Hillsborough Parish, New Brunswick

Hillsborough is a civil parish in eastern Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2] It comprises one village and one local service district, both of which are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.[3]

This article is about the parish. For the village, see Hillsborough, New Brunswick.
Hillsborough
Parish
Location within Albert County.
Coordinates: 45.92°N 64.70°W / 45.92; -64.70
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyAlbert County
Erected1786
Area
 • Land304.05 km2 (117.39 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total1,308
 • Density4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
 6.2%
 • Dwellings
649
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

The Census subdivision of the same name includes all of the parish except the village of Hillsborough.[1]

Origin of name

Hillsborough was probably named in honour of the Earl of Hillsborough,[4] First Lord of Trade in 1765.

History

Hillsborough was established in 1765 as a township within Nova Scotia, extending north to include most of Coverdale Parish but not extending as far west as it does today.

In 1786 Hillsborough was erected as a parish with the same boundaries as the Nova Scotia township.[5]

In 1828 all of Hillsborough north of the mouth of Stoney Creek was erected as Coverdale Parish.[6]

In 1850 the boundary with Coverdale Parish was altered to run along the southern line of a grant at the mouth of Stoney Creek, removing territory from Hillsborough.[7]

Boundaries

Hillsborough Parish is bounded on the east by the Petitcodiac River, on the north by the prolongation of the southern line of a grant at the mouth of Stoney Creek, on the south by the prolongation of a grant line opposite Fort Folly Point, and on the west by a line beginning twelve miles (19.3 kilometres) inland along the southern boundary and running 20° west of north.[2]

Municipality

The village of Hillsborough is on the Petitcodiac River, from south of Weldon Creek to north of Christopher Lane; the inland boundary is irregular, based partly on grant lines and partly on property lines of the late 1960s.[8]

Local service district

The local service district of the parish of Hillsborough includes the entire parish outside the village of Hillsborough.[9]

The LSD was established on 23 November 1966 to assess for fire protection[10] following the abolition of rural governments by the new Municipalities Act. First aid & ambulance services were added on 17 November 1976.[11]

Today the LSD assesses for community & recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[12] The taxing authority is 615.00 Hillsborough.

Communities

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

Bodies of water & 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:[15]

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Hillsborough, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 4, 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 1 February 2021
  4. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 240.
  5. "26 Geo. III Chapter I. An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, passed in the year 1786. Saint John, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 1786. pp. 3–12.
  6. "9 Geo. IV c. 17 An Act to erect a part of the Parish of Hillsborough in the County of Westmoreland, into a distinct Town or Parish.". 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. 22.
  7. "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. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
  8. "New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  9. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  10. "Regulation 66–41 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 66–968)". The Royal Gazette. Fredericton. 124: 604–605. 21 December 1966.
  11. "Regulation 76–148 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 76–847)". The Royal Gazette. Fredericton. 134: 1194. 24 November 1976.
  12. "2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick" (PDF). Department of Environment and Local Government. p. 55. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  13. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  14. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Hillsborough Parish, New Brunswick
  15. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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