Burton Parish, New Brunswick

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Burton
Parish
Location within Sunbury County, New Brunswick
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Sunbury County
Established	1765
Area ^[1]
• Land	259.48 km² (100.19 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	5,421
• Density	20.9/km² (54/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	8.0%
• Dwellings	1,983
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Burton is a Canadian parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

Burton Parish first established in 1765 as a Nova Scotia township: named for Brigadier General Ralph Burton who served at the capture of Fort Louisbourg in 1758 and the capture of Québec in 1759: Burton became a parish in New Brunswick in 1786: included part of Blissville Parish until 1834.

Delineation

Burton Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act^[3] as being bounded:

Southeast by the County line; southwest by the prolongation southeasterly of the southwest line of Lincoln Parish to the Queens County line; northwest by the Oromocto River and northeast by the Saint John River, including Gilbert and Ox Islands.

Communities

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

Bodies of water & Islands

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

Oromocto River

Demographics

Population

Population trend^[4]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011		N/A
2006	5019	0.4%
2001	5000	0.0%
1996		0.0%
1991		N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)^[5]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only		%
English only		%
Both English and French	0	0.00%
Other languages	0	0.00%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:^[6]

Highways
- Route 2 (TCH)
- Route 7

Principal Routes
- Route 102

Secondary Routes:
- None

External Routes:
- None

References

^ ^a ^b 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Burton Parish, New Brunswick
^ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Burton Parish
^ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
^ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
^ Profile: Burton Parish, New Brunswick
^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Places adjacent to Burton Parish, New Brunswick

Maugerville Parish

Sheffield Parish

Canning Parish (Queens County)

Lincoln Parish

Burton Parish

Gagetown Parish (Queens County)

Gladstone Parish

Blissville Parish

Petersville Parish (Queens County)

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Cities	Bathurst Campbellton Dieppe Edmundston Fredericton Miramichi Moncton Saint John
Towns	Beaurivage Belle-Baie Cap-Acadie Caraquet Carleton North Champdoré Grand Bay–Westfield Grand Falls Grand-Bouctouche Hampton Hartland Hautes-Terres Heron Bay Île-de-Lamèque Oromocto Quispamsis Riverview Rivière-du-Nord Rothesay Saint-Quentin Salisbury Shediac Shippagan St. Andrews St. Stephen Sussex Tantramar Vallée-des-Rivières Woodstock
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Regional municipality	Tracadie
Rural communities	Alnwick Butternut Valley Campobello Island Central York Eastern Charlotte Fundy Shores Hanwell Harvey Haut-Madawaska Kedgwick Maple Hills Miramichi River Valley Nackawic-Millville Nashwaak Strait Shores Sunbury-York South Upper Miramichi
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Indian reserves	Big Hole Tract 8 (North Half) Big Hole Tract 8 (South Half) Buctouche 16 Buctouche Micmac Band Extension Devon 30 Eel Ground 2 Eel River 3 Esgenoôpetitj Fort Folly 1 Indian Island 28 Indian Point 1 Indian Ranch Kingsclear 6 Metepenagiag Urban Reserve 3 Metepenagiag Urban Reserve 8 Metepenagiag Uta'nk Moose Meadows 4 Oinpegitjoig Oromocto 26 Pabineau 11 Pokemouche 13 Red Bank 4 Red Bank 7 Renous 12 Richibucto 15 Soegao No. 35 St Basile 10 St. Mary's 24 Tabusintac 9 The Brothers 18 Tobique 20 Woodstock 23
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