Richibucto Parish, New Brunswick

Richibucto (originally Liverpool) is a civil parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

This article is about the parish. For the town, see Richibucto, New Brunswick.
Richibucto
Parish
Cap-Lumière
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46.6175°N 64.79°W / 46.6175; -64.79
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyKent County
Erected1827
Area
 • Land249.05 km2 (96.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total1,887
 • Density7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
 5.0%
 • Dwellings
1,137
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Richibucto, the village of Rexton, and the local service districts of Cap-de-Richibouctou, Sainte-Anne-de-Kent, and the parish of Richibucto, all of which are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission (KRSC).[3]

Origin of name

The parish was named for the Richibucto River, which in turn is of Mi'kmaq origin.[4]

History

Richibucto was erected from Carleton Parish as Liverpool parish in 1827.[5]

In 1832 the parish's name was changed to Richibucto.[6]

In 1835 the southwestern part of the parish was erected as Weldford Parish.[7]

In 1909 the newly erected Saint-Charles Parish included part of Richibucto.[8]

Delineation

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

South by Wellington Parish and Weldford Parish, west by Weldford Parish and a line running true south from the forks of the Saint-Charles River to the northern line of Weldford Parish; north by the centre of the Saint-Charles River and of the Northwest Branch and Richibucto [Harbour], and east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, including all the islands in front; except that portion thereof formerly in said Parish of Richibucto, now included in the Parish of Saint-Charles as described below.

Communities

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

  • Bedec
  • Bells Mills
  • Cap-de-Richiboucto
  • Cap-Lumière
  • Côte-Sainte-Anne
  • East Galloway
  • Galloway
  • Jardineville
  • Peters Mills
  • Petit-Chockpish
  • Pirogue
  • Rexton
  • Richibucto
  • Richibucto Village Cape
  • Richibucto-Village
  • Sainte-Anne-de-Kent
  • Saint-Charles Station
  • Village-La-Prairie
  • West Galloway

Demographics

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Richibucto, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 14, 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. 266.
  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. "2 Wm. IV, c. 10 An Act to alter the name of the Shire Town in the County of Kent from Liverpool to Richibucto.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed at Two Sessions of the General Assembly, in the Year 1832. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1832. pp. 42–43.
  7. "5 Wm. IV c. 19 An Act to erect the South-Western part of the Parish of Richibucto into a separate and distinct 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. pp. 28–29.
  8. "8 Edward 7 c. 21 An Act to amend the Act respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the County of Kent.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of May 1908. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1908. pp. 49–52.
  9. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  10. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Richibucto Parish, New Brunswick


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