Johnston Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the parish. For the community, see Johnston, New Brunswick.

Johnston
Parish
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Queens County
Established	1839
Area
• Land	359.18 km2 (138.68 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	660
• Density	1.8/km2 (5/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	3.5%
• Dwellings	432
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Johnston Parish is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.

History

Johnston Parish established in 1839 from Wickham Parish: named for Hugh Johnston (1790-1850), who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick: his father, Hugh Johnston (1756-1829), was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly.

Delineation

Johnston Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:

Communities

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

• Annidale
• Bagdad
• Canaan Rapids
• Chambres Corner
• Codys
• Coles Island

• Highfield
• Johnston
• Long Creek
• Partridge Valley
• Phillipstown
• Salmon Creek

• Smith Corner
• Thornetown
• Washademoak
• Waterloo Corner
• Youngs Cove Road

Bodies of water & Islands

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

• Canaan River

Demographics

Population

Population trend

Census	Population	Change (%)
2011		N/A
2006	684	0.4%
2001	687	0.0%
1996		0.0%
1991		N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

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:

• Highways
  • none

• Principal Routes
  • Route 2 (TCH)
  • Route 10

• Secondary Routes:
  • Route 112
  • Route 695
  • Route 710
  • Route 715

• External Routes:
  • None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick