Saint-Jacques Parish, New Brunswick

Saint-Jacques St. Jacques
Parish
Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47.43°N 68.385°W / 47.43; -68.385
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Established	1877
Area
• Land	299.80 km2 (115.75 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,599
• Density	5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	0.5%
• Dwellings	710
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Saint-Jacques is a Canadian parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick.

Delineation

Saint-Jacques Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:

Beginning on the west side of the Madawaska River at the southeastern angle of lot No. 16 granted to Charles Hughes thence in a westerly direction along the southern limit of said lot No. 16 to the west limit of lots fronting on the west side of the Madawaska River thence in a southerly direction along the said west limit to the north limit of lots in the Second Tier north of the St. John River thence westerly along said northern limit to a point where it is intersected by the northeast limit of Tier Six Riceville [Settlement] thence in a northwesterly direction along said limit of said Tier Six to the northeast angle of lot No. 51 in said Tier Six thence southwesterly along the northern limit of said lot No. 51 to the southwest angle of lot No. 58 thence northwesterly along the southwest limit of said lot No. 58 to the eastern limit of Tier Three of Rang-des-Morneault thence northerly along said limit to the northeast angle of lot No. 17 in Tier Three granted to Jos. P. Nadeau thence westerly along the north limit of said limit No. 17 to the western limit of Tier Three thence northerly along said limit to the New Brunswick-Quebec boundary line thence in an easterly direction along said boundary line to the east limit of lots in Sweeney Settlement thence in a southerly direction and following the various courses of the east limit of Sweeney Settlement to the southeast angle of lot No. 2 in Sweeney Settlement, the front part of which is granted to Marcel Grandmaison thence northwesterly along the southwest limit of said lot No. 2 to the southwest angle of said lot No. 2 thence southerly along the east limit of Tier Three east of the Madawaska River to the northeast angle of lot No. 213 in Tier Three granted to Peter Plourde thence westerly along the northern limit of said lot No. 213 to the east limit of Tier Two thence southerly following the various courses of the east limit of Tier Two to the northeast angle of lot No. 214 in Tier Two granted to P. Couturier thence westerly along the northern limit of said lot No. 214 to the east limit of lots fronting on the east side of the Madawaska River thence southerly along said limit to the southeastern angle of lot No. 16 granted to Cyprien Michaud thence westerly along the southern limit of said lot No. 16 and its prolongation to the western shore of the Madawaska River thence following said shore in a northerly direction upstream to the place of beginning.

Also:- Including all that portion of the County of Madawaska lying between the Green River and the Lake Branch of Green River.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold) and communities within their respective boundaries (in italics).

• Ennemond
• Grandmaison
• Moulin-Morneault
• Patrieville
• Petite-Rivière-à-la-Truite
• Saint-Jacques
• St. Joseph Settlement

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Saint-Jacques Parish, New Brunswick community profile

	2011
Population	1,599 (-0.5% from 2006)
Land area	299.80 km2 (115.75 sq mi)
Population density	5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
Median age	46.5 (M: 47.3, F: 45.7)
Private dwellings	710 (total)
Median household income	$65,389

References: 2011 earlier

Historical Census Data - Saint-Jacques Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 1,648 —     1996 1,694 +2.8%

Year Pop. ±% 2001 1,715 +1.2% 2006 1,607 −6.3%

Year Pop. ±% 2011 1,599 −0.5%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Jacques 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		1,600		1,535	0.3%	95.94%		50	25.0%	3.12%		10	71.4%	0.62%		5	n/a%	0.31%
2006		1,605		1,530	7.3%	95.33%		40	20.0%	2.49%		35	71.4%	2.18%		0	100.0%	0.00%
2001		1,720		1,650	0.6%	95.93%		50	50.0%	2.91%		10	66.7%	0.58%		10	n/a%	0.58%
1996		1,715		1,660	n/a	96.79%		25	n/a	1.46%		30	n/a	1.75%		0	n/a	0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick