Dufferin Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Dufferin |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1873 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 12.34 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 565 |
| Population Density Km2: | 45.8 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 1.4% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 265 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Dufferin is a geographic parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, located east of St. Stephen.
For governance purposes, the entire parish is part of the town of the Municipal District of St. Stephen,[2] which is a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission.[3]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised a single local service district (LSD), which was a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC).
The Census subdivision of the same name shares the parish's boundaries.[1]
Origin of name
The parish was named for the Earl of Dufferin,[4] who was Governor General of Canada at time.[5]
History
Dufferin was erected in 1873 from Saint Stephen Parish.[6]
Boundaries
Dufferin Parish is bounded:[7] [8]
- on the north by the rear line of the tier of grants fronting on the St. Croix River and Pagans Cove;
- on the east by the mouth of Oak Bay;
- on the south by the St. Croix River;
- on the west by the Old Bay Road and Dennis Stream.
Local service district
The local service district of the parish of Dufferin comprised the entire parish.[9]
The LSD was established in 1969 to assess for community services,[10] in this case to provide ambulance service after local funeral homes ceased doing so.[11] Fire protection was added in 1970.[12]
In 2021, the LSD assesses for only the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[13] The taxing authority is 509.00 Dufferin.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.[14]
- Champlain
- Crocker Hill
- The Ledge
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[15] at least partly within the parish.
Demographics
Language
| Canada Census Mother Tongue - Dufferin 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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| | | | 545 | 3.7% | 94.78% | | 15 | 33.3% | 2.61% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | | 15 | n/a% | 2.61% |
| | | | 525 | 1.9% | 98.13% | | 10 | 60.0% | 1.87% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% |
| | | | 515 | 16.5% | 93.64% | | 25 | 20.0% | 4.54% | | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | | 10 | n/a% | 1.82% |
| | | | 430 | n/a | 95.56% | | 20 | n/a | 4.44% | | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | |
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[16]
See also
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Southwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 10 . Government of New Brunswick . 5 June 2023.
- Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 5 June 2023 . 21 July 2022.
- Often cited as the 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, a title he didn't hold until 1888.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 231 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1873.. 1873. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 253–254. 36 Vic. c. 75 An Act to erect a part of the Parish of Saint Stephen, in the County of Charlotte, into a separate Town or Parish.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Web site: No. 160 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 3 July 2021. Remainder of parish on map 161 at same site.
- Web site: 478 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 3 July 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 488 and 489 at same site.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 6 February 2021.
- Regulation 69–17 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 69–161) . The Royal Gazette . Fredericton . 12 March 1969 . 127 . 149.
- St. Stephen – Milltown Ambulance Brigade . The New Brunswick Municipal Monthly . March 1969 . 25 . 3 . 5 . Department of Municipal Affairs . Fredericton, NB.
- Regulation 70–63 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 70–385) . The Royal Gazette . Fredericton . 17 June 1970 . 128 . 343–344.
- Web site: 2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick . Department of Environment and Local Government . 55 . 6 February 2021.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 4 July 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas Pages 4, 12
