Dundas Parish, New Brunswick

Dundas
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°16′N64°52′W / 46.27°N 64.86°W / 46.27; -64.86
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kent
Erected	1827
Area [1]
• Land	172.32 km2 (66.53 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	4,332
• Density	25.1/km2 (65/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	10.7%
• Dwellings	2,569
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the rural community of Cocagne

Dundas is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[4]

For governance purposes it is divided between the towns of Champdoré and Grand-Bouctouche and the rural communities of Beausoleil ^[5] and Maple Hills; ^[6] Maple Hills is a member of the Southeast Regional Service Commission, while the others belong to the Kent RSC. ^[7]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of Saint-Antoine, the rural community of Cocagne and the local service districts of Grande-Digue, Grand Saint-Antoine, Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, the parish of Dundas, and (through its Saint-Grégoire special service area) the parish of Wellington. ^[8] Cocagne, Grande-Digue, and Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, and most of the Dundas Parish LSD are now part of Beausoleil, Saint-Antoine and Grand Saint-Antoine part of Champdoré, while the community of Dundas in the western end of the parish is part of Maple Hills.

The parish LSD was informally referred to as Notre-Dame after one its communities.

Origin of name

One possible honouree is Robert Saunders Dundas, First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of its erection. Another is Ann Dundas, wife of Sir Howard Douglas, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick when the parish was erected. ^{[9] [10]}

History

Dundas was erected in 1827 from Wellington Parish. ^[11]

In 1828 the boundary with Wellington was adjusted to run along grant lines near Després Road and west from there. ^[12]

In 1862 the boundary with Wellington was adjusted to its modern line. ^[13]

Boundaries

Dundas Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [14] [15] [16]}

• on the northwest by a line beginning on the shore of Northumberland Strait near Bar-de-Cocagne, then running south 72º 30' west ^{[lower-alpha 1]} to the western line of a grant on the western side of the junction of Gérard Road and Robichaud Cross Road, a bit north of Robichaud Cross Road, then southwesterly along the grant line to the northwestern line of a grant straddling Gérard Road, part of a tier of grants on the northwestern side of Alexandrina Road, then southwesterly along the rear line of the tier and its prolongation to Route 490;
• on the east by Northumberland Strait;
• on the south by the Westmorland County line;
• on the west by Route 490;
• including all islands in front of the parish.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; ^{[14] [15] [16]} bold indicates a municipality or incorporated rural community; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Alexandrina Caissie Cape Dufourville Dundas Goudalie Grande-Digue Notre-Dame Poirier Saint-Antoine Whites Settlement

rural community of Cocagne Bourgeois Breau-Village Cap-de-Cocagne Cocagne Cocagne Cove Cocagne-Nord (Gueguen, Lower Gueguen) Cocagne-Sud Cormierville Côte-d'Or Després-Village Saint-Marcel Saint-Martin-de-Kent

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 2]} at least partly in the parish: ^{[14] [15] [16]}

• Rivière à l'Anguille
• Cocagne River
• Northumberland Strait
• Cocagne Harbour
• La Passe

Islands

Islands at least partly in the parish: ^{[14] [15] [16]}

• Cocagne Island
• Surette Island

Demographics

Parish population total does not include village of Saint-Antoine and (after 2011) rural community of Cocagne

Population Population trend [18] [19] [20] Census Population Change (%) 2016 3,914 1.4% 2011 Revision 3,970 36.8% 2011 6,282 1.2% 2006 6,356 2.9% 2001 6,174 0.2% 1996 6,162 3.5% 1991 5,951 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016) [20] Language Population Pct (%) French only 2,960 75.2% English only 870 22.1% Both English and French 60 1.5% Other languages 45 1.2%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. By the magnet of 1862, ^[13] when declination in the area was between 21º and 22º west of north. ^[17]
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 26 February 2023.
3. "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 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. "Kent Regional Service Commission: RSC 6". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
6. "Southeast Regional Service Commission: RSC 7". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
7. "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
8. "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
9. 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. 23. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
10. "Dundas Parish". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
11. "7 Geo. IV c. 31 An Act for the division of the County of Northumberland into three Counties, and to provide for the Government and Representation of the two new Counties.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1827. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1827. pp. 97–103. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
12. "9 Geo. IV c. 11 An Act to alter the division line between the Parishes of Dundas and Wellington in the County of Kent.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1828. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1828. p. 17. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
13. "25 Vic. c. 47 An Act to alter the Division Line of the Parishes of Dundas and Wellington, in the County of Kent.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in March and April 1862. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1862. pp. 117–118. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
14. "No. 100". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 109 and 110 at same site.
15. "286" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 301–303 and 318–320 at same site.
16. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
17. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
18. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
19. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Dundas Parish, New Brunswick
20. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Dundas, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 13 September 2019.

External links

• District de services locaux de Grande-Digue Archived 3 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine

46°16′12″N64°51′36″W / 46.27000°N 64.86000°W / 46.27000; -64.86000 (Dundas Parish, New Brunswick)