Clair Parish, New Brunswick

Clair
Parish
Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47.295°N 68.67°W / 47.295; -68.67
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Established	1900
Area
• Land	43.92 km2 (16.96 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	283
• Density	6.4/km2 (17/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	4.7%
• Dwellings	101
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

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

For governance purposes it is part of the incorporated rural community of Haut-Madawaska.

Delineation

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

Beginning in the International Boundary at a point where it is intersected by the southern prolongation of the east limit of lot No. 9 Range Two granted to Joseph Nadeau thence along the said prolongation, said limit and its northern prolongation to the northern limit of Range Three north of the St. John River, thence in a westerly direction along said northern limit to a point where it is intersected by the western limit of Range Five west of Baker Lake, thence in a northwesterly direction along said limit to the northwest angle of lot No. 26 in said Range Five, thence northeasterly along the northern limit of last mentioned lot to the west limit of Range Four thence northwesterly along last mentioned limit to the northwest angle of lot No. 43 in Range Four, thence, northeasterly along the northern limit of said lot No. 43 to the west limit of Range Three thence northwesterly along said limit or to the northwest angle of lot No. 42 in Range Three thence in a northeasterly direction along the north west limit of said lot No. 42 to the west limit of Range Two, thence southeasterly along said west limit of said Range Two to the west 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 north 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 northwest angle of lot No. 83 granted to Augustine Daigle, thence in a southerly direction along the west limit of said lot No. 83 and its southern prolongation to the International Boundary, thence westerly along the said International Boundary to the place of beginning.

Communities

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

• Caron Brook
• Clair
• Concession-des-Lang
• Concession-des-Vasseur
• Crockett
• Les Rapides

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Clair Parish, New Brunswick community profile

	2016	2011
Population	283 (-4.7% from 2011)	297 (+5.3% from 2006)
Land area	43.92 km2 (16.96 sq mi)	44.18 km2 (17.06 sq mi)
Population density	6.4/km2 (17/sq mi)	6.7/km2 (17/sq mi)
Median age	51.1 (M: 52.0, F: 50.2)	50.1 (M: 50.0, F: 50.2)
Private dwellings	101 (total)	121 (total)
Median household income	$65,088	$102,983

References: 2016 2011 earlier

Historical Census Data - Clair Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 295 —     1996 306 +3.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 289 −5.6% 2006 282 −2.4%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 297 +5.3% 2016 283 −4.7%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Clair 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		270		245		90.7%		20		7.4%		5		1.9%		0		0%
2011		280		250	12.0%	89.29%		25	50.0%	8.93%		5	66.7%	1.78%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2006		285		220	18.5%	77.19%		50	80.0%	17.54%		15	33.3%	5.26%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2001		290		270	8.5%	93.10%		10	33.3%	3.45%		10	n/a%	3.45%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		310		295	n/a	95.16%		15	n/a	4.84%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick