Saumarez Parish, New Brunswick
Appearance
Saumarez | |
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Coordinates: 47°30′N 64°56′W / 47.5°N 64.94°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Gloucester |
Established | 1814 |
Area | |
• Land | 326.78 km2 (126.17 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 6,818 |
• Density | 20.9/km2 (54/sq mi) |
• Pop 2011-2016 | 1.5% |
• Dwellings | 3,111 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Saumarez is a civil parish[a] in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Before the formation of the Regional Municipality of Grand Tracadie-Sheila in 2014, Saumarez Parish was subdivided into one town and twelve local service districts, with an additional special service area within the parish LSD.
Delineation
Saumarez Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as being bounded:
- Bounded easterly by the Gulf of St. Lawrence and northerly, westerly and southerly by the following described bounds: Beginning at a point in the most western extremity of a twenty acre lot granted to F. Vienneau,[b] situated at the easterly entrance of the Tracadie Lagoon;[c] thence northwesterly in a direct line across said Lagoon to the mouth of LeBouthillier Brook; thence in a northwesterly direction following the various courses of said brook upstream to Highway 11[d] leading from Tracadie[e] to Pokemouche; thence in a direct line to the northeast angle of lot number one hundred and forty-five, granted to Dosite Landry, situated on the north side of the Saint-Isidore Road;[f] thence in a westerly direction along the north limit of said lot to a point where the same is intersected by a direct line extending from the southeast angle of lot number one hundred and forty-four, granted to Dos. Landry, to the Southwest angle of lot number five, granted to Joseph Lavigne, in Range Six, Val-Doucet;[g] thence in a southeasterly direction along said direct line to the southeast angle of aforesaid lot number one hundred and forty-four, granted to Dos. Landry; thence in a westerly direction along the south limit of said lot to a point where the same is intersected by the west bank or shore of Gaspereau Creek; thence in a southerly direction along said bank or shore to a point in the southern limit of lot number one hundred and forty-two, granted to M. Gottro; thence in a westerly direction along the southern limit of said lot and said limit of lot number three hundred and six, granted to George Savoy, and lot number three hundred and nine, granted to A. Basque, to a point in the eastern limit of lot number one, granted to T. Richard; thence in a southerly direction along said limit of said lot to the southeast angle of the same; thence in a westerly direction along the south limit of Range Six, Saint-Isidore [Settlement], to the northwest angle of lot number two hundred and eighty-nine, granted to Canute Arceno, situated in the Second Tier North of the Little Tracadie River; thence in a southerly direction along the west limit of said lot and said limit of lot number thirty, granted to Richard Arseneault, to a point in the north bank or shore of the aforesaid River; thence following the said bank or shore upstream to a point where the same is intersected by the south limit of Range Nine, Saint-Isidore; thence in a westerly direction along said limit of said Range and its western prolongation to a point in the Division line between Timber Block Numbers Three and Four, Range Eight; thence in a southerly direction along said Division line in Ranges Eight, Nine and Ten to a point in the Gloucester-Northumberland County County line; and thence in an easterly direction along said County line to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Governance
The entire parish is part of the Regional Municipality of Tracadie.
Communities
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold):
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Demographics
Population
2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 6,818 (-1.5% from 2011) | 6,920 (+1.3% from 2006) |
Land area | 326.78 km2 (126.17 sq mi) | 326.78 km2 (126.17 sq mi) |
Population density | 20.9/km2 (54/sq mi) | 21.2/km2 (55/sq mi) |
Median age | 49.2 (M: 48.5, F: 49.8) | 45.9 (M: 45.5, F: 46.3) |
Private dwellings | 3,111 (total) | 3,016 (total) |
Median household income | $56,029 | $47,379 |
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(A) adjustment due to boundary change [12][13][1] |
Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saumarez Parish, New Brunswick[12] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | French
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011
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6,870
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6,695 | 1.3% | 97.45% | 125 | 10.7% | 1.82% | 45 | 80.0% | 0.65% | 5 | 83.3% | 0.08% | |||||
2006
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6,805
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6,610 | 3.2% | 97.13% | 140 | 86.7% | 2.06% | 25 | 16.7% | 0.37% | 30 | n/a% | 0.44% | |||||
2001
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6,935
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6,830 | 4.5% | 98.49% | 75 | 58.3% | 1.08% | 30 | 25.0% | 0.43% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | |||||
1996
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7,370
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7,150 | n/a | 97.02% | 180 | n/a | 2.44% | 40 | n/a | 0.54% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% |
See also
Notes
- ^ Civil parishes served a variety of government functions until 1966, when the new Municipalities Act stripped them of their responsibilities; they continue to provide convenient boundaries for government uses, especially electoral districts and local service districts. Statistics Canada uses civil parishes as census subdivisions for all parts of the province that are not within municipalities and similar entities.
- ^ An unnamed island on the northern side of the Old Tracadie Gully.[3][4]
- ^ Now officially Baie de Tracadie.[5]
- ^ Now Route 150.[6]
- ^ The former town of Tracadie.
- ^ Route 160[6]
- ^ Actually Paquetville South Settlement.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Saumarez, Parish [Dissolved census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
- ^ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Crown Grant Reference Map Viewer". GeoNB. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Tracadie North Gully". Canadian Geographical Names. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Baie de Tracadie". Canadian Geographical Names. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ a b "No. 095" (PDF). 2015 Designated Highway Maps. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Crown Grant Reference Map Viewer". GeoNB. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saumarez Parish, New Brunswick