Northfield Parish, New Brunswick

Northfield is a civil parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Northfield
Parish
Location within Sunbury County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46.216667°N 65.999722°W / 46.216667; -65.999722
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountySunbury
Erected1857
Area
 • Land303.77 km2 (117.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total620
 • Density2.0/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
 3.6%
 • Dwellings
327
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 Northfield,[3] both of which are members of Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11).[4]

Origin of name

William F. Ganong states that the parish was named for its position in the county.[5] The origin may be simpler, as Northfield was the northern polling district of Sheffield Parish before it was erected.[6]

History

Northfield was erected in 1857 from Sheffield Parish.[7]

Delineation

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

Southeast and northeast by the County lines; northwest by Maugerville Parish; and west by Sheffield Parish.

Communities

Bold indicates a municipality

Demographics

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Northfield, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 30, 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 22 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. 258.
  6. "18 Vic. c. 37 An Act to Regulate the Election of Members to serve in the General Assembly.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of November, 1854, and in the Months of February, March, and April, 1855. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1855. pp. 127–150.
  7. "20 Vic. c. 11 An Act to authorize the division of the Parish of Sheffield into two Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in July 1856, and March and July 1857. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1857. pp. 16–17.
  8. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  9. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Northfield Parish, New Brunswick



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