Acadieville Parish, New Brunswick

Parish in New Brunswick, Canada

46°43′48″N 65°15′54″W / 46.73°N 65.265°W / 46.73; -65.265Country

CanadaProvince

New BrunswickCounty Kent CountyErected1876Area

^[1]

• Land332.08 km² (128.22 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total752 • Density2.3/km² (6/sq mi) • Change 2016-2021

6.1% • Dwellings

381Time zoneUTC-4 (AST) • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)Figures do not include the portion within the village of Rogersville

Acadieville is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.^[4]

For governance purposes it is almost entirely within the village of Nouvelle-Arcadie,^[5] with a small area on the eastern boundary part of the Kent rural district,^[a] both of which are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission.^[6]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of Rogersville^[7] and the local service district of the parish of Acadieville, which included an area with reduced services named Acadie Siding.^[8]

Origin of name

William F. Ganong considered the name's origin to be obviously from Acadie.^[9]

History

Acadieville was erected in 1876 from Carleton Parish.^[10]

Acadieville Parish was first settled in 1868 by Acadian settlers who rushed to claim the provincial Crown Lands after it was revealed that the surveyed route for the Intercolonial Railway would pass through the area.

In 1869, the Intercolonial Railway's route was modified and it was constructed approximately 10 kilometres to the west.

Boundaries

Acadieville Parish is bounded:^[2]^[11]^[12]^[13]

on the northwest by the Northumberland County line;
on the east by the eastern line of a grant in Saint-Luc prolonged southerly to the Saint-Louis Parish line and northerly to the Northumberland County line;
on the southeast by a line running south 75º 30' west^[b] from the corner of a grant west of Route 11 near Saint-Théodule in Saint-Louis Parish to the northern line of Weldford Parish, at a point about 3.25 kilometres west of Route 126;
on the south by the northern line of Weldford Parish, which is a line due west from the northernmost corner of the Richibucto 15 Indian reserve;
on the west by a line running north 22º west, based on the magnet of 1867,^[c] 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;^[11]^[12]^[13] bold indicates a municipality

Acadie Siding
Acadieville
Barrieau
Block 14
Centre-Acadie
Noinville
Pineau
Richard-Village
Rogersville
Saint-Athanase
Saint-Luc
Vautour
Village-Saint-Jean
Village-Saint-Pierre

Bodies of water

Bodies of water^[d] at least partly in the parish:^[11]^[12]^[13]

Demographics

Population totals do not include the village of Rogersville. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Population

Population trend^[16]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2016	709	4.7%
2011	744	9.9%
2006	826	12.5%
2001	944	6.9%
1996	1,014	1.5%
1991	1,029	N/A

Language

Mother tongue (2016)^[17]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	615	87.23%
English only	75	10.64%
Both English and French	10	1.42%
Other languages	5	0.71%

Notes

^ Map of Nouvelle-Arcadie still visible as a thumbnail shows the current and previous governance boundaries.^[5]
^ By the magnet of 1857,^[14] when declination in the area was between 21º and 22º west of north.^[15]
^ When declination in the area was about 21º west of north.^[15]
^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

^ ^a ^b "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ The Territorial Division Act^[2] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of Saint John and Fredericton, and one town of Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act^[3] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
^ ^a ^b "Kent Regional Service Commission: RSC 6". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ "Municipalities Order - Municipalities Act". Governmentof New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 217. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
^ "39 Vic. c. 18 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Carleton, in the County of Kent, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1876. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1876. pp. 66–67. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
^ ^a ^b ^c "No. 70". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 78, 79, 80, and 88 at same site.
^ ^a ^b ^c "220" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 221, 234–236, 250, and 251 at same site.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
^ "20 Vic. c. 10 An Act to amend an Act to divide the Parish of Carleton, in the County of Kent, into two Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in July 1856, and March and July 1857. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1857. p. 16.
^ ^a ^b "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Acadieville, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada.