Balmoral Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the former village, now part of Bois-Joli, see Balmoral, New Brunswick.

Balmoral
Parish
Location within Restigouche County.
Coordinates: 47°41′51″N66°33′27″W / 47.6975°N 66.5575°W / 47.6975; -66.5575
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Restigouche
Erected	1896
Area [1]
• Land	1,088.01 km2 (420.08 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	309
• Density	0.3/km2 (0.8/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	11.2%
• Dwellings	131
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include the villages of Atholville, Balmoral, Charlo, and Eel River Crossing

Balmoral is a geographic parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[4]

For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Campbellton, the town of Heron Bay, the village of Bois-Joli, ^[5] the Moose Meadows 4 Indian reserve, and the Restigouche rural district, ^[6] all of which are members of the Restigouche Regional Service Commission. ^[7]

Before the 2023 governance reform, along Route 275 beginning near the eastern parish line and running southwest to the western parish line were the village of Balmoral, the local service district of Blair Athol, and the village of Atholville, with the LSD of Balmoral-St. Maure along the southern boundary of Balmoral; small areas in the northeastern corner were part of the villages of Eel River Crossing and Charlo, ^[5] and the remainder of the parish formed the LSD of the parish of Balmoral, ^[8] often called Balmoral-Maltais to distinguish it from Balmoral-St. Maure. The reform amalgamated Balmoral, Balmoral-St. Maure, Blair Athol, and parts of the parish LSD along the Boissonault, Drapeau and Saint-Maure Roads with Eel River Crossing and areas neighbouring it to form Bois-Joli; ^[5] Campbellton annexed part of the parish LSD along the southern side of McAbbie Road, ^[5] Heron Bay annexed two areas of the parish LSD along the eastern parish line, ^[5] and the remainder of the parish LSD became part of the rural district.

Origin of name

The parish may have gotten its name from Balmoral Castle, Scotland, increasingly used by Queen Victoria at the time. William F. Ganong had no idea of its origin, noting only that there was a place of that name in Scotland. ^[9]

History

Balmoral was erected in 1896 from Dalhousie Parish. ^[10]

Boundaries

Balmoral Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [11] [12] [13]}

• on the northwest and north by a line beginning at a point about 350 metres north of Route 275 and about 900 metres westerly of the junction of Val-d'Amour Road with Route 275, then running northeasterly along the northwestern edge of the Balmoral Settlement to its northeastern corner, then turning 90º and running about 250 metres southeasterly, then turning 90º and running to Route 275, then running easterly along the southern edge of grants along Route 280 then those along Route 11 to meet a line running true south from near the northern end of the Eel River Bar Seawall;
• on the east by the line running due south from the Eel River Bar Seawall to the Northumberland County line;
• on the south by the county line;
• on the west by a line beginning on the county line about 2.9 kilometres west of the Lower West Branch Portage Brook, then running true north to the starting point.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[11] [12] [13]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality or Indian reserve

• Atholville
• Balmoral
  • Selwood
  • Upper Balmoral
• Blair Athol
• Charlo
• Eel River Crossing
• Macabee (Brassard) ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
• Maltais (partly in Balmoral)
• Moose Meadows 4
• Ramsay Sheds
• Saint-Maure (partly in Balmoral)
• Simpsons Field

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 2]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

• Charlo River
• Eel River
• Jacquet River
• Little Southeast Upsalquitch River
• Popelogan River
• Popelogan Lake Branch River
• South Charlo River
• Southeast Upsalquitch River
• more than twenty officially named lakes

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}

• Budworm City airstrip
• Goulette Brook Protected Natural Area
• Mount Akroyd Protected Natural Area
• Portage Lakes Protected Natural Area
• White Meadows

Demographics

Parish population total did not include portions within Moose Meadows 4 or former municipalities. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Population

Canada census – Balmoral community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	309 (+11.2% from 2016)	278 (+6.9% from 2011)	602 (-2.7% from 2006)
Land area	1,088.01 km2 (420.08 sq mi)	1,089.41 km2 (420.62 sq mi)	1,098.32 km2 (424.06 sq mi)
Population density	0.3/km2 (0.78/sq mi)	0.3/km2 (0.78/sq mi)	0.5/km2 (1.3/sq mi)
Median age	46.0 (M: 46.4, F: 46.0)	45.8 (M: 47.2, F: 45.5)	44.5 (M: 45.1, F: 42.6)
Private dwellings	131 (total)  121 (occupied)	120 (total)	251 (total)
Median household income	$73,500	$58,880	$34,474

Notes: 2016 population change is in comparison to revised 2011 population
References: 2021 ^[15] 2016 ^[16] 2011 ^[17] earlier ^{[18] [19]}

Historical Census Data - Balmoral Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 748 —     1996 780 +4.3% 2001 605 −22.4%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 619 +2.3% 2011 602 −2.7% 2011 rev 260 −56.8%	Year Pop. ±% 2016 278 +6.9% 2021 309 +11.2%
[20] [21] [22] [1] 2011 rev shows population after boundary changes

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Balmoral Parish, New Brunswick [20]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2021		305		260	8.3%	85.2%		50	42.9%	16.4%		5	500.0%	1.64%		0	100.0%	0.00%
2016		280		240	57.9%	85.7%		35	16.7%	12.5%		0	100.0%	0%		5	500.0%	1.8%
2011		605		570	0.9%	94.21%		30	25.0%	4.96%		5	50.0%	0.83%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2006		615		565	4.6%	91.87%		40	60.0%	6.50%		10	60.0%	1.63%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2001		575		540	30.3%	93.91%		25	25.0%	4.35%		10	0.0%	1.74%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		805		775	n/a	96.27%		20	n/a	2.48%		10	n/a	1.24%		0	n/a	0.00%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[23]

Highways None

Principal Routes Route 180

Secondary Routes: Route 275

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. Natural Resources Canada lists Macabee as the current name; provincial highway mapbooks use Brassard.
2. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

1. "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 29 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. "Restigouche Regional Service Commission: RSC 2". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
6. "Restigouche Regional Service Commission: RD 2". 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. 219. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
10. "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.
11. "No. 5". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 20 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 6, 13, 14, 25, 26, 38, and 39 at same site.
12. "002" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 20 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 003, 013–015, 027–029, 046–048, 066–068, 086–088, 106, and 107 at same site.
13. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
14. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
15. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
16. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
17. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
18. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
19. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
20. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
21. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Balmoral Parish, New Brunswick
22. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Balmoral, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
23. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 6, 14-15

External links

• Village of Atholville
• Village of Balmoral
• Village of Charlo
• Village of Eel River Crossing

47°41′51″N66°33′27″W / 47.69750°N 66.55750°W / 47.69750; -66.55750 (Balmoral Parish, New Brunswick)