Grand Manan Parish, New Brunswick

Grand Manan is a civil parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada,[2] comprising one village and one local service district (LSD), both of which are members of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC).[3] The parish includes Grand Manan Island and numerous lesser islands, only one of which has permanent year-round inhabitants.

Grand Manan Parish Paroisse de Grand Manan
Parish
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte
Erected	1816
Area [1]
• Land	6.05 km^2 (2.34 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	145
• Density	24.0/km^2 (62/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	10.5%
• Dwellings	103
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Confusion is sometimes caused by other uses of the name: epenthesis of Grand Manan Island to Grand Manan; the village of Grand Manan; the census subdivision of Grand Manan Parish, which includes only White Head Island; and the assumption of an LSD with the name of Grand Manan, which never existed.

Origin of name

The parish takes its name from Grand Manan Island, which is often shortened to Grand Manan. Ganong gives the origin of the island's name as Mun-aa-nook', his transcription of the locative form of the Passamaquoddy word for island, combined with the French adjective grand used on some early French maps of the area.[4]

History

The parish was erected in 1816 from West Isles Parish as Grand-Manan, to include "Grand-Manan with its appurtenances".[5]

The hyphen was dropped from the name in 1850[6] and appurtenances was clarified in 1877,[7] implicitly adding Machias Seal Island to the parish.[lower-alpha 1]

Boundaries

Grand Manan Parish includes the main island and all islands to the south and west.[2]

Municipality

The village of Grand Manan was formed in 1995[8] and includes all of the parish except White Head Island.[9]

Local service district

White Head Island comprises only that island.[10]

The LSD was established in 1979 to assess for fire protection,[11] making it the last inhabited part of the parish to become part of a village or LSD.

Today the LSD assesses for only the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[12] The taxing authority is 521.00 White Head Island.

Former villages and local service districts

Before 1995 Grand Manan Island comprised three villages and two LSDs. Running clockwise from the northern end of the island, these were:

• North Head (village)
• Castalia (LSD)
• Woodward Cove (LSD)
• Grand Harbour (village)
• Seal Cove (village)

Census data

Population

Canada census – Grand Manan Parish, New Brunswick community profile
	2016	2011	2006
Population:	145 (-10.5% from 2011)	162 (-14.7% from 2006)	190 (+1.1% from 2001)
Land area:	6.05 km^2 (2.34 sq mi)	6.20 km^2 (2.39 sq mi)	6.20 km^2 (2.39 sq mi)
Population density:	24.0/km^2 (62/sq mi)	26.1/km^2 (68/sq mi)	30.6/km^2 (79/sq mi)
Median age:	52.5 (M: 50.2, F: 56.5)	49.0 (M: 45.5, F: 52.0)	39.5 (M: 35.7, F: 42.5)
Total private dwellings:	103	100	107
Median household income:	$80,640	$.N/A	$.N/A
Notes: Income data – References: 2016[13] 2011[14] 2006[15] earlier[16]

Historical Census Data
Grand Manan Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 189 —     1996 180 −4.8%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 188 +4.4% 2006 190 +1.1%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 162 −14.7% 2016 145 −10.5%
[17][1]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Grand Manan Parish, New Brunswick[17]
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		170		160	17.9%	94.12%		5	n/a%	2.94%		0	0.0%	0.00%		5	n/a%	2.94%
2006		195		195	7.7%	100.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%
2001		190		180	27.8%	94.74%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		10	n/a%	5.26%
1996		130		130	n/a	100.00%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

Notes

1. Machias Seal Island is 32 km from Grand Manan Island, perhaps a bit far to be considered an appurtenance.

References

1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Grand Manan, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 26 August 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 1 February 2021
4. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 237.
5. "56 Geo. III c. 10 An Act to constitute the Island of Grand-Manan and its appurtenances in the County of Charlotte into a distinct Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick. Passed in the Year 1816. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1816. p. 28.
6. "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.
7. "Chapter 2 The Division of the Province into Counties, Towns, and Parishes.". The Consolidated Statutes of New Brunswick. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1877. pp. 56–85.
8. New Brunswick Regulation 95-37.
9. "New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
10. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
11. New Brunswick Regulation 79-158
12. "2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick" (PDF). Department of Environment and Local Government. p. 55. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
13. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
14. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
15. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
16. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 17 February 2012.
17. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census