Westmorland Parish, New Brunswick

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

For the Jamaican parish, see Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica.
Westmorland
Parish
Location within Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46.19°N 64.60°W / 46.19; -64.60
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyWestmorland County
Erected1786
Area
 • Land175.43 km2 (67.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total908
 • Density5.2/km2 (13/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 5.8%
 • Dwellings
596
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Port Elgin[3] and the local service districts of Baie-Verte, Pointe de Bute, and the parish of Westmorland.[4]

All governance units are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.[5]

Origin of name

Ganong considers the name to have "probably" come from Westmorland's proximity to Cumberland in England, or by the marshes in the English county.[6]

Westmorland County was part of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia until New Brunswick was created, and Westmorland Parish was part of the Nova Scotia township of Cumberland.[7]

History

Cumberland Township was organised in Nova Scotia in 1763.[8]

Westmorland was erected as a parish in 1786[9] from the New Brunswick portion of Cumberland Township.

In 1880 the boundary with Sackville Parish was altered, transferring a large interior area to Sackville.[10]

In 1894 the existing boundaries were declared retroactive to the parish's erection.[11]

Delineation

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

Southeast by the Province limits; west by Sackville Parish; east by the Cumberland Grant line aforesaid and Baie Verte.

Communities

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

Demographics

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[14]

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Westmorland, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. "New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  4. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  5. "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
  6. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 279.
  7. Ganong, William F. (1901). A Monograph of the Evolution of the Boundaries of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 430.
  8. Ganong, William F. (1899). A Monograph of Historic Sites in the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 335.
  9. "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.
  10. "43 Vic. c. 40 An Act to alter a portion of the Boundary Line of the Parish of Sackville, Westmorland County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1880. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1880. pp. 80–81.
  11. "57 Vic. c. 36 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, of 'The division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes,' so far as relates to the County of Westmorland.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April, 1894. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1894. pp. 162–163.
  12. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  13. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Westmorland Parish, New Brunswick
  14. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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