Rivière-Verte Parish, New Brunswick

Coordinates: 47°19′N 68°09′W / 47.317°N 68.150°W / 47.317; -68.150
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This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the neighbourhood of Edmundston, see Rivière-Verte, New Brunswick.

Rivière-Verte
Parish
Rivière-Verte village
Rivière-Verte village
Location within Madawaska County.
Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47°19′N 68°09′W / 47.317°N 68.150°W / 47.317; -68.150
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyMadawaska
Erected1920
Area
[1]
 • Land715.72 km2 (276.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total657
 • Density0.9/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Change 2016-2021
Decrease 7.6%
 • Dwellings
324
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within village of Rivière-Verte

Rivière-Verte is a geographic parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.[4]

For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Edmundston,[5] the town of Vallée-des-Rivières,[5] and the Northwest rural district, all of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission.[6]

Before the 2023 governance reforms, the village of Rivière-Verte included what is now part of Edmundston, while the parish outside the village formed the local service district of the parish of Rivière-Verte.[7]

Origin of name[edit]

The parish probably takes its name from the Green River, a tributary of the Saint John River, which takes its name from the colour of its water.[8]

History[edit]

Rivière-Verte was erected in 1920 from Saint-Basile Parish.[9]

Boundaries[edit]

Rivière-Verte Parish is bounded:[2][10][11][12]

  • on the northeast, beginning on the Restigouche County line at the prolongation of the northwestern line of a grant to John Hart on the Saint John River, then running southeasterly about 24 kilometres to the northwestern line of the Third Tract granted to the New Brunswick Railway Company;
  • on the southeast, beginning on the county line, then running southwesterly along the Third Tract to its westernmost corner, then southeasterly along southwestern line of the Third Tract to the prolongation of the southeastern line of a grant to Louis E. Roy in Tier Nine of the Martin Settlement North, then southwesterly along the prolongation, the Roy grant, and straight along grant lines across Tiers Eight and Seven to Montagne-de-la-Croix Road, then northwesterly along the road about 550 metres to the northernmost corner of a grant to Théodule Clavette in Tier Six of Martin Settlement North, then southwesterly to the southernmost corner of the Clavette grant, then northwesterly about 1.3 kilometres along Tier Six to the prolongation of the southeastern line of Lot I in a five-lot grant to John M. Steeves on the Quisibis River, then southwesterly along Lot I to the Quisibis, then upstream about 50 metres, then southwesterly along the southeastern line of a grant to Amable Thibaudeau, then southwesterly along the Thibaudeau grant to the northernmost corner of a grant to Dennis Bourgoin, then southwesterly, with a bend slightly more southerly, along the Bourgoin grant to the rear line of grants on the Saint John River, then southeasterly about 100 metres to the easternmost corner of a grant to Francis Gaudin, then southwesterly along the Gaudin grant and its prolongation the Saint John;
  • on the southwest by international border within the Saint John River;
  • on the northwest, beginning in the Saint John on the prolongation of the northwestern line of a grant to John Vassour, about 1.1 kilometres upriver from Lavoie Road, then running northeasterly along the Vassour grant to the rear line of the Saint John River tier, then northwesterly about 475 metres to the westernmost corner of a grant to J. Legasse and Others, then northeasterly along the northwestern line of the Legasse grant to the Green River,[a] then across the river and northeasterly along the northwestern line of a grant to Edward Thibaudeau in Tier One north of the Green River to the rear line of Tier One, then northwesterly about 200 metres to the southernmost corner of a Tier Two grant to Thomas Lavoie, then northeasterly in a straight line along the northwestern line of the Lavoie grant and grants in Tiers Three and Four to the rear line of Tier Four, then northwesterly along Tier Four and its prolongation to the prolongation of the Hart grant;
  • on the northwest by the prolongation of the Hart grant, beginning about 1.8 kilometres northeast of Green River and running northeasterly to the county line.

Communities[edit]

Communities at least partly within the parish.[10][11][12] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

  • Beardsley Depot
  • Davis Mill
  • Montagne-de-la-Croix
  • Montagne-des-Roy
  • Montagne-des-Therrien
  • Rivière-Verte

Bodies of water[edit]

Bodies of water[b] at least partly in the parish.[10][11][12]

Other notable places[edit]

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.[10][11][12][14]

  • McCoy Brook Protected Natural Area
  • Quisibis Mountain Protected Natural Area
  • Quisibis River Protected Natural Area

Demographics[edit]

Parish population total does not include village of Rivière-Verte

Population[edit]

Canada census – Rivière-Verte community profile
202120162011
Population657 (-7.6% from 2016)711 (+3.6% from 2011)686 (-13.3% from 2006)
Land area715.72 km2 (276.34 sq mi)715.86 km2 (276.40 sq mi)715.60 km2 (276.29 sq mi)
Population density0.9/km2 (2.3/sq mi)1.0/km2 (2.6/sq mi)1.0/km2 (2.6/sq mi)
Median age50.4 (M: 52, F: 48)47.1 (M: 48.3, F: 43.9)45.2 (M: 44.9, F: 45.6)
Private dwellings305 (total)  346 (total)  325 (total) 
Median household income$47,616$44,379
References: 2021[15] 2016[16] 2011[17] earlier[18][19]
Historical Census Data - Rivière-Verte Parish, New Brunswick
YearPop.±%
1991 801—    
1996 853+6.5%
YearPop.±%
2001 825−3.3%
2006 791−4.1%
YearPop.±%
2011 686−13.3%
2016 711+3.6%
[20][21]

Language[edit]

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Rivière-Verte Parish, New Brunswick[20]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2016
705
 690 97.9% 10 1.4% 5 0.7% 0 Steady 0%
2011
685
 675 Decrease 14.0% 98.54% 10 Decrease 33.3% 1.46% 0 Decrease 100.0% 0.00% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00%
2006
810
 785 Decrease 4.3% 96.91% 15 Steady 0.0% 1.85% 10 Steady 0.0% 1.23% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00%
2001
845
 820 Decrease 0.6% 97.04% 15 Decrease 40.0% 1.78% 10 Increase n/a% 1.18% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00%
1996
850
 825 n/a 97.06% 25 n/a 2.94% 0 n/a 0.00% 0 n/a 0.00%

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The English name Green River and the French name Rivière Verte are both official.[13]
  2. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. ^ The Territorial Division Act[2] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of Saint John and Fredericton, and one town of Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act[3] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
  5. ^ a b "Northwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 1". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  8. ^ Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 238. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  9. ^ "9 Geo. V c. 55 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of April 1919. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1919. pp. 258–265.
  10. ^ a b c d "No. 9". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 10, 20–22, 33, 34, and 44 at same site.
  11. ^ a b c d "059" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 060, 061, 079–081, 099, 100, 121, 122, and 143 at same site.
  12. ^ a b c d "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Green River / Rivière Verte". Geographical names in Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  15. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
  16. ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  17. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  18. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
  19. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
  20. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  21. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Rivière-Verte, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 23 September 2019.


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