Andover Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the former village, see Perth-Andover.

Andover
Parish
Location within Victoria County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°42′18″N67°45′36″W / 46.705°N 67.76°W / 46.705; -67.76
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Victoria
Erected	1833
Area [1]
• Land	123.42 km2 (47.65 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	879
• Density	7.1/km2 (18/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	1.3%
• Dwellings	387
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the villages of Aroostook and Perth-Andover

Andover is a geographic parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the villages of Aroostook and Perth-Andover ^[3] and the local service district of the parish of Andover, ^[4] all of which were members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC). ^[5]

Origin of name

Historian William F. Ganong related that the local explanation was that it was named by a Mr. Sisson, who came from Andover, England. ^[6]

History

Andover was erected in 1833 in Carleton County from Kent Parish. ^[7] The parish extended to above Grand Falls, New Brunswick, taking in most of Grand Falls Parish.

In 1850 the parish was extended north to where the Saint John River crosses the international boundary. ^[8]

In 1853 all of Andover north of the Aroostook River was included in the newly erected Grand Falls Parish. ^[9]

Boundaries

Andover Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [10] [11]}

• on the north by the Aroostook River;
• on the east by the Saint John River;
• on the south by the River de Chute, which forms the Victoria County line;
• on the west by the American border.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[10] [11] [12]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality

• Aroostook
• Bairdsville
• Beaconsfield
• Blue Hill
• Carlingford
• Dover Hill
• Good Corner
• Hillandale
• Perth-Andover
• River de Chute
• Tinker
• Turner Settlement

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 1]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

• Aroostook River
• River de Chute
• Saint John River
• Bishop Lake
• Blind Lake
• Tomlinson Lake

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

• Demerchant Brook Protected Natural Area
• Tinker Dam

Demographics

Parish population totals do not include the former incorporated villages of Aroostook and portion within Perth-Andover. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Population Population trend [14] [15] [16] Census Population Change (%) 2016 891 5.4% 2011 942 10.0% 2006 856 14.7% 2001 1,003 9.1% 1996 1,104 0.9% 1991 1,094 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016) [16] Language Population Pct (%) English only 810 91.0% French only 35 3.9% Both English and French 0 0% Other languages 45 5.1%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

1. "Profile Page". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
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. (1906). Additions and Corrections to Monographs on the Place-Nomenclature, Cartography, Historic Sites, Boundaries and Settlement-origins of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 15. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
7. "3 Wm. IV c. 17 An Act to divide the Parish of Kent, in the County of Carleton, into Five Towns or Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1833. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1833. pp. 114–115. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
8. "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. Retrieved 27 March 2021. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
9. "15 Vic. c. 35 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Andover, the County of Victoria, into a separate Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1852. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1852. p. 55. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
10. "No. 72". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 81 at same site.
11. "208" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 223, 239, and 255 at same site.
12. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
13. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
14. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
15. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Andover Parish, New Brunswick
16. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Andover, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

External links

• Village of Perth-Andover

46°42′18″N67°45′36″W / 46.70500°N 67.76000°W / 46.70500; -67.76000 (Andover Parish, New Brunswick)