Saint-André Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Saint-André |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1907 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 136.19 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,794 |
| Population Density Km2: | 13.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 5.6% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 782 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 47.1436°N -67.755°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portion within the town of Grand Falls
Figures are for rural community of Saint-André; population change reflects revised figure combining 2016 parish and rural community CSDs |
Saint-André is a geographic parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is entirely within the town of Grand Falls,[2] which is a member of the Northwest rural district.[3]
Before the 2023 governance reform, a small area along the Saint John River was part of the town of Grand Falls, with the remainder forming the incorporated rural community of Saint-André, itself formed in 2006 by the merger of the village of St. André and the local service district of the parish of Saint-André.[4]
Origin of name
The parish takes its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish.
History
Saint-André was erected from Saint-Léonard Parish in 1907.[5]
Boundaries
Saint-André Parish is bounded:[6] [7] [8]
- on the east, beginning at a point on the Victoria County line about 35.4 kilometres south of the Restigouche County line, then running generally southerly along the Victoria County line to the Saint John River, about 75 metres west of the mouth of Little River;
- on the south by the Saint John River, running upriver along first the Victoria County line and then the international border;
- on the northwest, beginning in the Saint John on the prolongation of Bourgoin Road, then running along the prolongation and Bourgoin Road to the rear line of grants along the Saint John, which coincides with Route 2 in this area, then southeasterly along Route 2 about 650 metres to the rear line of the tier of grants along Bourgoin Road in Saint-Léonard Parish, then generally northeasterly along the rear line of the Bourgoin Road grants to the end of the tier and then along its prolongation to Route 255, then northeasterly and northwesterly along the rear line and northeastern line of the southeastern tier of the Coombes Road Settlement in Saint-Léonard Parish, then northeasterly and northwesterly along the southeastern and northeastern lines of the northwestern tier of Coombes Road Settlement to its northernmost corner, about 1 kilometre northeast of the bend of Route 17, then northeasterly along the prolongation of the northwestern line of the northwestern tier to the starting point.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish;
- Comeau Ridge
- Levesque Settlement
- Martin Siding
- McManus Siding
- Poitras Siding
- Powers Creek
- Saint-Amand
- Saint-André
- Woodville
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[9] at least partly in the parish:
Demographics
Parish population total does not include Grand Falls or the former incorporated village of St. André[10]
Population
Population trend[11] [12]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 1,129 | 0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,134 | 5.2% |
| 2006 | 1,196 (adjusted) | |
| 2006 | 1,660 | 6.2% |
| 2001 | 1,769 | 7.0% |
| 1996 | 1,902 | 0.2% |
| 1991 | 1,905 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[12]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| French only | 1,000 | 93.0% |
| English only | 70 | 6.5% |
| Other languages | 0 | 0.0% |
| Both English and French | 5 | 0.5% | |
See also
References
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 30 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- 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: Rural Community of Saint-André Regulation - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 24 January 2023 . 1 February 2021.
- Book: Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March. 1906.. 1906. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 62–66. 6 Edward 7 c. 22 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..
- Web site: No. 45 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 54 at same site.
- Web site: 145 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 161, 162, 177, and 178 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 16 June 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- The rural community CSD is actually the former incorporated village of St. André, which was relabelled the rural community CSD after the merger.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census Saint-André, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . August 29, 2019.
