Paquetville Parish, New Brunswick

Paquetville
Parish
Location within Gloucester County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47.625°N 65.215°W / 47.625; -65.215
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Gloucester
Established	1897
Area
• Land	220.30 km2 (85.06 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,504
• Density	11.4/km2 (30/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.9%
• Dwellings	1,142
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Paquetville is a Canadian parish in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.

Delineation

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

Beginning at a point in the southern bank or shore of the southwest branch of Caraquet River at the northwest angle of lot numbered fourteen, granted to Francis Godin and others; thence southerly along the west limit of said lot and said limit of lot number twenty, in the second and third tiers, south of the aforesaid river, to the southwest angle of lot number twenty west, granted to Aug. Gionet; thence easterly along the southern limit of the aforesaid third tier, to the southeast angle of lot number eight in said tier, granted to Laurent Duguay; thence southerly in a direct line to the northwest angle of lot number two hundred and fifty-two, granted to J.A. Paulin, west side of the Maltempec Road; thence southerly along the rear line of lots fronting on said side of the said road to the southwest angle of lot number two hundred and seventy-two, granted to B.D. Ferguson; thence in a southwesterly direction to a point in the southern bank or shore of the Pokemouche River where the same is intersected by the east limit of lot number one, range six, Val-Doucet; thence in a southerly direction along said limit of said lot to the southeast angle of the same; thence in a westerly direction along the south limit of range six, Val-Doucet, to the northeast angle of lot number ten, range A, Saint-Isidore [Settlement]; thence in a southerly direction along the east limit of said lot to the southeast angle of the same; thence in a westerly direction along the south limit of said range A to the southwest angle of lot number twenty-five in said range; thence in a southerly direction along the west limit of lot number two hundred and sixteen in ranges one and two, Saint-Isidore, to a point where the same is intersected by the east prolongation of the northern Limit of tier one north, Allardville East [Settlement]; thence in a westerly direction along said prolongation and said limit of Allardville East to a point where the same is intersected by the southwest prolongation of a line connecting the northeast and southwest angles of a timber block number five, range five; thence along said prolongation and said line to the northeast angle of said block; thence in a northerly direction along the east limit of timber block number five, ranges four and three, to a point where the same is intersected by the west prolongation of the north limit of range three, Paquetville [Settlement]; thence in an easterly direction along said prolongation and said limit of said range to the northeast angle of lot number sixty in range three aforesaid; thence in a direct line to the mouth of Innishannon Brook; and thence in a northeasterly direction following the various courses of the Caraquet River, down stream to the place of beginning.

Communities

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

• Burnsville
• Notre-Dame-des-Érables
• Paquetville
• Petit-Paquetville

• Rang-Saint-Georges
• Saint-Amateur
• Trudel
• Val-Doucet

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Paquetville Parish, New Brunswick community profile

	2011
Population	2,700 (+9.9% from 2006)
Land area	220.30 km2 (85.06 sq mi)
Population density	12.3/km2 (32/sq mi)
Median age	47.7 (M: 47.6, F: 47.8)
Private dwellings	1,142 (total)
Median household income	$.N/A

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

Historical Census Data - Paquetville Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 2,801 —     1996 2,838 +1.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 2,649 −6.7% 2006 2,457 −7.2%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 2,700 +9.9% 2011E 2,504 −7.3%
(E) corrections and updates: Population and dwelling count amendments 2011

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Paquetville Parish, New Brunswick
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		2,680		2,590	9.5%	96.64%		65	18.2%	2.43%		25	n/a%	0.93%		0	100.0%	0.00%
2006		2,430		2,365	5.4%	97.33%		55	42.1%	2.26%		0	0.0%	0.00%		10	n/a%	0.41%
2001		2,595		2,500	9.1%	96.34%		95	26.7%	3.66%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		2,865		2,750	n/a	95.99%		75	n/a	2.62%		40	n/a	1.40%		0	n/a	0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick