Clair Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Clair |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1900 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 43.92 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 283 |
| Population Density Km2: | 6.4 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2011-2016 |
| Population Blank1: | 4.7% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 101 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 47.295°N -68.67°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portion within village of Clair
No census data available after 2016 |
Clair is a geographic parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
For governance purposes it is part of the incorporated rural community of Haut-Madawaska,[3] which is a member of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC).
Origin of name
Clair was named in honour of Peter Clair, an early immigrant from County Clare, Ireland.[4]
History
Clair was erected in 1900 from Saint-François.[5]
In 1912 Lac Baker Parish was erected from part of Clair;[6] the boundary was slightly altered later that year.[7]
Clair was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries in 1946.[8]
Boundaries
Clair Parish is bounded:[9] [10] [11]
- on the northeast and north, running entirely along grant lines, starting at a point about 1.35 kilometres northwest of Chemin des Long,[12] on the northeastern line of Range Three of the Baker Lake Settlement, which is two tiers inland of the western side of Lac Baker, then running southeasterly to the northwestern corner of a triangular grant on Brown Road, then easterly and northeasterly along two Brown Road grants, then easterly along the Saint John River grants to a point about 1.2 kilometres east of Route 120;
- on the east by the eastern line of a grant to John C. Ouellet and its prolongation to the international border in the Saint John River;
- on the south by the international border;
- on the west and northwest by a line beginning in the Saint John River on the prolongation of the western line of a grant to Edward Levasseur in Range Two, the Levasseur lot being on the western side of Levasseur Road at its northern end, then northerly along the prolongation through Range One (the river grants), the grant line, and the northerly prolongation to the northern line of Range Three, afterwards running entirely on grant lines, westerly along Range 3 to the southwestern line of Range Five of Baker Lake Settlement, then northwesterly along Range Five about 1.3 kilometres, then northeasterly to the southwestern line of Range Four, then northwesterly along Range Four about 2 kilometres, then northeasterly across Range Four and Range Three to the starting point.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
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- Concession-des-Lang
- Crockett
- Les Rapides
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[13] at least partly in the parish:
Demographics
Parish population total does not include former village of Clair. 2016 is the last census the parish was profiled in. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Clair Parish, New Brunswick |
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| Census | | Total | | | | | | | | |
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| Year | | Responses | | Count | Trend | Pop % | | Count | Trend | Pop % | | Count | Trend | Pop % | | Count | Trend | Pop % |
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| | | | 245 | | 90.7% | | 20 | | 7.4% | | 5 | | 1.9% | | 0 | | 0% |
| | | | 250 | 12.0% | 89.29% | | 25 | 50.0% | 8.93% | | 5 | 66.7% | 1.78% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| | | | 220 | 18.5% | 77.19% | | 50 | 80.0% | 17.54% | | 15 | 33.3% | 5.26% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| | | | 270 | 8.5% | 93.10% | | 10 | 33.3% | 3.45% | | 10 | n/a% | 3.45% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| | | | 295 | n/a | 95.16% | | 15 | n/a | 4.84% | | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |
See also
References
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Clair, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . September 23, 2019.
- Web site: Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act . Government of New Brunswick . 13 November 2020.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 2017-3 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 2017-52) . Government of New Brunswick . 19 July 2020.
- Web site: Clair Parish . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . 26 October 2020.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March and April, 1900.. 1900. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 97–100. 63 Vic. c. 18 An Act to amend an Act intituled 'An Act to revise and codify an Act to provide for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the County of Madawaska.'. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Book: Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of April, 1911. 1911. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 167–170. 1 Geo. V c. 46 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of The Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the County of Madawaska..
- Book: New Brunswick Acts of the Legislative Assembly Passed in the Months of March and April, 1912. 1912. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 131–132. 2 Geo. V c. 16 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the County of Madawaska..
- Book: Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1946. 1946. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 321–339. 10 Geo. VI. c. 95 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, in so far as it relates to the County of Madawaska..
- Web site: No. 32 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 16 June 2021.
- Web site: 118 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 119, 140, and 141 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 16 June 2021.
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- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
