Simonds Parish, Carleton County, New Brunswick Explained

Simonds Parish, Carleton County, New Brunswick should not be confused with Simonds Parish, Saint John County, New Brunswick.

Simonds
Settlement Type:Parish
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:County
Established Title:Erected
Established Date:1842
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Land Km2:75.57
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:514
Population Density Km2:6.8
Population Blank1 Title:Change 2016-2021
Population Blank1: 8.7%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:220
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Timezone Dst:ADT
Utc Offset Dst:-3
Coordinates:46.3275°N -67.5525°W
Footnotes:Figures do not include portion within the town of Florenceville-Bristol

Simonds is a geographic parish in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada,[2] located north of Woodstock on the western bank of the Saint John River.

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was comprised one local service district and part of one town, both of which were members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).

The Census subdivision of Simonds Parish includes all of the geographic parish except the town of Florenceville-Bristol.[1]

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.[3]

History

Simonds was erected in 1842 from northern Wakefield Parish.[4] It included Wilmot Parish, a narrow wedge of Wicklow Parish, and part of Maine claimed by New Brunswick.

Boundaries

Simonds Parish is bounded:[5] [6]

Evolution of boundaries

Simonds inherited a northern boundary that began at the mouth of Whitemarsh Creek and ran westerly along a line parallel to that of Woodstock Parish, which ran closer to due west than today's line. The western line was implicitly changed a few months after its erection by the Webster–Ashburton Treaty which settled the remainder of New Brunswick's land boundaries with Maine.

In 1850 the consolidation of legislation setting New Brunswick's internal boundaries moved the northern line of Simonds more than a kilometre upriver to the northern line of a grant to Henry M. Green and its prolongation westward, a line which also ran more steeply to the south than the original line.[7] This added a strip of Wicklow Parish that included the northern part of Centreville.

In 1869 the western polling district of Simonds, created in 1867,[8] was erected as Wilmot Parish.[9]

In 1870 the northern boundary was moved south to its current location,[10] transferring territory to Wicklow Parish.

Municipality

The town of Florenceville-Bristol is located at the northeastern corner of the parish,[11] along the Saint John River.

Local service district

The local service district of the parish of Simonds comprised all of the parish that is not part of Florenceville-Bristol.[12]

The LSD was established in 1966 to assess for fire protection.[13] Community services were added in 1967.[14]

In 2020, Simonds assessed for community & recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[15] The taxing authority was 214.00 Simonds.

LSD advisory committee: Yes, as of 2018.[16] Chair Tena McLellan sat on the WVRSC board of directors from August 2016 until June 2018.[17] [18]

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish.[19] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[20] at least partly within the parish.

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish.

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.

Demographics

Parish population total does not include portion within Florenceville-Bristol

Population

Population trend[21] [22]

CensusPopulationChange (%)
2016473 16.3%
2011565 15.5%
2006489 13.8%
20015675.8%
19966024.6%
1991631N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2016)

LanguagePopulationPct (%)
English only460 96.8%
French only51.1%
Other languages102.1%
Both English and French00.00%

See also

References



46.3275°N -67.5525°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 30 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act . Government of New Brunswick . 13 November 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1842.. 27 March 2021. 1842. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 13. 5 Vic. c. 17 An Act to erect the upper part of the Parish of Wakefield, in the County of Carleton, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish..
  5. Web site: No. 91 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 27 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 101 at same site.
  6. Web site: 271 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 27 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 287, 288, 304, and 305 at same site.
  7. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850.. 27 March 2021. 1850. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 142–152, 145–149. 13 Vic. c. 51 An Act to consolidate all the Laws now in force for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
  8. 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. 49–51. 30 Vic. c. 26 An Act to establish additional Polling places in the County of Carleton..
  9. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1869.. 1869. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 97–98. 32 Vic. c. 52 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Simonds in the County of Carleton into a separate Town or Parish.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  10. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick Passed in the Months of March & April 1870.. 1870. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 19. 33 Vic. c. 10 An Act to alter the Division Line between the Parish of Wicklow and the Parishes of Simonds and Wilmot, in the County of Carleton.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  11. Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45) . Government of New Brunswick . 12 January 2021.
  12. Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 12 January 2021.
  13. Regulation 66–41 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 66–968) . The Royal Gazette . Fredericton . 21 December 1966 . 124 . 604–605.
  14. Regulation 67–130 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 67–1196) . The Royal Gazette . Fredericton . 3 January 1968 . 126 . 10–11.
  15. Web site: 2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick . Department of Environment and Local Government . 55 . 12 January 2021.
  16. Web site: 2018 Annual Report . Western Valley Regional Service Commission . 2 . 27 January 2021 . 2016.
  17. Web site: 2016 Annual Report . Western Valley Regional Service Commission . 2 . 27 January 2021 . 2016.
  18. Web site: 2017 Annual Report . Western Valley Regional Service Commission . 2 . 27 January 2021 . 2016.
  19. Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 6 July 2021.
  20. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
  21. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  22. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census: Simonds, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . August 29, 2019.

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