Canning Parish, New Brunswick

Canning is a civil parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Canning
Parish
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyQueens County
Erected1827
Area
 • Land174.38 km2 (67.33 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total924
 • Density5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
 • Change
2011–16
 2.9%
 • Dwellings
755
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Minto and the local service district of the parish of Canning,[3] both of which are members of Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11).[4]

Origin of name

The parish was probably named for George Canning, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Commons at the time.[5] Shortly after the parish's erection Canning became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

History

Canning was erected in 1827 from Waterborough Parish.[6]

In 1835 the northwestern part of Canning was included in the newly erected Chipman Parish.[7]

Delineation

The Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as being bounded:

Northeast by Chipman Parish; northwest by the County line; southwest by the Saint John River, and southeast by Cambridge and Waterborough Parishes.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold).

  • Back Road
  • Canning
  • Clarks Corners
  • Douglas Harbour
  • Flowers Cove
  • Lake Road
  • Maquapit Lake
  • Newcastle Center
  • Newcastle Centre
  • Newcastle Creek
  • Princess Park
  • Scotchtown
  • Sunnyside Beach
  • Sypher Cove
  • Upper Gagetown
  • Wuhr's Beach Road

Bodies of water & Islands

Rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish include:

  • Grand Lake
  • Maquapit Lake
  • Pickerel Pond Nature Preserve
  • Grand Lake Meadow
  • Lower Timber Lake
  • Saint John River
  • The Keyhole

Demographics

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[11]

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Canning, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. "Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC) / Les communautés dans chacune des 12 Commissions de services régionaux (CSR)" (PDF), Government of New Brunswick, July 2017, retrieved 2 February 2021
  5. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 224.
  6. "8 Geo. IV c. 12 An Act for erecting the North-western part of the Town or Parish of Waterborough, in Queens County, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1827. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1827. pp. 26–27.
  7. "5 Wm. IV c. 23 An Act for erecting parts of the Towns or Parishes of Brunswick and Canning in Queen's County into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1835. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1835. p. 31.
  8. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  9. Profile: Canning Parish, New Brunswick
  10. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Canning Parish, New Brunswick
  11. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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