Saint-Paul Parish, New Brunswick

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

This article is about the parish. For the community, see Saint-Paul, New Brunswick.
Saint-Paul

St. Paul
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46.3275°N 65.0175°W / 46.3275; -65.0175
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyKent County
Erected1888
Area
 • Land228.72 km2 (88.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total842
 • Density3.7/km2 (10/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
 2.8%
 • Dwellings
399
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

The local service district of the parish of Saint-Paul is a member of the Kent Regional Service Commission (KRSC).[3]

Origin of name

The parish may have taken its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish.

History

Saint-Paul was erected in 1888 from all of Sainte-Marie Parish west of McLaughlin Road.[4]

Delineation

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

North by the western prolongation of the northern line of Wellington Parish; east by the McLaughlin Road;[lower-alpha 1] west by the Canadian National Railways Line, and southwest by the County line.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Saint-Paul,[lower-alpha 2] established in 1966 to assess for fire protection. Community services were added in 1987, recreational and sports facilities in 2008, and non-fire related rescue in 2015. First aid and ambulance services (1982–2008) were formerly included.

Communities

Demographics

See also

Notes
  1. Route 490
  2. The name was originally styled Saint Paul; this was changed to the modern form in 1985. The French name was in the modern style when the LSD regulation was made bilingual in 1984.

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Saint-Paul, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 15, 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 2 February 2021
  4. "51 Vic. c. 71 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Saint Mary, in the County of Kent, into a separate Parish.". 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. 160–162.
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  6. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Paul Parish, New Brunswick



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