Saint-Paul Parish, New Brunswick

Parish in New Brunswick, Canada

Saint-Paul St. Paul
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°19′39″N 65°01′03″W / 46.3275°N 65.0175°W / 46.3275; -65.0175
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kent County
Erected	1888
Area ^[1]
• Land	228.41 km² (88.19 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]
• Total	877
• Density	3.8/km² (10/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	4.2%
• Dwellings	383
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

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

For governance purposes, most of the parish is within the town of Champdoré, with a strip along the northern boundary in the village of Five Rivers^[5] and the southeastern corner part of the incorporated rural community of Maple Hills.^[6] Champdoré and Five Rivers belong to the Kent Regional Service Commission, while Maple Hills belongs to the Southeast RSC.^[7]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish formed the local service district of the parish of Saint-Paul.^[8]

Origin of name

The parish may have taken its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish.

History

Saint-Paul was erected in 1888 from all of Sainte-Marie Parish west of McLaughlin Road.^[9]

Boundaries

Saint-Paul Parish is bounded: ^[2]^[10]^[11]^[12]

on the north by the prolongation of a line running south 68º west^[a] from the mouth of the Rivière Chockpish-nord to the Canadian National Railway line running alongside Route 126;
on the east by Route 490;
on the south by the Westmorland County line;
on the west by the CNR line running alongside Route 126.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Saint-Paul,^[b] established in 1966 to assess for fire protection. Community services were added in 1987, recreational and sports facilities in 2008, and non-fire related rescue in 2015. First aid and ambulance services (1982–2008) were formerly included.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish;^[10]^[11]^[12] italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Birch Ridge
Bon-Secours
Gladeside
Hébert
Légerville
McLean Settlement
Saint-Paul

Sweeneyville
Terrains de L'Évêque
Val-Richard
Village-des-Belliveau
Village-des-Cormier
Village-des-Léger

Bodies of water

Bodies of water^[c] at least partly in the parish:^[10]^[11]^[12]

Buctouche River
Cocagne River
Lac de Bon-Secours

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[15]

McLean Settlement Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Population

Population trend^[16]^[17]^[18]

Census	Population	Change (%)
2016	842	2.8%
2011	866	0.9%
2006	858	9.8%
2001	951	3.0%
1996	980	3.3%
1991	1,013	N/A

Language

Mother tongue (2016)^[18]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only	485	57.7%
English only	345	41.1%
Both English and French	5	0.6%
Other languages	5	0.6%

Notes

^ By the magnet of 1850,^[13] when declination in the area was between 21º and 22º west of north.^[14]
^ The name was originally styled Saint Paul; this was changed to the modern form in 1985. The French name was in the modern style when the LSD regulation was made bilingual in 1984.
^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

^ ^a ^b "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 30 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.
^ "Kent Regional Service Commission: RSC 6". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ "Southeast Regional Service Commission: RSC 7". 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.
^ "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ "51 Vic. c. 71 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Saint Mary, in the County of Kent, into a separate Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March and April, 1888. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1888. pp. 160–162. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "No. 99". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 109 at same site.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "284" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 285, 300, 301, 317, and 318 at same site.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
^ "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.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Mjaesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1850. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1850. pp. 142–152, 145–149. Retrieved 27 March 2021. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
^ "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
^ "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
^ 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Paul Parish, New Brunswick
^ ^a ^b "Census Profile, 2016 Census Saint-Paul, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 15 September 2019.