Dundas Parish, New Brunswick

Dundas is a civil parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Dundas
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46.27°N 64.86°W / 46.27; -64.86
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyKent
Erected1827
Area
 • Land174.63 km2 (67.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total3,914
 • Density22.4/km2 (58/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 1.4%
 • Dwellings
2,529
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the rural community of Cocagne and the local service districts of Grande-Digue, Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, the parish of Dundas, and (through its Saint-Grégoire special service area) the parish of Wellington. All are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission (KRSC) except Shediac Bay-Shediac River, which is a member of the Southeast Regional Service Commission (SERSC).[3]

The parish is informally called Notre-Dame after one its communities.

Origin of name

Dundas was the name of several men prominent in England at the time. William Francis Ganong considered Robert Saunders Dundas, First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of its erection, the most probable honouree.[4]

History

Dundas was erected in 1827 from Wellington Parish.[5]

In 1828 the boundary with Wellington was adjusted to run along grant lines.[6]

In 1862 the boundary with Wellington was adjusted again.[7]

Delineation

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

South by the County line; west by the McLaughlin Road;[lower-alpha 1] north by a line beginning at the seashore, at the northeastern angle of lot no. 1, granted to Joseph Richard; thence south seventy-two degrees and thirty minutes west seven hundred and sixty-five chains, or until it meets the westerly line of lot number 86, granted to Maximin A. Girouard; thence along the western line of said lot in a southerly direction, to meet the southern line of lot number 84, granted to Beloni Robicheau; thence westerly along the said southern line of the last-mentioned grant and its westerly prolongation to the eastern side of the McLaughlin Road; and east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, including all the islands in front.

Communities

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

Demographics

See also

Notes
  1. Route 490

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Dundas, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. "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
  4. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 231.
  5. "7 Geo. IV c. 31 An Act for the division of the County of Northumberland into three Counties, and to provide for the Government and Representation of the two new Counties.". 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. 97–103.
  6. "9 Geo. IV c. 11 An Act to alter the division line between the Parishes of Dundas and Wellington in the County of Kent.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1828. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1828. p. 17.
  7. "25 Vic. c. 47 An Act to alter the Division Line of the Parishes of Dundas and Wellington, in the County of Kent.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in March and April 1862. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1862. pp. 117–118.
  8. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  9. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Dundas Parish, New Brunswick



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