Simonds Parish, Saint John County, New Brunswick Explained
Simonds Parish, Saint John County, New Brunswick should not be confused with Simonds Parish, Carleton County, New Brunswick.
| Simonds |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1839 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 281.06 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 3,913 |
| Population Density Km2: | 13.9 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 1.8% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 1,671 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 45.33°N -65.78°W |
| Blank1 Name: | Median Income* |
| Blank1 Info: | $51,323 CDN |
| Footnotes: | - Median household income, 2005 (all households)
|
Simonds is a geographic parish in Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes Simonds is divided between the village of Fundy-St. Martins[2] and the Fundy rural district,[3] both of which are members of the Fundy Regional Service Commission.[4]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided for governance purposes between the local service districts of Fairfield and the parish of Simonds.[5] Fairfield and most of Simonds helped form Fundy-St. Martins, while the Red Head area of the Simonds LSD was assigned to the rural district.
Contrary to the map image on this page, Simonds does not and never has included the City of Saint John within its boundaries, although Saint John did annex part of Simonds in 1967.[6]
Origin of name
The parish may have been named in honour of Charles Simonds, Speaker of the House of Assembly when the parish was erected, or his family, who were prominent in the early history of the province.[7]
History
Simonds was erected in 1839 from Portland Parish.[8]
In 1902 an error in the boundaries of Saint John was corrected, returning part of Simonds.[9] The error occurred in 1889 when Saint John was amalgamated with Portland Parish and its boundary description was rewritten,[10] misstating the boundary at Drurys Cove.
In 1973 the territory annexed by Saint John in 1967 was formally removed in the revision of the Territorial Division Act.[11]
Boundaries
Simonds Parish is bounded:[12] [13] [14]
- on the north by the Kings County line;
- on the east by a line beginning at the shore of the Bay of Fundy and running northwesterly along the eastern line of a grant to Samuel Hugh at the mouth of Tynemouth Creek and its prolongation to the Kings County line;
- on the south by the Bay of Fundy;
- on the west by the City of Saint John.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
- Baxters Corner
- Black River
- Cape Spencer
- Coleraine
- Fairfield
- Gardner Creek
- Garnett Settlement
- Grove Hill
- Mispec
- Porter
- Primrose
- Quaco Road
- Rowley
- Tynemouth Creek
- Upper Loch Lomond
- West Beach
- Willow Grove
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[15] at least partly in the parish:
- Black River
- Mispec River
- Ritchie River
- Emerson Creek
- Gardner Creek
- Tynemouth Creek
- Third Lake Thoroughfare
- Bay of Fundy
- Mispec Bay
- more than fifteen officially named lakes
Islands
Islands in the parish:
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish.
Demographics
Population
Population trend[16]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 3,843 | 0.4% |
| 2011 | 3,828 | 1.8% |
| 2006 | 3,759 | 2.2% |
| 2001 | 3,844 | 0.5% |
| 1996 | 3,823 | 5.8% |
| 1991 | 3,615 | 10.4% |
| 1986 | 3,274 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[17]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| French only | 105 | 2.7% |
| English only | 3,655 | 97.3% | - | Both English and French | 0 | 0.0% |
| Other languages | 0 | 0.00% --> | |
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
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 30 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
- Web site: RSC 9 Fundy Regional Service Commission: RSC 9 . Government of New Brunswick . 16 April 2023.
- Web site: RSC 9 Fundy Regional Service Commission RSC 9 . Government of New Brunswick . 16 April 2023.
- Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 16 April 2023 . 21 July 2022.
- Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 22 July 2020.
- Regulation 66–52 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 66–1053) . The Royal Gazette . Fredericton . 28 December 1966 . 124 . 649–650.
- Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 273 . 17 March 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1839.. 27 March 2021. 1839. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 61. 2 Vic. c. 15 An Act to erect the Eastern part of the Parish of Portland, in the County of Saint John, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish..
- Book: Acts of the Legislative Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April, 1902. 1902. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 102–103. 2 Edward 7 c. 29 An Act to amend Chapter 8 of 59 Victoria intituled 'An Act to revise and codify an Act to provide for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes' for the purpose of re-establishing a correct line between the City of Saint John and the Parish of Simonds at Drury Cove (so called) in the City and County of Saint John.. 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, 1889.. 1889. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 133–223. 52 Vic. c. 27 An Act to unite the City of Portland with the City of Saint John, in the City and County of Saint John, and to amend the Charter of the City of Saint John, and the Law relating to Civic Government.. 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. 157 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 22 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 158 and 165 at same site.
- Web site: 461 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 22 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 462, 474, 475, 485, 486, and 495 at same site.
- Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 22 June 2021.
- Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
- Statistics Canada: 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
- http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=1301004&Geo2=CD&Code2=1301&Data=Count&SearchText=simonds&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1=Community Profile: Simonds Parish, St John County, New Brunswick
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
