Grand Falls Parish, New Brunswick

Grand Falls is a civil parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

This article is about the parish. For the town, see Grand Falls, New Brunswick.
Grand Falls
Parish
Location within Victoria County, New Brunswick.
map shows pre-1913 boundaries
Coordinates: 46.935°N 67.74°W / 46.935; -67.74
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyVictoria
Erected1853
Area
 • Land158.04 km2 (61.02 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total1,109
 • Density7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 5.4%
 • Dwellings
506
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Grand Falls and the local service district of the parish of Grand Falls,[3] both of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC).[4]

The town of Grand Falls is treated separately from the parish in the Territorial Division Act,[2] the only instance of a municipality being separated from a parish. The town's modern municipal boundaries extend beyond its description in the TDA.[5]

Origin of name

The parish was named for the waterfall located in the modern town of Grand Falls.[6]

History

Grand Falls was erected in 1853 from all of Andover Parish north of the Aroostook River and all of Perth Parish north of a line due east from the northwest angle of the Tobique Indian Reserve.[7] The parish included all or most of Denmark, Drummond, and Lorne Parishes, as well as parts of Gordon and Saint-André Parishes.

In 1862 the boundary with Saint-Léonard Parish was altered.[8]

In 1864 part of Grand Falls was included in the newly erected Gordon Parish, which included Lorne Parish.[9]

In 1872 all of Grand Falls east of the Saint John River was erected as Drummond Parish.[10]

In 1913 Grand Falls Parish was legally separated from the town of Grand Falls.[11]

Delineation

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

South by Andover Parish; north and east by the Saint John River; and west by the County line, except that part of the area contained within the above limits which is included in (80a[lower-alpha 1]).

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. Town of Grand Falls

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Grand Falls, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 2, 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 23 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. "Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalties Act (O. C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  6. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. pp. 236–237.
  7. "15 Vic. c. 35 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Andover, the County of Victoria, into a separate Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1852. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1852. p. 55.
  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. "35 Vic. c. 34 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Grand Falls 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 1872. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1872. pp. 67–68.
  11. "2 Geo. V c. 4 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the division of the province into counties, towns and parishes, so far as relates to the County of Victoria.". New Brunswick Acts of the Legislative Assembly Passed in the Months of March and April, 1912. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1912. pp. 22–24.
  12. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  13. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Grand Falls Parish, New Brunswick



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