Saint-Charles Parish, New Brunswick

Saint-Charles is a civil parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

This article is about the parish. For the community, see Saint-Charles, New Brunswick.
Saint-Charles

St. Charles
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46.67°N 64.98°W / 46.67; -64.98
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyKent County
Erected1909
Area
 • Land174.78 km2 (67.48 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total1,997
 • Density11.4/km2 (30/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011
 0.8%
 • Dwellings
1,083
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the local service districts of Aldouane and the parish of Saint-Charles, both of which are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission (KRSC).[3]

Origin of name

The parish may take its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish of Saint-Charles-Borromée.

History

Saint-Charles was erected in 1909 from parts of Richibucto and Saint-Louis Parishes.[4]

Delineation

Saint-Charles Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as being bounded:

Beginning on the shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the southeastern angle or corner of a lot of land formerly owned by James Babin; thence following the southern line of said lot in a westerly direction to the southern line of lot 55, granted to John David, thence following the said southern line to the southwestern angle or corner of said lot 55; thence in a straight southwesterly direction till it meets the boundary line between the Weldford Parish and the Richibucto Parish, as established by the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, Chapter 2; thence in a westerly direction, following the said boundary line to a point where the Canadian National Railways line crosses the Weldford Parish line, thence in a northerly direction to the rear line running between the Saint-Charles River and the St-Louis River;[lower-alpha 1] thence in an easterly direction following the said rear line to the shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, including all islands in front thereof.

Communities

Demographics

See also

Notes
  1. Poor wording in the 1952 Revised Statutes was made even worse in 1973. The boundary line runs along the rear of grants on the southern side of the Kouchibouguacis River.[5]

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Saint-Charles, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 29, 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. "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.
  5. "Crown Grant Reference Map Viewer". GeoNB. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  7. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Charles Parish, New Brunswick



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