Derby Parish, New Brunswick

Derby is a civil parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

This article is about the parish. For the community, see Derby, New Brunswick.
Derby
Parish
Location within Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46.8875°N 65.655°W / 46.8875; -65.655
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyNorthumberland
Erected1859
Area
 • Land61.01 km2 (23.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total976
 • Density16.0/km2 (41/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 2.2%
 • Dwellings
466
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the local service districts of Renous-Quarryville and the parish of Derby,[3] both of which are members of the Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission (GMRSC).[4]

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of the Earl of Derby,[5] Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time of its erecton. William F. Ganong further notes that local legend states the parish took its name from horse races held in the area.[5]

History

Derby was erected in 1859 from Nelson Parish.[6]

Delineation

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

West by Blackville Parish, north by Southesk Parish and the Northwest Miramichi River east by the lower extremity of Beaubears Island and to include the same, and south by the southwest branch of the Miramichi River.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold) and communities within their respective boundaries (in italics).

Bodies of water and islands

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish.

Demographics

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[9]

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Derby, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 25, 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. 230.
  6. "22 Vic. c. 5 An Act to divide the Parish of Nelson into two separate and distinct Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in March and April 1859. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1859. pp. 15–17.
  7. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  8. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Derby Parish, New Brunswick
  9. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7


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