Saint-Isidore Parish, New Brunswick
Saint-Isidore is a civil parish in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Saint-Isidore
St. Isidore | |
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Location within Gloucester County, New Brunswick | |
Coordinates: 47.57°N 65.14°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Gloucester |
Erected | 1881 |
Area | |
• Land | 173.25 km2 (66.89 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 1,361 |
• Density | 7.9/km2 (20/sq mi) |
• Change 2011-2016 | 0.5% |
• Dwellings | 658 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
For governance purposes it is divided between the Regional Municipality of Tracadie, the village of Saint-Isidore, and the local service district of the parish of Saint-Isidore[lower-alpha 1] (which further includes the special service area of Bois-Blanc - Hacheyville - Duguayville), all of which are members of the Acadian Peninsula Regional Service Commission (APRSC).[3]
Origin of name
The parish's name may have come from Saint Isidore, Patron Saint of farmers.[4]
History
Saint-Isidore was erected in 1881 from Inkerman and Saumarez Parishes.[5]
In 1947 part of Saint-Isidore was included in the newly erected Allardville Parish.[6]
Delineation
Saint-Isidore Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as being bounded:
- Beginning at a point on the northern bank or shore of the Little Tracadie River at a point where the western limit of lot number thirty, granted to Richard Arseneault, intersects the same; thence northerly along said limit and said limit of lot number two hundred and eighty-nine, granted to Canute Arceno, Second Tier, north of said river, to a point in the south limit of Range six, Saint-Isidore [Settlement]; thence in an easterly direction along said limit of said Range to the southeast angle of lot number one, granted to T. Richard; thence in a northerly direction along the east limit of said lot to the southwest corner of lot number three hundred and nine, granted to A. Basque; thence in an easterly direction along the southern limit of said lot and said limit of lot number three hundred and six, granted to George Savoy, and lot number one hundred and forty-two, granted to M. Gottro, to a point in the west bank or shore of Gaspereau Creek; thence in a northerly direction along said bank or shore to a point where the same is intersected by the south limit of lot number one hundred and forty-four, granted to Dos. Landry; thence in an easterly direction along said limit of said lot to the southeast angle of the same; thence northwesterly in a direct line to the southwest angle of lot number five, granted to Jos. Lavigne, Range Six, Val-Doucet [Settlement]; thence in a westerly direction along the south limit of said Range Six to the northwest angle of lot number nine, Range A, Saint-Isidore; thence in a southerly direction along the west limit of said lot to a point in the division line between said Range A and Range 1, Saint-Isidore; thence in a westerly direction along said division line to the northwest angle of lot number two hundred and sixteen in said Range One of Saint-Isidore; thence in a southerly direction along the west limit of said lot in Ranges One, Two, Three and Four, Saint-Isidore, to a point in the division line between said Range Four and Range Five of Saint-Isidore; thence in a westerly direction along said division line to the northwest angle of lot number two hundred and twenty-five in said Range Five of Saint-Isidore; thence in a southerly direction along the west limit of said lot and the southern prolongation of same to a point in the western prolongation of the south limit of Range Nine, Saint-Isidore; thence in an easterly direction along said prolongation and said limit to a point in the eastern bank or shore of the Little Tracadie River; and thence following the various courses thereof downstream to the point of beginning.
Communities
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold):
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Demographics
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See also
Notes
- The LSD of the parish of Saint-Isidore extends into Paquetville Parish, Saint-Isidore Parish does not.
References
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Saint-Isidore, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- "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
- Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 268.
- "44 Vic. c. 34 An Act to erect part of the Parishes of Saumarez and Inkerman, in the County of Gloucester, into a separate Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March 1881. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1881. pp. 70–72.
- "10 Geo. VI. c. 90 An Act to amend the Act respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, in so far as it relates to the County of Gloucester". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1946. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1946. pp. 301–309.
- Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
- 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Isidore Parish, New Brunswick