Saint-Basile Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and census subdivision. For the former town, see Saint-Basile, New Brunswick. For the St. Basile 10 Indian reserve, see Madawaska Maliseet First Nation.

Saint-Basile St. Basil, St. Basile
Parish
Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47°21′36″N68°15′18″W / 47.36°N 68.255°W / 47.36; -68.255
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Erected	1850
Area [1]
• Land	129.96 km2 (50.18 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	736
• Density	4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	24.3%
• Dwellings	342
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the city of Edmundston and the St. Basile 10 Indian reserve

Saint-Basile is a geographic parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[4]

For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Edmundston, ^[5] the St. Basile 10 Indian Reserve, and the Northwest rural district; ^[6] the city and rural district are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission. ^[7]

Before the 2023 governance reform, the area now in the rural district formed the local service district of the parish of Saint-Basile. ^[8]

Origin of name

The parish was named for the Roman Catholic church. ^[9]

History

Saint-Basile was erected as Saint Basil in 1850 from Madawaska Parish. ^[10]

In 1852 the parish's boundaries were extended northward to include territory awarded in the boundary settlement with the Province of Canada. ^[11]

In 1874 the core of modern Edmundston was removed from Saint-Basile and added to Madawaska Parish. ^[12]

In 1877 the newly erected Sainte-Anne Parish included part of Saint-Basile. ^[13]

In 1896 the boundary along Green River was altered. ^[14]

In 1920 part of Saint-Basile was erected as Rivière-Verte Parish. ^[15]

In 1973 the name was officially changed to Saint-Basile. ^[16]

Boundaries

Saint-Basile Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [17] [18] [19]}

• on the northeast, beginning about 1.8 kilometres northeasterly of the Green River ^{[lower-alpha 1]} at a point on the prolongation of the northwestern line of a grant to John Hart on the Saint John River, then running southeasterly along the prolongation of the northeastern line of Tier Four northeast of the Green River and then Tier Four to the easternmost corner of Lot 21, about 825 metres west of the Quisibis River;
• on the southeast, running entirely along grant lines, beginning at the corner of Lot 21 and running southwesterly across Tier Three and Tier Two to the southernmost corner of a grant to Ferdinand Lavoie, about 400 metres northwesterly of the end of Therrien Road, then southeasterly about 200 metres to the easternmost corner of a grant in Tier One to Felix Martin, then southwesterly along the southeastern line of the Martin grant to Green River, then across Green River and southwesterly along the southeastern line of a grant to James Smyth to the rear line of grants along the Saint John River, then southeasterly about 475 metres along the Saint John River tier to the easternmost corner of a grant to Peter Cere, then southwesterly along the Cere grant to the international border within the Saint John River;
• on the south by the international border running upstream within the Saint John River;
• on the northwest, ^{[lower-alpha 2]} beginning on the international border within the Saint John on the prolongation of the northwestern line of the Hart grant, which passes between and roughly parallels Saint-Louis and Irène Streets near the river, then running northeasterly along the Hart grant and its prolongation to a point about 700 metres past the Iroquois River, then southeasterly about 75 metres along the rear line of the Saint John River grants to the westernmost corner of Tier Two behind the Saint John, then northeasterly along the northwestern lines of Tiers Two, Three, and Four to Tier Five, then northwesterly about 75 metres to the westernmost corner of a Tier Five grant to Remi H. Martin, then northeasterly along the northwestern line of the Martin grant and its prolongation to meet the prolongation of the northwestern line of a tier of grants on the eastern side of Green River, then northeasterly along the prolongation and the tier to the western channel of Green River, passing through the southern loop of Deuxième-Sault Road and the northern tip of an unnamed island in the river, then northerly about 450 metres up Green River to the southern line of a grant to Octave Therriault on the south side of Étang Deuxième-Sault (the pond above Second Falls), then easterly and northerly around the outside of the Therriault grant to the pond, then up Green River past the mouth of Burnt Camp Brook to meet the prolongation of the Hart grant, then northeasterly along the prolongation to the starting point.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[17] [18] [19]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality or Indian reserve; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Boniface Bridge Edmundston Iroquois Saint-Basile Jalbert

Maillet Montagne-des-Therrien Rang-des-Lavoie St. Basile 10

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 3]} at least partly in the parish. ^{[17] [18] [19]}

Green River (French Rivière Verte) Iroquois River Saint John River

Ruisseau à la Coulée Noire Lac à Poisson Lac de Vase

Islands

Islands at least partly in the parish. ^{[17] [18] [19]}

• Madawaska Islands

Demographics

Parish population total does not include Indian reserve or portion in Edmundston

Population

Canada census – Saint-Basile community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	736 (+24.3% from 2016)	592 (-17.4% from 2011)	717 (-10.3% from 2006)
Land area	129.96 km2 (50.18 sq mi)	129.61 km2 (50.04 sq mi)	129.74 km2 (50.09 sq mi)
Population density	5.7/km2 (15/sq mi)	4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)	5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
Median age	51.2 (M: 51.6, F: 51.2)	47.5 (M: 48.0, F: 47.1)	44.7 (M: 46.1, F: 42.9)
Private dwellings	325 (total)	270 (total)	313 (total)
Median household income		$58,048	$46,535

References: 2021 ^[22] 2016 ^[23] 2011 ^[24] earlier ^{[25] [26]}

Historical Census Data
Saint-Basile Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 694 —     1996 672 −3.2%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 705 +4.9% 2006 799 +13.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 717 −10.3% 2016 592 −17.4%
[27] [28]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Basile Parish, New Brunswick [27]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		715		695	11.5%	97.20%		20	33.3%	2.80%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2006		800		785	18.9%	98.13%		15	0.0%	1.87%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2001		710		660	1.5%	92.96%		15	50.0%	2.11%		35	250.0%	4.93%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		670		650	n/a	97.01%		10	n/a	1.49%		10	n/a	1.49%		0	n/a	0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. The English name Green River and the French name Rivière Verte are both official. ^[20]
2. The Territorial Act has an overlap of Saint-Basile and Saint-Joseph Parish; this is due to Saint-Basile being omitted from the 1946 rewrite of parish boundaries in Madawaska County. ^[21] The wording of the 1946 Act gave the Saint-Joseph boundaries precedence and the wording of the northwestern boundary of Saint-Basile has never been corrected.
3. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

1. "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
3. "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
4. The Territorial Division Act ^[2] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of Saint John and Fredericton, and one town of Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act ^[3] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
5. "Northwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 1". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
6. "Northwest Regional Service Commission: RD 1". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
7. "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
8. "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
9. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 267. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
10. "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.
11. "15 Vic. c. 6 An Act to annex the Territory awarded to this Province by the New Brunswick and Canadian Arbitrators in the recent settlement of the Boundary question between the Provinces of New Brunswick and Canada, to the Counties of Victoria and Restigouche, and to alter the present Boundary Line between these counties.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1852. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1852. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
12. "37 Vic. c. 47 An Act to include certain Lands in the Parish of Saint Basil in the Parish of Madawaska, in the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March & April 1874. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1874. p. 129. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
13. "40 Vic. c. 30 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Saint Leonard, Saint Basil, Madawaska, and Saint Francis, in the County of Madawaska, into three additional Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March 1877. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1877. pp. 125–128. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
14. "59 Vic. c. 8 An Act to Revise and Codify an Act to Provide for the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March, 1896. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1896. pp. 86–123. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
15. "9 Geo. V c. 55 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of April 1919. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1919. pp. 258–265.
16. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1973 Volume IV. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1973. pp. 1–70.
17. "No. 20". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 33 and 34 at same site.
18. "079" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 098, 099, 120, and 121 at same site.
19. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
20. "Green River / Rivière Verte". Geographical names in Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
21. "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.
22. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
23. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
24. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
25. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
26. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
27. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
28. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Saint-Basile, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

47°21′36″N68°15′18″W / 47.36000°N 68.25500°W / 47.36000; -68.25500 (Saint-Basile Parish, New Brunswick)