Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the parish. For the town, see Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick.

Saint-Quentin St. Quentin
Parish
Location within Restigouche County.
Coordinates: 47.76°N 67.8425°W / 47.76; -67.8425
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Restigouche
Erected	1921
Area
• Land	2,478.57 km2 (956.98 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	1,532
• Density	0.6/km2 (2/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	2.9%
• Dwellings	696
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Saint-Quentin is a civil parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.

For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Saint-Quentin and the local service districts of St. Martin de Restigouche and the parish of Saint-Quentin, all of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC).

Origin of name

The parish was named for the Battle of St. Quentin, an Allied victory during the First World War.

History

Saint-Quentin was erected in 1921 from Grimmer Parish.

Delineation

Saint-Quentin Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:

On the north by the Parish of Grimmer and the Province of Quebec; on the west by the Province of Quebec; on the southwest by the Counties of Victoria and Madawaska, and on the east by the Parishes of Grimmer and Eldon.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold).

• Five Fingers
• Rang-Cinq-et-Six
• Rang-Dix
• Rang-Dix-Huit
• Rang-Douze-Nord
• Rang-Douze-Sud

• Rang-Quatorze
• Rang-Seize
• Rang-Sept-et-Huit
• Saint-Quentin
• Saint-Martin-de-Restigouche including:
  • Limerick

Demographics

Population

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

	2016	2011
Population	1,532 (+2.9% from 2011)	1,489 (-5.6% from 2006)
Land area	2,478.57 km2 (956.98 sq mi)	2,478.88 km2 (957.10 sq mi)
Population density	0.6/km2 (1.6/sq mi)	0.6/km2 (1.6/sq mi)
Median age	46.8 (M: 47.5, F: 46.0)	44.7 (M: 44.4, F: 45.0)
Private dwellings	696 (total)	642 (total)
Median household income	$59,776	$.N/A

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

Historical Census Data - Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 1,543 —     1996 1,554 +0.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 1,557 +0.2% 2006 1,578 +1.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 1,489 −5.6% 2016 1,532 +2.9%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		1,520		1,495		98.4%		15		1.0%		5		0.3%		5		0.3%
2011		1,480		1,450	1.0%	97.97%		20	71.4%	1.35%		5	n/a%	0.34%		5	93.8%	0.34%
2006		1,585		1,435	6.2%	90.54%		70	n/a%	4.42%		0	100.0%	0.00%		80	n/a%	5.05%
2001		1,540		1,530	1.0%	99.35%		0	100.0%	0.00%		10	n/a%	0.65%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		0		1,515	n/a	0.00%		35	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

Access Routes

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

• Highways
  • Route 17

• Principal Routes
  • Route 180

• Secondary Routes:
  • Route 260

• External Routes:
  • None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick
• Upsalquitch Northwest River
• Little Main Restigouche River
• North Branch Gounamitz River
• West Branch Gounamitz River
• Gounamitz River
• Belle Kedgwick River
• South Branch Kedgwick River
• Rimouski River