Baker Brook Parish, New Brunswick

Baker Brook
Parish
Location within Madawaska County.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Established	1929
Area
• Land	125.69 km2 (48.53 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	287
• Density	2.3/km2 (6/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	62.1%
• Dwellings	139
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Baker Brook is a Canadian parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick.

Delineation

Baker Brook Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:

Beginning at a point in the International Boundary where it is intersected by the southern prolongation of the west limit of lot No. 83 granted to Augustine Daigle thence in a northerly direction along said prolongation and said limit to its northwest angle or to the northern limit of the lots fronting on the St. John River thence in an easterly direction along the said northern limit of 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 east limit of Range Four Val-Nadeau [Settlement] 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 said limit to the New Brunswick-Quebec Boundary line thence easterly along said Boundary line to the west limit of Tier Three, Rang-des-Morneault thence southerly along said limit to the northwest angle of lot No. 17 in said Tier Three thence easterly along the northern limit of said lot No. 17 to the east limit of Tier Three aforesaid thence southerly along said limit to the point where it is intersected by the southwest limit of lot No. 58 in Tier Six Riceville [Settlement] thence southeasterly along said limit of said lot No. 58 to the northwest limit of lot No. 51 in said Tier Six thence northeasterly along the northwest limit of lot No. 51 to the northeast limit of Tier Six thence southeasterly along said limit to the most easterly angle of lot No. 19 in Tier Six granted to Onesime Gagnon thence southwesterly along the southeast limit of said lot No. 19 in Tier Six, lot No. 18 in Tier Five, lot No. 95 in Tier Four [Ouellette Settlement] and lot No. 96 in Tier Three to the southwest limit of said Tier Three thence southeasterly along said limit to the most easterly angle of lot No. 113 in Tier Two thence southwesterly along the southeast limit of said lot No. 113 to the north limit of lots fronting on the St. John River thence southeasterly along said limit to the northeast angle of lot No. 61 granted to Firmin M. Dechene thence southwesterly along the southeast limit of said lot No. 61 and its southern prolongation to the International Boundary thence in a westerly direction along 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).

• Baker-Brook
  • Michaud
• Concession-de-Baker-Brook
• Concession-des-Ouellette
• Rang-des-Morneault
• Rang-Saint-Joseph
• Val-Lambert
• Val-Nadeau
  • Pinniquine

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Baker Brook Parish, New Brunswick community profile

	2011
Population	287 (+62.1% from 2006)
Land area	125.48 km2 (48.45 sq mi)
Population density	2.3/km2 (6.0/sq mi)
Median age	44.9 (M: 45.4, F: 44.2)
Private dwellings	139 (total)
Median household income	$62,671

Notes: 2006 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
References: 2011 earlier

Historical Census Data - Baker Brook Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 306 —     1996 357 +16.7%

Year Pop. ±% 2001 322 −9.8% 2006 177 −45.0%

Year Pop. ±% 2011 287 +62.1%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Baker Brook Parish, New Brunswick 2011 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		0		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		185		150	52.4%	81.08%		10	n/a%	5.41%		10	n/a%	5.41%		15	n/a%	8.11%
2001		315		315	6.0%	100.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		355		335	n/a	94.37%		0	n/a	0.00%		20	n/a	5.63%		0	n/a	0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick