Hardwicke Parish, New Brunswick

Hardwicke is a civil parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Hardwicke
Parish
Location within Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47.075°N 65.02°W / 47.075; -65.02
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyNorthumberland
Erected1852
Area
 • Land278.60 km2 (107.57 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total2,201
 • Density7.9/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 5.5%
 • Dwellings
1,217
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the local service districts of Baie Ste. Anne, Black River-Hardwicke, Escuminac, the parish of Hardwicke,[3] all of which are members of the Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission (GMRSC).[4]

Origin of name

The parish may have been named in honour of the Earl of Hardwicke,[5] a prominent commander in the Royal Navy at the time of its erection.

History

Hardwicke was erected in 1852 from Glenelg Parish.[6]

In 1888 an isolated part of Kent County at Point Escuminac was transferred to Hardwicke.[7]

Delineation

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

Southwest by Glenelg Parish; north by Miramichi Bay; and southeast by the County line and the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence from Point Escuminac; westwardly to the intersection of the County line between Kent and Northumberland, near the entrance of Escuminac River, including all the islands in front, which are south of the principal entrance to Miramichi Bay.

Communities

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

Demographics

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Hardwicke, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 25, 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 19 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. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 239.
  6. "14 Vic. Local Acts c. 6 An Act for dividing the Parish of Glenelg, in the County of Northumberland, into two separate Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1851. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1851. pp. 11–12. Local Acts have their own page numbering and follow page 56.
  7. "51 Vic. c. 36 An Act to change a portion of the boundary line between the Counties of Northumberland and Kent, so far as relates to the Parishes of Hardwicke and Carleton.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March and April, 1888. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1888. pp. 76–77.
  8. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  9. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Hardwicke Parish, New Brunswick



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