Saint-François Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, rural census subdivision, and former local service district. For the former village, see Saint-François-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick.

Parish in New Brunswick, Canada

Saint-François

Parish

St-François-de-Madawaska village

Location within Madawaska County.

Coordinates: 47°16′N 68°55′W﻿ / ﻿47.27°N 68.92°W﻿ / 47.27; -68.92
Country|  Canada
Province|  New Brunswick
County| Madawaska
Erected| 1850
Area

[1]

• Land| 344.59 km2 (133.05 sq mi)
Population

(2016)[1]

• Total

| 606
• Density| 1.8/km2 (5/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016

|  3.8%
• Dwellings

| 347
Time zone| UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within village of Saint-François
No census data available after 2016

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

For governance purposes it is part of the incorporated rural community of Haut-Madawaska,[3] which is a member of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC).[4]

## Origin of name

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The parish takes its name from the St. Francis River.[5]

## History

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Saint-François was erected as Saint Francis in 1850 from Madawaska Parish.[6]

In 1852 the parish was expanded northward to include territory award in the boundary settlement with Canada.[7]

In 1877 the eastern part of Saint-François was included in the newly erected Saint-Hilaire Parish.[8]

In 1900 Clair Parish was erected from the eastern part of Saint-François.[9]

In 1946 the name was changed to Saint Francois and the boundaries were affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish lines.[10]

In 1973 the name was changed to Saint-François.[11]

## Boundaries

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Saint-François Parish is bounded:[2][12][13][14]

* on the northwest by the Quebec border;
* on the northeast and east, running mainly along grant lines, beginning on the provincial border at the westernmost corner of Range Three of the Baker Lake Settlement, then southeasterly along the southwestern line of Range Four to the northernmost corner of a grant in Range Four in Baker Lake Settlement, about 1.35 kilometres northwest of Chemin des Long,[a] then southwesterly to the southwestern line of Range Four, then southeasterly along Range Four for about 2 kilometres to the northernmost corner of a grant in Range Five of Baker Brook Settlement, then southwesterly to the southwestern line of Range Five, then southeasterly to the northern line of Range Three north of the Saint John River, then easterly along Range Three to the prolongation of the western line of a grant to Edward Levasseur in Range Two north of the Saint John, located on the western side of the northern end of Levasseur Road, then southerly along the prolongation, the grant line, and the prolongation to the international border in the Saint John River;
* on the south and west by the international border within the Saint John River and Saint Francis River.

## Communities

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Communities at least partly within the parish.[12][13][14] italics indicate a name no longer in official use; all communities are part of the incorporated rural community of Haut-Madawaska

* Concession-des-Bouchard
* Concession-des-Jaunes
* Concession-des-Viel
* Connors
* Lac-Unique
* Little River Mills
* Mouth of St. Francis
* Pelletiers Mill
* Saint-François-de-Madawaska
* Val Oakes

## Bodies of water

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Bodies of water[b] at least partly in the parish.[12][13][14]

* Crocs River
* Saint-François River
* Saint John River
* Mill Stream
* Lac à Landry
* Cross Lake
* Glasier Lake
* Mud Lake
* Rocky Brook Lakes
* Lac Unique

## Islands

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Islands at least partly in the parish.[12][13][14]

* Arsenault Island
* Cranberry Island
* Crock Island
* Foley Island
* Hafey Island
* Kennedy Island

## Other notable places

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Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.[12][13][14][15]

* Foley Island Protected Natural Area
* Glazier Lake Protected Natural Area
* Grew Brook Protected Natural Area

## Demographics

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Parish population total does not include Saint-François-de-Madawaska

### Population

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Canada census – Saint-François Parish, New Brunswick community profile

| 2016| 2011

|
|

Population| 606 (-3.8% from 2011)| 630 (-16.4% from 2006)
Land area| 344.59 km2 (133.05 sq mi)| 344.70 km2 (133.09 sq mi)
Population density| 1.8/km2 (4.7/sq mi)| 1.8/km2 (4.7/sq mi)
Median age| 49.8 (M: 50.8, F: 48.8)| 47.0 (M: 47.0, F: 47.0)
Private dwellings| 347 (total) | 309 (total)
Median household income| $60,096| $.N/A

Notes: 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
References: 2016[16] 2011[17] earlier[18][19]

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

|
|

1991 | 904| —
1996 | 891| −1.4%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

|
|

2001 | 858| −3.7%
2006 | 754| −12.1%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

|
|

2011 | 630| −16.4%
2016 | 606| −3.8%
[20][1]

### Language

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Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-François Parish, New Brunswick[20]

Census  |  | Total  |  |

French

|  |

English

|  |

French & English

|  |

Other

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

2011

|  |

630

|  | 580  |  15.9%  | 92.06%  |  | 45  |  11.1%  | 7.14%  |  | 5  |  66.7%  | 0.79%  |  | 0  |  0.0%  | 0.00%

2006

|  |

745

|  | 690  |  12.1%  | 92.62%  |  | 40  |  42.9%  | 5.37%  |  | 15  |  n/a%  | 2.01%  |  | 0  |  0.0%  | 0.00%

2001

|  |

855

|  | 785  |  4.3%  | 91.81%  |  | 70  |  14.3%  | 8.19%  |  | 0  |  100.0%  | 0.00%  |  | 0  |  0.0%  | 0.00%

1996

|  |

905

|  | 820  | n/a  | 90.61%  |  | 60  | n/a  | 6.63%  |  | 25  | n/a  | 2.76%  |  | 0  | n/a  | 0.00%

## See also

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* Crocs River, a stream
* List of parishes in New Brunswick

## Notes

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1. ^ WP:ENG is ignored when it would result in a clumsy construction.
2. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Saint-François, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
2. ^ a b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
3. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 2017-3 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 2017-52)". 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. 268. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
6. ^ "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.
7. ^ "15 Vic. c. 6 An Act to annex the Territory awarded to this Province by the New Brunswick and Canadian Arbitrators in the recent settlement of the Boundary question between the Provinces of New Brunswick and Canada, to the Counties of Victoria and Restigouche, and to alter the present Boundary Line between these counties.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1852. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1852. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
8. ^ "40 Vic. c. 30 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Saint Leonard, Saint Basil, Madawaska, and Saint Francis, in the County of Madawaska, into three additional Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March 1877. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1877. pp. 125–128. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
9. ^ "63 Vic. c. 18 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 General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March and April, 1900. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1900. pp. 97–100. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
10. ^ "10 Geo. VI. c. 95 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, in so far as it relates to the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1946. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1946. pp. 321–339.
11. ^ "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1973 Volume IV. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1973. pp. 1–70. The original printed version is cited separately to distinguish it from the updated version available online.
12. ^ a b c d e "No. 31". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 32 at same site.
13. ^ a b c d e "116" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 117, 118, 138–140, and 160 at same site.
14. ^ a b c d e "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
15. ^ "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
16. ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
17. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
18. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
19. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
20. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

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Places adjacent to Saint-François Parish, New Brunswick

|  | Témiscouata Regional County Municipality
Quebec |

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Aroostook County, Maine
United States |

Saint-François Parish

| Lac-Baker Parish /
Clair Parish
|  |
| Aroostook County, Maine
United States |

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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

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