| Colborne | |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1840 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 753.38 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 266 |
| Population Density Km2: | 0.4 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 17.2% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 162 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 47.8875°N -66.27°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portion within the village of Charlo |
Colborne is a geographic parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Heron Bay,[2] the Moose Meadows 4 Indian reserve, and the Restigouche rural district;[3] the town and rural district are both members of the Restigouche Regional Service Commission.[4]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of Charlo, the Indian reserve, and the local service districts of Charleur and Lorne.[5] In the 2023 reform, Charlo merged with the town of Dalhousie to form Heron Bay, which annexed Heron Island and the communities of Benjamin River, Blackland, and New Mills from Chaleur; Lorne and the remainder of Chaleur became part of the rural district.
The parish was named in honour of John Colborne, acting Governor General of the Canadas when the parish was erected.[6]
Colborne was erected in 1840 from Addington and Beresford Parishes.[7] Colborne comprised Restigouche County between the Benjamin and Eel Rivers.
In 1850 the boundaries were altered to run due south from starting points near the coast: the western boundary from milepost forty-eight on the great road (highway) from Bathurst to Dalhousie, the eastern boundary from the mouth of the Benjamin River.[8]
Colborne Parish is bounded:[9] [10]
Communities at least partly within the parish.[11] bold indicates an incorporated municipality or Indian reserve
Bodies of water[12] at least partly within the parish.
Islands at least partly within the parish.
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
Parish population total does not include Moose Meadows 4 Indian reserve or the portion within the former incorporated village of Charlo. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Colborne Parish, New Brunswick | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Census | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | ||||||
| 160 | 20.0% | 80.00% | 35 | 133.3% | 17.50% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% | 5 | n/a% | 2.50% | ||||||||
| 200 | 20.0% | 85.11% | 15 | 40.0% | 6.38% | 20 | n/a% | 8.51% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | ||||||||
| 250 | 22.0% | 90.91% | 25 | 44.4% | 9.09% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | ||||||||
| 205 | n/a | 82.00% | 45 | n/a | 18.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | ||||||||
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[13]
