Saint-Joseph Parish, New Brunswick

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

Saint-Joseph St. Joseph
Parish
Location within Madawaska County, erroneously including northeastern portions of Madawaska and Saint-Jacques Parishes.
Coordinates: 47.5425°N 68.305°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Erected	1930
Area [1]
• Land	322.89 km^2 (124.67 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	1,538
• Density	4.8/km^2 (12/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	29.2%
• Dwellings	715
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it forms the local service district of the parish of Saint-Joseph,[3] which is a member of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC).[4]

Saint-Joseph bisects Madawaska and Saint-Jacques Parishes, the only area in the province where parishes are discontiguous.

Origin of name

The parish probably takes its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish.

History

Saint-Joseph was erected in 1930 from Madawaska and Saint-Jacques Parishes;[5] the name was spelt without a hyphen.

Saint-Joseph was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries.[6]

In 1973 the hyphen was added to the legal name of the parish.[7]

Delineation

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

Beginning at the southwestern angle of lot No. 152 granted to B. Bouchard on the east side of the Rivière Iroquois in Therriault Settlement thence northeasterly following the southeastern limit of lots Nos. 152, 154, 156, 158, lot No. 12 in Tier Three, Therriault, lot No. 160 in Tier Four, lot No. 9 in Tier Five and its prolongation to meet the western prolongation of the north limit of lot Letter “F” west side of the Green River[lower-alpha 1] thence along said prolongation and said limit and its eastern prolongation to the east side of the Green River thence following the various courses of the Green River upstream to the southern limit of lot granted to O. Theriault thence following the southern and eastern limit of said lot to the Green River thence following the various courses of the Green River and Lake Branch of the Green River[lower-alpha 2] upstream to the New Brunswick-Quebec Boundary line thence in a westerly and southwesterly direction along said boundary line to the east limit of lots in Sweeney Settlement thence in a southerly direction and following the various courses of the east limit of Sweeney Settlement to the southeast angle of lot No. 2 in Sweeney Settlement, the front part of which is granted to Marcel Grandmaison thence northwesterly along the southwest limit of said lot No. 2 to the southwest angle of said lot No. 2 thence southerly along the east limit of Tier Three east of the Madawaska River to the northeast angle of lot No. 213 in Tier Three granted to Peter Plourde thence westerly along the northern limit of said lot No. 213 to the east limit of Tier Two thence southerly following the various courses of the east limit of Tier Two to the northeast angle of lot No. 214 in Tier Two granted to P. Couturier thence westerly along the northern limit of said lot No. 214 to the east limit of lots fronting on the east side of the Madawaska River thence southerly along said limit to the southeastern angle of lot No. 16 granted to Cyprien Michaud thence westerly along the southern limit of said lot No. 16 to the eastern shore of the Rivière Iroquois thence following the various courses of said Rivière downstream to the northwestern angle of lot No. 1 granted to Jos. Martin thence southeasterly following the western limit of said lot No. 1 and its prolongation to the place of beginning.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold) and communities within their respective boundaries (in italics).

Deuxième-Sault Francoeur Lévesque Rang-des-Bossé Rang-des-Couturier

Saint-Joseph-de-Madawaska Sicard Toussaint Violette

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Saint-Joseph Parish, New Brunswick community profile
	2016	2011	2006
Population:	1,538 (-29.2% from 2011)	2,171 (+28.0% from 2006)	1,696 (-1.2% from 2001)
Land area:	322.89 km^2 (124.67 sq mi)	322.89 km^2 (124.67 sq mi)	321.87 km^2 (124.27 sq mi)
Population density:	4.8/km^2 (12/sq mi)	6.7/km^2 (17/sq mi)	5.3/km^2 (14/sq mi)
Median age:	46.8 (M: 47.2, F: 46.2)	42.3 (M: 42.3, F: 42.5)	41.0 (M: 40.4, F: 41.5)
Total private dwellings:	715	917	780
Median household income:	$60,544	$59,524	$47,351
References: 2016[10] 2011[11] 2006[12] earlier[13]

Historical Census Data - Saint-Joseph Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 1,692 —     1996 1,716 +1.4%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 1,717 +0.1% 2006 1,696 −1.2%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 2,171 +28.0% 2016 1,538 −29.2%
[14][1]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Joseph Parish, New Brunswick[14][1]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		1,525		1,475		96.7%		40		2.6%		5		0.3%		5		0.3%
2011		2,165		2,090	29.8%	96.54%		60	9.1%	2.77%		10	n/a%	0.46%		5	n/a%	0.23%
2006		1,665		1,610	3.3%	96.70%		55	83.3%	3.30%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2001		1,705		1,665	2.5%	97.65%		30	62.5%	1.76%		10	n/a%	0.59%		0	100.0%	0.00%
1996		1,715		1,625	n/a	94.75%		80	n/a	4.66%		0	n/a	0.00%		10	n/a	0.58%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. French name Rivière Verte; both names are official.[8]
2. Official name now simply Lake Branch.[9]

References

1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Saint-Joseph, 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 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. "19 Geo. V c. 16 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, Respecting the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the Parishes of Saint Jacques and Madawaska, in the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1929. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1929. pp. 38–41.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. "Green River". Canadian Geographical Names. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
9. "Lake Branch". Canadian Geographical Names. National Resources Canada. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
10. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
11. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
12. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
13. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
14. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census