Saint-Louis Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Saint-Louis |
| Other Name: | St. Louis |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1855 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 258.65 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,760 |
| Population Density Km2: | 6.8 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 2.3% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 797 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 46.725°N -65.075°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portion within the village of Saint-Louis de Kent |
Saint-Louis (originally Palmerston) is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Beaurivage[2] and the Kent rural district,[3] both of which are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission.[4] The rural district areas are Kouchibouguac National Park in the east and the western end of the parish.
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the local service districts of Saint-Ignace and the parish of Saint-Louis, which included an area with amended services named Canisto Road.[5]
Origin of name
The parish may take its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish of Saint-Louis-des-Français.
History
Saint-Louis was erected as Palmerston Parish in 1855 from Carleton Parish.[6] The Saint-Charles River formed the southern boundary of the parish.
In 1857 the northern boundary with Carleton in the eastern end of the parish was altered to run along grant lines.[7]
In 1866 the parish was renamed Saint-Louis.[8]
In 1909 the southern part of Saint-Louis was included in the new parish of Saint-Charles, using the rear line of grants along the Kouchibouguacis River to form much of the boundary.[9]
Boundaries
Saint-Louis Parish is bounded:[10] [11] [12]
- on the west and north by a line beginning on the shore of Kouchibouguac Bay at the prolongation of the southern line of a grant about 1.5 kilometres south of the mouth of Ruisseau des Major in Kouchibouguac National Park, then running southwesterly along the grant line and its prolongation past Ruisseau des Major to the southernmost corner of the second grant, then northerly to the southern line of a grant straddling the Kouchibouguac River, then along the southern lines of five river grants until it strikes the prolongation of the starting grant line, then westerly along the prolongation to Route 134, then northwesterly along Route 134 to the southern line of Kouchibouguac River grants, then southwesterly along the northern line of two grants on either side of Route 11 and a third grant, to the northwestern corner of the third grant, then south seventy-five degrees and thirty minutes west to the northern line of Weldford Parish, at a point about 3.25 kilometres west of Route 126;
- on the east by Kouchibouguac Bay and Saint-Louis Bay;
- on the southeast by a line beginning on the shore of Kouchibouguac Bay at the prolongation of the rear line of grants on the Saint-Charles River, then southwesterly along the line to near Route 134, then generally westerly along the rear line of grants along the Kouchibouguacis River until the prolongation of the Canadian National Railway line where it crosses the northern line of Weldford Parish, which runs due west from the northernmost corner of the Richibucto 15 Indian reserve;
- on the south by the northern line of Weldford Parish;
- including the islands in front in Saint-Louis Bay and Kouchibouguac Bay.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
- Bretagneville
- Camerons Mill
- Cap-de-Saint-Louis (St. Louis Cape)
- Desherbiers
- Guimond-Village (Guimond)
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[13] at least partly in the parish:
Conservation areas
Parks, historic sites, and related entities in the parish.
Demographics
Population
Parish population does not include the village of Saint-Louis-de-KentPopulation trend[14] [15]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 1,802 | 3.5% |
| 2011 | 1,741 | 8.4% |
| 2006 | 1,901 | 0.3% |
| 2001 | 1,906 | 5.6% |
| 1996 | 2,018 | 1.6% |
| 1991 | 2,051 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[15]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| French only | 1,605 | 88.9% |
| English only | 160 | 8.9% |
| Both English and French | 25 | 1.4% |
| Other languages | 15 | 0.8% | |
See also
References
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 30 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: Kent Regional Service Commission: RSC 6 . Government of New Brunswick . 26 February 2023.
- Web site: Kent Regional Service Commission: RD 6 . Government of New Brunswick . 26 February 2023.
- Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 February 2023 . 21 July 2022.
- Web site: Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 February 2023 . 25 June 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of November, 1854, and in the Months of February, March, and April, 1855.. 1855. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 178. 18 Vic. c. 49 An Act to divide the Parish of Carleton, in the County of Kent, into two Parishes.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in July 1856, and March and July 1857.. 27 March 2021. 1857. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 16. 20 Vic. c. 10 An Act to amend an Act to divide the Parish of Carleton, in the County of Kent, into two Parishes..
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Months of March, April, and July, 1866.. 27 March 2021. 1866. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 23. 29 Vic. c. 10 An Act to change the name of the Parish of Palmerston in the County of Kent..
- Book: Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of May 1908. 1908. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 49–52. 8 Edward 7 c. 21 An Act to amend the Act respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the County of Kent..
- Web site: No. 79 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 80, 88, and 89 at same site.
- Web site: 222 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 235–237 and 251–253 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 11 June 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census Saint-Louis, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . September 14, 2019.
