Saint-Paul Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Saint-Paul |
| Other Name: | St. Paul |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1888 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 228.41 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 877 |
| Population Density Km2: | 3.8 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 4.2% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 383 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 46.3275°N -65.0175°W |
Saint-Paul is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes, most of the parish is within the town of Champdoré, with a strip along the northern boundary in the village of Five Rivers[2] and the southeastern corner part of the incorporated rural community of Maple Hills.[3] Champdoré and Five Rivers belong to the Kent Regional Service Commission, while Maple Hills belongs to the Southeast RSC.[4]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish formed the local service district of the parish of Saint-Paul.[5]
Origin of name
The parish may have taken its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish.
History
Saint-Paul was erected in 1888 from all of Sainte-Marie Parish west of McLaughlin Road.[6]
Boundaries
Saint-Paul Parish is bounded: [7] [8] [9]
- on the north by the prolongation of a line running south 68º west from the mouth of the Rivière Chockpish-nord to the Canadian National Railway line running alongside Route 126;
- on the east by Route 490;
- on the south by the Westmorland County line;
- on the west by the CNR line running alongside Route 126.
Governance
The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Saint-Paul, established in 1966 to assess for fire protection. Community services were added in 1987, recreational and sports facilities in 2008, and non-fire related rescue in 2015. First aid and ambulance services (1982–2008) were formerly included.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
- Sweeneyville
- Terrains de L'Évêque
- Val-Richard
- Village-des-Belliveau
- Village-des-Cormier
- Village-des-Léger
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[10] at least partly in the parish:
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.[11]
- McLean Settlement Protected Natural Area
Demographics
Population
Population trend[12] [13]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 842 | 2.8% |
| 2011 | 866 | 0.9% |
| 2006 | 858 | 9.8% |
| 2001 | 951 | 3.0% |
| 1996 | 980 | 3.3% |
| 1991 | 1,013 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[13]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| French only | 485 | 57.7% |
| English only | 345 | 41.1% |
| Both English and French | 5 | 0.6% |
| Other languages | 5 | 0.6% | |
See also
External links
46.3275°N -65.0175°W
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: Southeast Regional Service Commission: RSC 7 . 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 Months of March and April, 1888.. 1888. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 160–162. 51 Vic. c. 71 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Saint Mary, in the County of Kent, into a separate Parish.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Web site: No. 99 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 109 at same site.
- Web site: 284 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 285, 300, 301, 317, and 318 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 11 June 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Web site: Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas . GeoNB . 2 July 2021.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census Saint-Paul, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . September 15, 2019.
