Weldford Parish, New Brunswick Explained
| Weldford |
| Settlement Type: | Parish |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kent County |
| Established Title: | Erected |
| Established Date: | 1835 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Land Km2: | 607.56 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,335 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2.2 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Change 2016-2021 |
| Population Blank1: | 0.2% |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Dwellings |
| Population Blank2: | 720 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | ADT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
| Coordinates: | 46.47°N -65.0925°W |
| Footnotes: | Figures do not include portion within the Richibucto 15 Indian reserve
Population change reflects revision of 2016 figure |
Weldford is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the villages of Five Rivers and Nouvelle-Arcadie,[2] which are both members of the Kent Regional Service Commission,[3] and the Richibucto 15 Indian reserve, which is not.
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, all of the parish outside the Indian reserve formed the local service district of the parish of Weldford.[4]
Origin of name
Weldford was a portmanteau of the names of the two Kent County Members of the Legislative Assembly in 1835, John W. Weldon and John P. Ford.[5] [6]
History
Weldford was erected in 1835 from Richibucto Parish.[7]
Boundaries
Weldford Parish is bounded:[8] [9] [10]
- on the north by a line due west from the northernmost corner of the Richibucto 15 Indian reserve;
- on the east by a line running southerly along the eastern border of the main part of the Richibucto 15 Indian reserve to the Richibucto River, downstream to the mouth of the St. Nicholas River, up the St. Nicholas and then the East Branch St. Nicholas River to the mouth of Black Brook, then southerly to the Wellington Parish line at a point west of the East Branch Road;
- on the south by the prolongation of a line running south 68º west from the mouth of the Rivière Chockpish-nord;
- on the west by a line running north 22º west, based on the magnet of 1867, from a point on the Westmorland County line twenty miles (32.2 kilometres) west of the northern tip of Shediac Island.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an Indian reserve; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[11] at least partly in the parish:
Islands
Islands at least partly in the parish:
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.[12]
- Blind Brook Protected Natural Area
- Richibucto River Protected Natural Area
Demographics
Parish population does not include Richibucto 15 Indian reserve
Population
Population trend[13] [14]
| Census | Population | Change (%) |
|---|
| 2016 | 1,338 | 1.5% |
| 2011 | 1,318 | 7.6% |
| 2006 | 1,426 | 2.8% |
| 2001 | 1,467 | 6.0% |
| 1996 | 1,561 | 0.1% |
| 1991 | 1,560 | N/A | |
Language
Mother tongue (2016)[14]
| Language | Population | Pct (%) |
|---|
| English only | 1,105 | 82.5% |
| French only | 190 | 14.2% |
| Other languages | 35 | 2.6% |
| Both English and French | 10 | 0.7% | |
Religion
There are several Catholic churches in Weldford Parish, all belonging to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moncton:
Also there are four Presbyterian churches, belonging to Bass River Pastoral Charge, The Presbytery of New Brunswick, Synod of the Atlantic Provinces:
The United Church of Canada has two congregations, belonging to Rexton Pastoral Charge, Chignecto Presbytery, Maritime Conference:
And there is one Anglican church, belonging to the Parish of Kent, Archdeaconry of Moncton, Diocese of Fredericton.
See also
External links
46.47°N -65.0925°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: Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 February 2023 . 25 June 2021.
- Book: Ganong. William F.. Additions and Corrections to Monographs on the Place-Nomenclature, Cartography, Historic Sites, Boundaries and Settlement-origins of the Province of New Brunswick. 12 April 2021. 1906. Royal Society of Canada. 53.
- Web site: Weldford Parish . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . 16 April 2021.
- Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1835.. 27 March 2021. 1835. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 28–29. 5 Wm. IV c. 19 An Act to erect the South-Western part of the Parish of Richibucto into a separate and distinct Parish..
- Web site: No. 88 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 89, 98, and 99 at same site.
- Web site: 250 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 251–253, 266–269, 283–285, and 300 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 Weldford, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . September 14, 2019.
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