Moncton Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Moncton |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1786 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 564.16 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 10,704 |
| Population Density Km2: | 19.0 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 9.1% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 4,291 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 46.7756°N -65.48°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portions within the city of Dieppe, the city of Moncton, and the village of Salisbury |
Moncton is a geographic parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the cities of Dieppe and Moncton; the town of Salisbury; the incorporated rural communities of Beausoleil and Maple Hills;[2] the Metepenagiag 3 Urban Reserve, Metepenagiag 8 Urban Reserve, and Soegao 35 Indian reserves; and the Southeast rural district.[3] The municipalities and the rural district are all members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.[4]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the local service district of the parish of Moncton, which included the special service areas of Calhoun Road, Greater Lakeburn, Irishtown, and Painsec Junction, included all of the parish outside Dieppe, Moncton, and Salisbury, and post-reform parts of Dieppe and Moncton.[5]
Origin of name
The parish was named in honour of Robert Monckton,[6] the British commander who captured Fort Beauséjour and oversaw the Expulsion of the Acadians.
History
Moncton was established in 1765 as Monckton Township in the province of Nova Scotia.[7] The boundaries of the township were similar but not identical to the modern parish.
In 1786 Moncton Parish was erected as one of the province's original parishes,[8] using the same boundaries as Monckton Township. The northeastern corner of the parish extended past the northern line of Westmorland County.[9]
In 1835 all of Dorchester Parish north of the mouth of Fox Creek was transferred to Moncton.[10]
In 1850 the western boundary was changed to match the prolongation of the eastern line of a block grant to Martin Gay and associates straddling the Petitcodiac River, adding part of Salisbury Parish.[11]
In 1894 the boundary with Dorchester Parish was redefined to run along a magnetic bearing.[12] The boundaries of the parish were made retroactive to its erection.
Boundaries
Moncton Parish is bounded:[13] [14] [15]
- on the north by the Kent County line;
- on the east beginning on the county line about 150 metres east of Route 115, at the prolongation of the northeastern line of a grant to Martin Walsh on the north side of Route 134, then southeasterly along the prolongation, along the Walsh grant, which runs along the southwestern side of Marshall Road, and along the southeasterly prolongation about 12 kilometres past Route 134 to a point about 1.3 kilometres east of the Memramcook River;
- on the south by the prolongation of a line running south 83º 45' east from the southern side of the mouth of Fox Creek, then by the Petitcodiac River;
- on the west by the western line of the Second Tract granted to Joshua Geldart, about 200 metres upriver of the mouth of the Little River, and the north-northwesterly prolongation of the Geldart line to Kent County.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality or Indian reserve; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[16] at least partly in the parish:
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish.
Demographics
Parish population total does not include city of Moncton, Soegao 35 Indian reserve, and portions in Dieppe and Salisbury
Language
Mother tongue (2016)
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| French only | 3,000 | 30.6% |
| English only | 6,520 | 66.6% |
| Both English and French | 140 | 1.5% |
| Other languages | 130 | 1.3% | |
Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[18]
See also
References
46.1893°N -64.9192°W
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Southeast Regional Service Commission: RSC 7 . Government of New Brunswick . 26 March 2023.
- Web site: Southeast Regional Service Commission: RD 7 . Government of New Brunswick . 26 March 2023.
- Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 March 2023 . 21 July 2022.
- Web site: Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 March 2023 . 25 June 2021.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 254 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of Historic Sites in the Province of New Brunswick . 1899 . Royal Society of Canada . 335 . 27 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, passed in the year 1786.. 20 March 2021. 1786. Government of New Brunswick. Saint John, New Brunswick. 3–12. 26 Geo. III Chapter I. An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes..
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Evolution of the Boundaries of the Province of New Brunswick . 1901 . Royal Society of Canada . Map No. 35 . 27 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1835.. 27 March 2021. 1835. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 27. 5 Wm. IV c. 15 An Act to alter the boundary line between certain Parishes in the County of Westmorland..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850.. 27 March 2021. 1850. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 142–152, 145–149. 13 Vic. c. 51 An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April, 1894.. 1894. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 162–163. 57 Vic. c. 36 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, of 'The division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes,' so far as relates to the County of Westmorland.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Web site: No. 109 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 24 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 110, 119, and 120 at same site.
- Web site: 317 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 24 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 318, 319, 336–339, and 357–360 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 24 June 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 94-43 under the Fish and Wildlife Act (O.C. 94-231) . Government of New Brunswick . 8 July 2021 . 5 June 2006.
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