Saint-Léonard Parish, New Brunswick

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

This article is about the parish. For the town, see Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick.
Saint-Léonard

St. Leonard
Parish
Location within Madawaska County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 47.235°N 67.8°W / 47.235; -67.8
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyMadawaska
Erected1850
Area
 • Land345.39 km2 (133.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total975
 • Density2.8/km2 (7/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 7.3%
 • Dwellings
422
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Saint-Léonard[3] and the local service district of the parish of Saint-Léonard[4] (which further includes the special service areas of Poitier and Saint-Léonard-Parent), both of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC).[5]

Origin of name

The parish's name may have been in honour of Leonard R. Coombes, local magistrate.[6]

History

Saint-Léonard was erected as Saint Leonard in 1850 from Madawaska Parish.[7] The parish was part of Victoria County and extended south of the modern county line.

In 1862 the boundary with Grand Falls Parish was altered.[8]

In 1864 part of Saint-Léonard was included Gordon Parish.[9]

In 1873 all of the parish south of the new Madawaska County line was added to Drummond Parish.[10]

In 1875 the county line with Victoria was altered and part of Drummond added to Saint-Léonard.[11]

In 1877 part of Saint-Léonard was included in the new Sainte-Anne Parish.[12]

In 1907 the southern part of Saint-Léonard was erected as Saint-André Parish.[13]

In 1946 Saint-Léonard was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries.[14]

In 1973 the legal name was changed to Saint-Léonard.[15]

Delineation

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

Bounded easterly by the Victoria County line; southwesterly by the St. John River and northwesterly by the following described line:
Beginning at a point in the International Boundary line where the same is intersected by the western prolongation of the south limit of lot No. 99, granted to Andrew Michaud; thence in an easterly direction along said prolongation and said limit of said lot, the eastern prolongation of same and the south limit of lot No. 281, granted to Rosomo Violette, and its eastern prolongation to a point in the eastern bank or shore of the Grand River;[lower-alpha 1] thence in a northerly direction along said bank or shore of said river to a point where the same is intersected by the west limit of lot No. 218, granted to Wm. Byram; thence in a southerly direction along said limit of said lot to the southwest angle of the same; thence in an easterly and southerly direction following the south limit of Tier One, south of the aforesaid Grand River, to the southeast angle of lot No. 272, granted to A. Dube; thence in an easterly direction along the division line between the Second Tract and the Fourth Tract West, granted to the New Brunswick Railway Company, and the eastern prolongation of same to a point in the aforesaid Victoria County line, including the Islands in front, but excepting therefrom the Parish of Saint-André.

Communities

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

Bodies of water

Bodies of water at least partly in the parish

  • Saint John River

Demographics

See also

Notes
  1. Now officially Grande Rivière.[16]

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Saint-Léonard, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. "New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  4. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  5. "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
  6. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 269.
  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. "25 Vic. c. 46 An Act to alter the Boundary Line between the Parishes of Grand Falls and Saint Leonard, in the County of Victoria.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in March and April 1862. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1862. p. 117.
  9. "26 Vic. c. 44 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Grand Falls, Perth, and Saint Leonard, in the County of Victoria, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of April, 1863. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1863. p. 101.
  10. "36 Vic. c. 28 An Act to divide the County of Victoria into two Counties, and provide for the government of the new County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1873. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1873. pp. 78–81.
  11. "38 Vic. c. 101 An Act to alter the Division line between the Counties of Victoria and Madawaska.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1875. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1875. pp. 359–360.
  12. "41 Vic. c. 30 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Saint Leonard, Saint Basil, Madawaska, and Saint Francis, in the County of Madawaska, into three additional Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March 1877. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1877. pp. 125–128.
  13. "6 Edward 7 c. 22 An Act to amend an Act intituled 'An Act to revise and codify an Act to provide for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes,' so far as relates to the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March. 1906. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1906. pp. 62–66.
  14. "10 Geo. VI. c. 95 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, in so far as it relates to the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1946. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1946. pp. 321–339.
  15. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1973 Volume IV. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1973. pp. 1–70. The original printed version is cited separately to distinguish it from the edited version available online.
  16. "Grand River (Grande Rivière)". Canadian Geographical Names. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  17. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  18. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Léonard Parish, New Brunswick



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