Saint Patrick Parish, New Brunswick
Saint Patrick
St. Patrick | |
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Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Charlotte County |
Established | 1756 |
Area | |
• Land | 236.88 km2 (91.46 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• 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.[2]
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[3] 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,[a] 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).
Bodies of water & Islands
This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish
Demographics
Population
2011 | |
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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 |
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Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint Patrick Parish, New Brunswick[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | English
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French
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English & French
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Other
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Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011
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645
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625 | 10.7% | 96.90% | 15 | 0.0% | 2.33% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 5 | n/a% | 0.77% | |||||
2006
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715
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700 | 7.9% | 97.90% | 15 | n/a% | 2.10% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% | |||||
2001
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670
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645 | 5.4% | 96.27% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 10 | n/a% | 1.49% | 15 | 50.0% | 2.24% | |||||
1996
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640
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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:[7]
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See also
Footnotes
- ^ The name was originally styled St. Patrick in English and St-Patrick in French (1984); it was changed to the modern form in 1985.
References
- ^ a b c "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- ^ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Saint Patrick Parish
- ^ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
- ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 4, 12