km2 (4.76 sq mi)| 12.40 km2 (4.79 sq mi)
Population density| 45.8/km2 (119/sq mi)| 46.4/km2 (120/sq mi)| 46.2/km2 (120/sq mi)
Median age| 50.8 (M: 50.0, F: 52.4)| 49.6 (M: 48.2, F: 50.2)| 49.5 (M: 50.5, F: 47.9)
Private dwellings| 265 (total) 243 (occupied)| 256 (total) | 288 (total)
Median household income| $85,000| $73,387| $.N/A

Notes: Income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
References: 2021[18] 2016[19] 2011[20] earlier[21][22]

Historical Census Data - Dufferin Parish, New Brunswick| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1991 | 480| —
1996 | 451| −6.0%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

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2001 | 548| +21.5%
2006 | 535| −2.4%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

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2011 | 573| +7.1%
2016 | 573| +0.0%
[23][24]

### Language[edit]

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Dufferin Parish, New Brunswick[23]

Census  |  | Total  |  |

English

|  |

French

|  |

English & French

|  |

Other

Year  |  | Responses  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %  |  | Count  | Trend  | Pop %

2011

|  |

575

|  | 545  |  3.7%  | 94.78%  |  | 15  |  33.3%  | 2.61%  |  | 0  |  0.0%  | 0.00%  |  | 15  |  n/a%  | 2.61%

2006

|  |

535

|  | 525  |  1.9%  | 98.13%  |  | 10  |  60.0%  | 1.87%  |  | 0  |  0.0%  | 0.00%  |  | 0  |  100.0%  | 0.00%

2001

|  |

550

|  | 515  |  16.5%  | 93.64%  |  | 25  |  20.0%  | 4.54%  |  | 0  |  0.0%  | 0.00%  |  | 10  |  n/a%  | 1.82%

1996

|  |

450

|  | 430  | n/a  | 95.56%  |  | 20  | n/a  | 4.44%  |  | 0  | n/a  | 0.00%  |  | 0  | n/a  | 0.00%

## Access Routes[edit]

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[25]

* Highways
* None

* Principal Routes
* None

* Secondary Routes:
* None

* External Routes:
* None

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## See also[edit]

* List of parishes in New Brunswick

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Often cited as the 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, a title he didn't hold until 1888.
2. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "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 5 June 2023.
3. ^ "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ "Southwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 10". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
6. ^ "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
7. ^ "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 1 February 2021
8. ^ Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 231. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
9. ^ "36 Vic. c. 75 An Act to erect a part of the Parish of Saint Stephen, in the County of Charlotte, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1873. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1873. pp. 253–254. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
10. ^ a b c "No. 160". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 3 July 2021. Remainder of parish on map 161 at same site.
11. ^ a b c "478" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 3 July 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 488 and 489 at same site.
12. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
13. ^ "Regulation 69–17 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 69–161)". The Royal Gazette. 127. Fredericton: 149. 12 March 1969.
14. ^ "St. Stephen – Milltown Ambulance Brigade". The New Brunswick Municipal Monthly. 25 (3). Fredericton, NB: Department of Municipal Affairs: 5. March 1969.
15. ^ "Regulation 70–63 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 70–385)". The Royal Gazette. 128. Fredericton: 343–344. 17 June 1970.
16. ^ "2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick" (PDF). Department of Environment and Local Government. p. 55. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
17. ^ a b "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
18. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
19. ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
20. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
21. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
22. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
23. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
24. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Dufferin, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
25. ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 4, 12

Places adjacent to Dufferin Parish, New Brunswick

|  | Saint David Parish |

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Saint Stephen Parish |

Dufferin Parish

| Saint Croix Parish
|  |
| Bay of Fundy |

* v
* t
* e

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
* 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

Other administrative divisions|

* Indian reserves
* Regional service commissions
* School districts
* Counties
* Civil parishes
* Local service districts

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