List of parishes in New Brunswick explained

The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided by the Territorial Division Act into 152 geographic parishes, units which had political significance as subdivisions of counties until the Municipalities Act of 1966. Parishes still exist in law and include any municipality, rural community, or regional municipality within their borders.[1] They provided convenient boundaries for electoral districts and organising delivery of government services for some time after 1966 but were gradually supplanted for such purposes by local service districts (LSDs), which better represent communities of interest. Local governance reforms on 1 January 2023 abolished the local service district as a unit of governance but this did not affect the existence of geographic parishes.

Parishes are still used[2] to describe legal boundaries for health administration[3] [4] judicial matters,[5] agricultural boards, and some other entities; highway, fisheries and wildlife, community planning, and some other departments use parishes for rural locations, while some forms still use parishes as the only alternative to municipalities when entering one's community.

Provincial government guidelines require capitalising the word parish only if it follows the specific part of the name: e.g., Hopewell Parish but the parish of Hopewell.[6]

Other uses of the term parish

Confusion is caused by three other government uses of the term parish.

List

142 of New Brunswick's parishes are used as the basis of census subdivisions by Statistics Canada. Unless noted, all figures below are for census subdivisions, which do not include areas within municipalities, incorporated rural communities, or Indian reserves. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

NameCountyPopulation
(2021)
Population
(2016)
Change
(%)
Area
(km²)
Population
density
AberdeenCarleton812781 4.0444.881.8
AcadievilleKent752709 6.1332.082.3
AddingtonRestigouche698656 6.4933.000.7
AllardvilleGloucester1,9492,032 4.1654.603.0
AlmaAlbert55222.740.0
AlnwickNorthumberland3,6153,640 0.7668.845.4
AndoverVictoria879891 1.3123.427.1
Baker BrookMadawaskanot profiled after 2016
BalmoralRestigouche309278 11.21,088.010.3
BathurstGloucester4,7614,797 0.81,502.743.2
BeresfordGloucester6,2266,248 0.4455.6113.7
BlackvilleNorthumberland1,9962,028 1.6823.932.4
BlissfieldNorthumberland491451 8.91,235.570.4
BlissvilleSunbury777819 5.1341.742.3
BotsfordWestmorland1,1201,058 5.9304.623.7
BrightYork3,3173,289 0.9403.738.2
BrightonCarleton1,5961,735 8.0509.303.1
BrunswickQueens224203 10.3703.200.3
BurtonSunbury5,1765,119 1.1258.3920.0
CambridgeQueens684647 5.7113.176.0
CampobelloCharlotte949872 8.839.5924.0
CanningQueens1,028924 11.3173.255.9
CanterburyYork552525 5.1550.71.0
CaraquetGloucester1,2611,337 5.7109.3211.5
CardwellKings1,4011,353 3.5311.874.5
CarletonKent764708 7.9435.231.8
ChathamNorthumberland527511 3.122.7023.2
ChipmanQueens853913 6.6483.451.8
ClairMadawaskanot profiled after 2016
ClarendonCharlotte6663 4.8492.110.1
ColborneRestigouche266227 17.2753.380.4
CoverdaleAlbert4,7664,466 6.7236.0020.2
DalhousieRestigouche1,0901,067 2.262.6217.4
DenmarkVictoria1,4241,471 3.2751.081.9
DerbyNorthumberland938976 3.961.0015.4
DorchesterWestmorland438429 2.190.134.9
Douglas[7] York5,9355,703 1.21,446.954.3
DrummondVictoria2,0952,157 2.91,013.662.1
DufferinCharlotte565573 1.412.3445.8
DumbartonCharlotte346335 3.3373.200.9
DumfriesYork420356 18.0298.511.4
DundasKent4,3323,914 10.7172.3225.1
DurhamRestigouche9501,076 11.7409.782.3
EldonRestigouche674672 5.91,681.460.4
ElginAlbert1,064892 19.3519.542.0
GagetownQueens324311 4.2234.581.4
GladstoneSunbury486452 7.5362.081.3
GlenelgNorthumberland1,5321,560 1.8504.783.0
GordonVictoria1,5591,493 4.41,430.191.1
Grand FallsVictoria1,0771,109 2.9158.096.8
Grand MananCharlotte139145 4.15.9623.3
GreenwichKings1,1261,058 6.4114.569.8
GrimmerRestigouchenot profiled after 2016
HammondKings276251 10.0244.241.1
HampsteadQueens288277 4.0212.391.4
HamptonKings2,9692,809 5.7121.2424.5
HarcourtKent3463461,169.200.3
HardwickeNorthumberland2,2032,201 0.1275.958.0
HarveyAlbert358333 7.5276.851.3
HavelockKings1,0421,061 1.8349.223.0
HillsboroughAlbert1,3971,308 6.8304.034.6
HopewellAlbert597647 7.7149.144.0
HuskissonKent515 66.7369.310.0
InkermanGloucester2,3732,366 0.3107.6322.0
JohnstonQueens638560 13.9360.871.8
KarsKings377325 16.075.545.0
KentCarleton1,9662,153 8.7839.762.3
KingsclearYork2,8392,822 0.6150.1118.9
KingstonKings3,2022,913 9.9200.4116.0
Lac BakerMadawaskanot profiled after 2016
LepreauCharlotte803707 13.6209.523.8
LincolnSunbury7,5197,177 4.8159.4447.2
LorneVictoria313464 32.51,632.210.2
LudlowNorthumberlandnot profiled after 2011
MadawaskaMadawaska010 100.0173.420.0
Manners SuttonYork1,9201,777 8.0524.753.7
MaugervilleSunbury1,7721,831 3.2919.941.9
McAdamYork6173 16.4534.770.1
MonctonWestmorland10,7049,811 9.1564.1619.0
MusquashSaint John1,2531,194 4.9233.065.4
NelsonNorthumberland929952 2.4353.682.6
New BandonGloucester1,2001,214 1.2359.283.3
New MarylandYork2,8062,606 7.7375.027.5
NewcastleNorthumberland1,1491,136 1.1578.702.0
North LakeYork282233 21.0439.60.6
NorthamptonCarleton1,8751,724 8.8243.317.7
NortheskNorthumberland2,1692,263 4.23,346.760.6
NorthfieldSunbury577620 6.9303.271.9
NortonKings1,3251,301 1.8144.779.2
Notre-Dame-de-LourdesMadawaska253275 8.0186.301.4
PaquetvilleGloucester2,2502,329 3.4220.4210.2
PeelCarleton1,1981,196 0.2112.7410.6
PennfieldCharlotte2,2222,170 2.4363.756.1
PerthVictoria1,0471,082 3.2318.103.3
PetersvilleQueens710681 4.3589.951.2
Prince WilliamYork1,083930 16.5284.393.8
QueensburyYork1,2371,174 5.4294.354.2
RichibuctoKent2,0851,872 11.4249.218.4
RichmondCarleton1,4561,303 11.7258.805.6
Rivière-VerteMadawaska657711 7.6715.720.9
RogersvilleNorthumberland1,0721,102 2.7326.273.3
RothesayKings342325 5.27.2647.1
SackvilleWestmorland1,2041,182 1.9578.92.1
Saint AndréSaint-André[8] Madawaska1,7941,901 5.6136.1913.2
Saint AndrewsCharlotte550553 0.524.2722.7
Saint AnneSainte-AnneMadawaska936964 2.9368.762.5
Saint BasileSaint-BasileMadawaska736592 24.3129.965.7
Saint CharlesSaint-CharlesKent2,0241,997 1.4175.0711.6
Saint CroixCharlotte648657 1.478.608.2
Saint DavidCharlotte1,4701,529 3.9190.397.7
Saint FrançoisSaint-FrançoisMadawaskanot profiled after 2016
Saint GeorgeCharlotte2,4952,341 6.6500.055.0
Saint HilaireSaint-HilaireMadawaskanot profiled after 2016
Saint IsidoreSaint-IsidoreGloucester1,3121,361 3.6173.147.6
Saint JacquesSaint-JacquesMadawaska1,6521,596 3.5298.445.5
Saint JamesCharlotte1,0241,186 13.7552.901.9
Saint JosephSaint-JosephMadawaska1,5491,538 0.7321.424.8
Saint LéonardSaint-LéonardMadawaska858975 12.0344.852.5
Saint LouisSaint-LouisKent1,7601,802 2.3258.656.8
Saint MarieSainte-MarieKent1,9911,972 1.0238.328.4
Saint MartinsSaint John1,1771,132 4.0629.001.9
Saint MarysYork5,0844,837 5.1751.906.8
Saint PatrickCharlotte710689 3.0236.593.0
Saint PaulSaint-PaulKent877842 4.2228.413.8
Saint QuentinSaint-QuentinRestigouche1,5041,532 1.82,474.010.6
Saint StephenCharlotte1,6711,839 9.1102.8316.3
SalisburyWestmorland3,3773,388 0.3874.003.9
SaumarezGloucesternot profiled after 2016
ShediacWestmorland5,1444,789 7.4178.7928.8
SheffieldSunbury888809 9.8271.293.3
ShippeganGloucester4,7814,800 0.4204.5223.4
SimondsCarleton514473 8.775.576.8
SimondsSaint John3,9133,843 1.8281.0613.9
SouthamptonYork1,4971,484 0.9446.853.4
SoutheskNorthumberland1,6661,694 1.72,462.600.7
SpringfieldKings1,6411,525 7.6248.536.6
StanleyYork920832 10.61,218.380.8
StudholmKings3,5273,522 0.1448.987.9
SussexKings2,5792,516 2.5243.9910.6
UphamKings1,3571,269 6.9189.217.2
WakefieldCarleton2,7222,767 1.6196.3113.9
WaterboroughQueens903847 6.6443.162.0
WaterfordKings491469 4.7221.272.2
WeldfordKent1,3351,333 0.2607.562.2
WellingtonKent3,2923,079 6.9184.8017.8
West IslesCharlotte718797 9.938.3218.7
WestfieldKings2,1141,962 7.7295.347.2
WestmorlandWestmorland997908 9.8173.275.8
WickhamQueens409427 4.2160.542.5
WicklowCarleton1,5911,697 6.2195.508.1
WilmotCarleton9691,022 5.2191.405.1
WoodstockCarleton2,2192,178 1.9194.8311.4
Total parishes227,326222,338 2.263,325.233.6

Former and renamed parishes

NameCountyNotes
Incorporated as a city in 1848 but still appears in the Territorial Division Act.
Amalgamated with the City of Saint John in 1967.
Original name of Richibucto Parish, changed in 1832.
Original name of Saint-Louis Parish, changed in 1866.
Amalgamated with the City of Saint John in 1889.
Original name of Sainte-Marie Parish, changed in 1973. Still in use for some purposes.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act . Government of New Brunswick . 28 December 2020.
  2. As of July 2021, by more than a dozen Acts and more than fifty Regulations.
  3. Web site: Regional Health Authorities Act (R.S.N.B. 2011, c.217) . Government of New Brunswick . 11 July 2021.
  4. Web site: NEW BRUNSWICK REGULATION 2009-141 under the Public Health Act (O.C. 2009-460) . Government of New Brunswick . 11 July 2021.
  5. Web site: NEW BRUNSWICK REGULATION 83-120 under the Judicature Act (O.C. 83-707) . Government of New Brunswick . 11 July 2021.
  6. Web site: LeBlanc . Valmond . Legislate Assembly of New Brunswick Parliamentary Stylebook . Government of New Brunswick . 28 December 2020 . 92 . 11 September 2020.
  7. 2016 figure adjusted for subsequent change in boundaries.
  8. Figures are for rural community of Saint-André, which includes all of parish not included in town of Grand Falls.