Saint Andrews Parish, New Brunswick

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

Saint Andrews St. Andrews
Parish
Location within Charlotte County.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte County
Established	1786
Area
• Land	24.27 km2 (9.37 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	553
• Density	22.8/km2 (59/sq mi)
• Pop (2011-2016)	6.7%
• Dwellings	312
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Saint Andrews is a civil parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, located east of St. Stephen. It includes one town and one local service district (LSD).

The Census subdivision of the same name includes all of the parish except the town of Saint Andrews; it shares the borders of the LSD of Chamcook.

History

Saint Andrews Parish was established in 1786, and it included Saint Croix Parish until 1874.

Delineation

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

North by Saint Croix Parish and a direct line from the Southeast angle of Lot Number 11 granted to James Greenlaw to the most Western angle of Lot Number 20 granted to Francis Welsh; west by the St. Croix River south by Passamaquoddy Bay, and east by the west line of lot number twenty, granted to F. Welsh, including Ministers and Navy Islands.

Communities

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

• Bar Road
• Chamcook
• Chamcook Lake
• Saint Andrews

Bodies of water and islands

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

• Chamcook Lake
• Digdeguash Lake

• Kerrs Lake
• Ministers Island

• Navy Island

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Saint Andrews Parish, New Brunswick community profile

	2016	2011
Population	553 (-6.7% from 2011)	593 (+0.2% from 2006)
Land area	24.27 km2 (9.37 sq mi)	24.38 km2 (9.41 sq mi)
Population density	22.8/km2 (59/sq mi)	24.3/km2 (63/sq mi)
Median age	52.2 (M: 51.8, F: 52.4)	47.6 (M: 47.2, F: 47.9)
Private dwellings	312 (total)	311 (total)
Median household income	$68,864	$.N/A

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

Historical Census Data - Saint Andrews Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 457 —     1996 452 −1.1% 2001 547 +21.0%	Year Pop. ±% 2001A 552 +0.9% 2006 592 +7.2% 2011 593 +0.2%	Year Pop. ±% 2016 553 −6.7%
(A) adjustment due to boundary change.

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint Andrews Parish, New Brunswick
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		590		555	1.8%	94.07%		25	20.0%	4.24%		0	0.0%	0.00%		10	50.0%	1.69%
2006		0		545	3.7%	0.00%		20	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		20	n/a%	0.00%
2001		545		525	12.4%	96.33%		20	n/a%	3.67%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%
1996		460		450	n/a	97.83%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%		10	n/a	2.17%

Access Routes

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

• Highways
  • None

• Principal Routes
  • Route 127

• Secondary Routes:
  • None

• External Routes:
  • None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick