Sheffield Parish, New Brunswick

Sheffield is a civil parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Sheffield
Parish
Location within Sunbury County, New Brunswick
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountySunbury County
Erected1786
Area
 • Land272.16 km2 (105.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total809
 • Density3.0/km2 (8/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
 5.2%
 • Dwellings
542
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it forms the local service district of the parish of Sheffield,[3] which is a member of Regional Service Commission 11 (RSC11).[4]

Origin of name

The parish was named for Baron Sheffield, notable as a friend of the province.[5]

History

Sheffield was erected in 1786 as one of Sunbury County's original parishes;[6] it extended twenty-five miles inland and included part of Northfield Parish.

In 1850 Sheffield was extended to the county line, adding unassigned territory to its rear.[7]

In 1855 the parish was split into two polling districts, Eastern and Western.[8] The boundary ran along the modern parish line with Northfield.

In 1857 the Eastern District was erected as Northfield Parish.[9]

Delineation

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

Southeast by the County line; east by the westerly side line of lot numbered nine in the New Zion Settlement granted to Gideon Corey, and its northerly and southerly prolongations; northwest by Maugerville Parish, and southwest by the Saint John River, including Middle Island.

Communities

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

Bodies of water & Islands

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

  • Apple Island
  • Fulton Island
  • Gull Island
  • Harrison Island
  • Little River
  • Saint John River

Demographics

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[12]

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Sheffield, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 29, 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 22 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. 272. Ganong cites Footprints by J. W. Lawrence as his source.
  6. "26 Geo. III Chapter I. An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, passed in the year 1786. Saint John, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 1786. pp. 3–12.
  7. "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.
  8. "18 Vic. c. 37 An Act to Regulate the Election of Members to serve in the General Assembly.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of November, 1854, and in the Months of February, March, and April, 1855. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1855. pp. 127–150.
  9. "20 Vic. c. 11 An Act to authorize the division of the Parish of Sheffield into two Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in July 1856, and March and July 1857. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1857. pp. 16–17.
  10. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  11. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Sheffield Parish, New Brunswick
  12. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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