Sainte-Marie Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Saint-Marie |
| Other Name: | Saint Mary, St. Mary, Ste. Marie |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1867 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 238.32 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,991 |
| Population Density Km2: | 8.4 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 1.0% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 956 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 46.39°N -64.8725°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portion within the village of Saint-Antoine |
Saint-Marie (originally Saint Mary), is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes, most of the parish belongs to the town of Champdoré, with small areas along its eastern and northern boundaries belonging to the town of Grand-Bouctouche[2] and the village of Five Rivers, respectively; all are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission.[3]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of Saint-Antoine[4] and the local service districts of Grand Saint-Antoine and the parish of Saint Mary.[5] [6]
Origin of name
The parish's name may have come from a church.[7]
History
Sainte-Marie was erected as Saint Mary in 1867 from Wellington Parish.[8]
In 1871 the Renauds Mills area of Sainte-Marie was returned to Wellington.[9]
In 1883 Sainte-Marie annexed part of Harcourt Parish east of the railway.[10]
In 1888 Saint-Paul Parish was erected from all of the parish west of McLaughlin Road.[11]
In 1973 the parish's name was legally changed to Sainte-Marie.[12]
Boundaries
Sainte-Marie Parish is bounded:[13] [14] [15]
- on the north by the prolongation of a line running south 68º west from the mouth of the Rivière Chockpish-nord to Route 490;
- on the east by a line beginning south of Renauds Mills Road, east of Saint-Antoine, then northwesterly straight along grant lines to the Little Buctouche River, then downriver past the prolongation of Chemin Yvon-à-Fred, then northwesterly along to the rear line of a tier of grants straddling Kay Road and across a Crown reserved road that continues Chemin Alban-Légère, then northeasterly along the northwestern side of the Crown reserved road to the eastern line of a grant that runs along part of Dunlop Road, then northwesterly along the grant line to the Buctouche River, then across the river and up Mill Creek to a grant line on the prolongation of Deep Gully Road, then northwesterly along the grant line to Girouardville Road, then southwesterly along Girouardville Road to the southernmost corner of a grant at the corner of Girouardville Road and Mill Creek Road, then northwesterly along the western line of the grant and its prolongation to Mill Creek, then upstream to the eastern line of a grant on the eastern side of Black River Road, then northwesterly along the grant line to Saint-Maurice Road, then southwesterly along Saint-Maurice Road to the western line of a small grant opposite the end of Black River Road, then northwesterly along the grant line and its prolongation to the rear line of grants along the Arsenault Settlement Road, then northeasterly to the western line of a grant that includes the junction of East Branch Road and Arsenault Settlement Road, then north to the northern line of the parish;
- on the south by a line beginning on the shore of Northumberland Strait near Bar-de-Cocagne, then running south 72º 30' west to the western line of a grant on the western side of the junction of Gérard Road and Robichaud Cross Road, a bit north of Robichaud Cross Road, then southwesterly along the grant line to the northwestern line of a grant straddling Gérard Road, part of a tier of grants on the northwestern side of Alexandrina Road, then southwesterly along the rear line of the tier and its prolongation to Route 490;
- on the west by Route 490.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[16] at least partly in the parish:
Demographics
Parish population total does not include the village of Saint-Antoine
Population
Population trend[17] [18]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 1,972 | 1.8% |
| 2006 | 2,008 | 1.0% |
| 2006 | 1,989 | 1.7% |
| 2001 | 2,024 | 8.3% |
| 1996 | 2,208 | 2.5% |
| 1991 | 2,154 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[19] [18]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| French only | 1,605 | 81.5% |
| English only | 320 | 16.2% |
| Other languages | 30 | 1.5% |
| Both English and French | 15 | 0.8% | |
See also
References
46.39°N -64.8725°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: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 February 2023 . 21 July 2022.
- Web site: Municipalities Order - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 February 2023 . 25 June 2021.
- The French name of Saint Mary is officially la paroisse de Sainte-Marie.
- Web site: Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 February 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 . 270 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of June 1867.. 27 March 2021. 1867. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 56–58. 30 Vic. c. 32 An Act to erect a part of the Parish of Wellington, in the County of Kent, 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 May 1871.. 1871. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 98–99. 34 Vic. c. 14 An Act in amendment of the Act 30th Victoria, Chapter 32, intituled 'An Act to erect part of the Parish of Wellington, in the County of Kent, into a separate Town or Parish.'. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of May 1883.. 1883. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 182. 46 Vic. c. 66 An Act to alter the Parish Line between the Parishes of Saint Marys and Harcourt, in the County of Kent.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
- 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.
- Book: Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1973 Volume IV. 1973. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 1–70. Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act. The original printed version is cited separately to distinguish it from the edited version available online.
- Web site: No. 89 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 99, 100, 109, and 110 at same site.
- Web site: 269 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 285, 286, 301, 302, 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.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
- Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Saint Mary, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . September 14, 2019.
- http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/popdwell/Table.cfm?T=301&SR=4248&S=1&O=A&RPP=100&SRCH=1/ Statistics Canada
