Lac Baker Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the parish. For the village, see Lac-Baker, New Brunswick. For the lake, see Lac Baker (New Brunswick).

Lac-Baker
Parish
Lake Baker
Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47.36°N 68.68°W / 47.36; -68.68
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Erected	1912
Area
• Land	24.30 km2 (9.38 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	5
• Density	0.2/km2 (0.5/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	No change
• Dwellings	4
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Lac Baker is a civil parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.

For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Lac-Baker and the incorporated rural community of Haut-Madawaska, both of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC).

Origin of name

The parish takes its name from Baker Lake, which takes its name from John Baker, an American leader in the Aroostook War. Baker remained in the area after the boundary settlement awarded the area to New Brunswick.

History

Lac Baker was erected as Baker Lake in 1912 from Clair Parish; the boundary was slightly altered later that year.

The parish was renamed Lac Baker and its boundaries affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish lines in 1946.

Delineation

Lac Baker Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:

Beginning at a point in the New Brunswick-Quebec Boundary line where it is intersected by the northwesterly prolongation of the west limit of Range Three west of Baker Lake thence southeasterly along said prolongation and said limit of Range Three to the southwest angle of lot No. 40 in Range Three, thence in a northeasterly direction along the southwest limit of said lot No. 40 to the western limit of Range Two thence southeasterly along said western limit of Range Two to the western limit of lots in the Second Tier west of Caron Brook thence along the said western limit to the northwest angle of lot No. 15 granted to Joseph Souci and thence easterly along the northern limit of said lot No. 15, lot Letter "I" granted to George Carriveau and the northern limit of the lots fronting on the St. John River to the southeast angle of lot No. 1 east side of Caron Brook, thence northerly along the east limit of lots fronting on the east side of Caron Brook to the northeast angle of lot No. 9 granted to Louis Lavoie, thence westerly along the north limit of said lot No. 9 to the northeast limit of lot No. 10 E thence northwesterly along said limit of said lot No. 10 E to the southwest angle of lot letter "D" granted to Thomas Ouellette thence northeasterly along the southeast limit of said lot Letter "D" and lot Letter "C" to the eastern limit of Range Four Val-Nadeau thence northwesterly along said limit of Range Four, to the northeast angle of lot No. 17 in Range Four, thence southwesterly along the northwest limit of lot No. 17 to the east limit of Range Five, thence northwesterly along said limit of Range Five to the northeast angle of lot No. 33 in Range Five, thence southwesterly along the northwest limit of said lot No. 33 to the east limit of lots fronting on the east side of Baker Lake, thence northwesterly along the said limit to the New Brunswick-Quebec Boundary line thence westerly along the said boundary line to the place of beginning.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold) and communities within their respective boundaries (in italics).

• Boundary
• Lac-Baker
• Portage-du-Lac
• Rang-des-Collin
• Saint-Castin
• Pelletiers Mill
• Soucy

Census data

Population

Census data refers only to the Census subdivision of the parish, much of which was annexed by the village of Lac-Baker in 2008.

Canada census – Lac Baker Parish, New Brunswick community profile

	2016	2011
Population	5 (-83.3% from 2011)	5 (-83.3% from 2006)
Land area	24.30 km2 (9.38 sq mi)	24.29 km2 (9.38 sq mi)
Population density		0.2/km2 (0.52/sq mi)
Median age	N/A (M: , F: )	N/A (M: , F: )
Private dwellings	4 (total)	4 (total)
Median household income	$.N/A	$.N/A

Notes: 2011 and 2016 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
References: 2016 2011 earlier

Historical Census Data - Lac-Baker Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 508 —     1996 472 −7.1% 2001 488 +3.4%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 566 +16.0% 2006A 30 −94.7% 2011 5 −83.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 5 +0.0%
(A) adjustment due to boundary change.

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Lac-Baker Parish, New Brunswick 2011 and 2016 language data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		n/a		n/a	0.0%	0.00%		n/a	0.0%	0.00%		n/a	0.0%	0.00%		n/a	0.0%	0.00%
2006		570		520	9.6%	0.00%		50	70.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2001		485		470	1.1%	96.91%		15	33.3%	3.09%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		475		465	n/a	97.89%		10	n/a	2.11%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick