Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick
Appearance
Canterbury | |
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Coordinates: 45°50′42″N 67°32′06″W / 45.845°N 67.535°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | York |
Established | 1855 |
Area | |
• Land | 557.22 km2 (215.14 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 609 |
• Density | 1.1/km2 (3/sq mi) |
• Pop 2006-2011 | 9.7% |
• Dwellings | 417 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Canterbury is a Canadian parish in York County, New Brunswick.[2]
Its population in the 2011 Census was 609.
Delineation
Canterbury Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] as being bounded:
- Southeast by Dumfries and McAdam Parishes; northeasterly and northerly by the Saint John River and Eel River; west by Eel River, where Bull Creek enters the same; thence up Eel River through the first, second and third lakes to the head of the last mentioned lake; thence in a direct line southeasterly to the head of the La Coote Lake; thence through said lake and down La Coote Stream and the main Palfrey Stream to the McAdam Parish line including Fall Island[a] in the Saint John River.
Communities
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold):
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Demographics
PopulationPopulation trend[4]
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LanguageMother tongue language (2006)[5]
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See also
Footnotes
- ^ Fall Island was submerged when Mactaquac Dam was built.
References
- ^ a b 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick
- ^ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Canterbury Parish
- ^ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
- ^ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick