Saint Patrick Parish, New Brunswick

Saint Patrick St. Patrick
Parish
Location within Charlotte County.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte County
Established	1756
Area
• Land	236.88 km2 (91.46 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	647
• Density	2.7/km2 (7/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	10.3%
• Dwellings	349
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Saint Patrick is a Canadian parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick.

History

Saint Patrick Parish was established in 1786; it included Dumbarton Parish until 1856.

Delineation

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

West and northwest by Saint Andrews Parish and Saint Croix Parish; east by the west line of the grant to Philip Bailey and others, and its northerly prolongation; north by a line commencing at the most southern angle of lot number five, granted to John Gilman, on the southwestern side of Digdeguash River; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly line of said lot to the Digdeguash River; thence down stream along the same to the lower line of the lot granted to John Campbell; thence along the same easterly to the rear thereof; thence northerly along the rear of the said last mentioned lot to meet the westerly prolongation of the line dividing the lots ten and eleven in the Clarence Hill grant plan, and thence easterly along the said line dividing the lots number ten and number eleven to the eastern boundary of the parish; and south by Passamaquoddy bay, including all the islands west of the east line of the said parish within two miles of the shore.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Saint Patrick, established in 1970 to assess for fire protection. First aid and ambulance services were added in 1975.

Communities

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

• Bethel
• Bocabec
• Bocabec Cove
• Digdeguash

• Elmsville
• Johnson Settlement
• Kerrs Ridge
• McMinn

Bodies of water & Islands

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

• Wheaton Lake
• Caughey-Taylor Nature Preserve

• Kerrs Lake

• Digdeguash Lake

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Saint Patrick Parish, New Brunswick community profile

	2011
Population	647 (-10.3% from 2006)
Land area	236.88 km2 (91.46 sq mi)
Population density	2.7/km2 (7.0/sq mi)
Median age	48.5 (M: 50.1, F: 47.8)
Private dwellings	349 (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 - Saint Patrick Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 656 —     1996 653 −0.5%

Year Pop. ±% 2001 677 +3.7% 2006 721 +6.5%

Year Pop. ±% 2011 647 −10.3%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint Patrick Parish, New Brunswick
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		645		625	10.7%	96.90%		15	0.0%	2.33%		0	0.0%	0.00%		5	n/a%	0.77%
2006		715		700	7.9%	97.90%		15	n/a%	2.10%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%
2001		670		645	5.4%	96.27%		0	0.0%	0.00%		10	n/a%	1.49%		15	50.0%	2.24%
1996		640		610	n/a	95.31%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%		30	n/a	4.69%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:

• Highways
  • Route 1

• Principal Routes
  • Route 127

• Secondary Routes:
  • Route 760
  • Route 770

• External Routes:
  • None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick