Grand Falls Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Grand Falls |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Mapsize: | 225px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1853 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 158.09 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,077 |
| Population Density Km2: | 6.8 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 2.9% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 488 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 46.935°N -67.74°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portion within the town of Grand Falls |
Grand Falls is a geographic parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada;[2] the legal name in French is Grand-Sault,[3] the only parish with different legal English and French names.[4]
For governance purposes it is entirely within the town of Grand Falls,[5] which is a member of the Northwest Regional Service Commission.[6]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the town of Grand Falls was much smaller in area and the remainder of the parish formed the local service district of the parish of Grand Falls.[7]
The town of Grand Falls is treated separately from the parish in the Territorial Division Act,[2] the only instance of a municipality being separated from a parish. The town's modern municipal boundaries extend well beyond its description in the TDA.[8]
Origin of name
The parish was named for the waterfall located in the modern town of Grand Falls.[9]
History
Grand Falls was erected in 1853 from all of Andover Parish north of the Aroostook River and all of Perth Parish north of a line due east from the northwest angle of the Tobique Indian Reserve.[10] The parish included all or most of Denmark, Drummond, and Lorne Parishes, as well as parts of Gordon and Saint-André Parishes.
In 1862 the boundary with Saint-Léonard Parish was altered.[11]
In 1864 part of Grand Falls was included in the newly erected Gordon Parish, which included Lorne Parish.[12]
In 1872 all of Grand Falls east of the Saint John River was erected as Drummond Parish.[13]
In 1913 Grand Falls Parish was legally separated from the town of Grand Falls.[14]
Boundaries
Grand Falls Parish is bounded:[2] [15] [16] [17]
- on the northeast and east by the Saint John River;
- on the south by the Aroostook River;
- on the west by the American border;
- excluding Grand Falls Town.[18] Grand Falls Town has much smaller boundaries than the municipality of Grand Falls,[19] containing only the Town Plat of Colebrook, which has Everard H. Daigle Boulevard and Harley Hill Street as its northern and southern boundaries and extends almost as far west as the end of Nowlan Street, and the Stewart Grant, which goes north about twice the distance between Everard H. Daigle Boulevard and Avenue 5ième and extends as far back as the junction of Caswell and Coldbrook Streets.
Communities
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[20] at least partly in the parish:
Demographics
Parish population total does not include portion within Grand Falls
Population
Population trend[21] [22]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 1,109 | 5.4% |
| 2011 | 1,172 | 1.3% |
| 2006 | 1,188 | 4.0% |
| 2001 | 1,238 | 2.2% |
| 1996 | 1,211 | 4.4% |
| 1991 | 1,160 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[22]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| English only | 700 | 63.4% |
| French only | 385 | 34.8% |
| Both English and French | 20 | 1.8% |
| Other languages | 0 | 0% | |
See also
References
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Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act . Government of New Brunswick . 13 November 2020.
- Web site: Chapitre T-3: Loi sur la division territoriale . Government of New Brunswick . 8 March 2021 . fr.
- Sainte-Marie Parish in Kent County is often written Saint Mary in English but this is not its legal form.
- Web site: Northwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 1 . Government of New Brunswick . 24 January 2023.
- Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 24 January 2023 . 21 July 2022.
- Web site: Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 24 January 2023 . 25 June 2021.
- Web site: Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 85-45) . Government of New Brunswick . 17 December 2020.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 236-237 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1852.. 27 March 2021. 1852. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 55. 15 Vic. c. 35 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Andover, the County of Victoria, into a separate Parish..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in March and April 1862.. 27 March 2021. 1862. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 117. 25 Vic. c. 46 An Act to alter the Boundary Line between the Parishes of Grand Falls and Saint Leonard, in the County of Victoria..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of April, 1863.. 27 March 2021. 1863. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 101. 26 Vic. c. 44 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Grand Falls, Perth, and Saint Leonard, in the County of Victoria, into a separate Town or Parish..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1872.. 1872. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 67–68. 35 Vic. c. 34 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Grand Falls in the County of Victoria, into a separate Town or Parish.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Book: New Brunswick Acts of the Legislative Assembly Passed in the Months of March and April, 1912. 1912. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 22–24. 2 Geo. V c. 4 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 Victoria..
- Web site: No. 54 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 63 and 72 at same site.
- Web site: 178 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 193, 208, and 223 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 23 June 2021.
- This is the only instance in the Territorial Division Act where a town is legally separate from its parish.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45) . Government of New Brunswick . 30 April 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Grand Falls, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . October 2, 2019.
