Moncton Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the city, see Moncton. For other uses, see Moncton (disambiguation).

Moncton
Parish
Location within Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°46′32″N65°28′48″W / 46.775555°N 65.48°W / 46.775555; -65.48
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Westmorland County
Erected	1786
Area [1]
• Land	564.16 km2 (217.82 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	10,704
• Density	19.0/km2 (49/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	9.1%
• Dwellings	4,291
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the city of Dieppe, the city of Moncton, and the village of Salisbury

Moncton is a geographic parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[4]

For governance purposes it is divided between the cities of Dieppe and Moncton; the town of Salisbury; the incorporated rural communities of Beausoleil and Maple Hills; ^[5] the Metepenagiag 3 Urban Reserve, Metepenagiag 8 Urban Reserve, and Soegao 35 Indian reserves; and the Southeast rural district. ^[6] The municipalities and the rural district are all members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission. ^[7]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the local service district of the parish of Moncton, which included the special service areas of Calhoun Road, Greater Lakeburn, Irishtown, and Painsec Junction, included all of the parish outside Dieppe, Moncton, and Salisbury, and post-reform parts of Dieppe and Moncton. ^[8]

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of Robert Monckton, ^[9] the British commander who captured Fort Beauséjour and oversaw the Expulsion of the Acadians.

History

Moncton was established in 1765 as Monckton Township in the province of Nova Scotia. ^[10] The boundaries of the township were similar but not identical to the modern parish.

In 1786 Moncton Parish was erected as one of the province's original parishes, ^[11] using the same boundaries as Monckton Township. The northeastern corner of the parish extended past the northern line of Westmorland County. ^[12]

In 1835 all of Dorchester Parish north of the mouth of Fox Creek was transferred to Moncton. ^[13]

In 1850 the western boundary was changed to match the prolongation of the eastern line of a block grant to Martin Gay and associates straddling the Petitcodiac River, adding part of Salisbury Parish. ^[14]

In 1894 the boundary with Dorchester Parish was redefined to run along a magnetic bearing. ^[15] The boundaries of the parish were made retroactive to its erection.

Boundaries

Moncton Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [16] [17] [18]}

• on the north by the Kent County line;
• on the east beginning on the county line about 150 metres east of Route 115, at the prolongation of the northeastern line of a grant to Martin Walsh on the north side of Route 134, then southeasterly along the prolongation, along the Walsh grant, which runs along the southwestern side of Marshall Road, and along the southeasterly prolongation about 12 kilometres past Route 134 to a point about 1.3 kilometres east of the Memramcook River;
• on the south by the prolongation of a line running south 83º 45' east ^{[lower-alpha 1]} from the southern side of the mouth of Fox Creek, then by the Petitcodiac River;
• on the west by the western line of the Second Tract granted to Joshua Geldart, about 200 metres upriver of the mouth of the Little River, and the north-northwesterly prolongation of the Geldart line to Kent County.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; ^{[16] [17] [18]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality or Indian reserve; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Allison (partly in Moncton)
• Ammon
• Berry Mills
• Boundary Creek
• Canaan (Canaan Station)
• Cape Breton
• Catamount
• Dieppe
  • Chartersville
  • Fox Creek
  • Lakeburn
  • Saint-Anselme
• Gallagher Ridge
• Greater Lakeburn
• Indian Mountain
• Irishtown
• Lakeville
• LeBlancville
• Lutes Mountain
• Lutesville
• McQuade
• Meadow Brook
• Melanson Settlement
• New Scotland
• O'Neil
• Pacific Junction
• Painsec (partly in Dieppe)
• Painsec Junction
• Salisbury
• Scotch Settlement
• Shaw Brook
• Soegao 35
• Steeves Mountain
• Stilesville
• The Gorge
• Moncton
  • Buctouche Junction
  • Cherryfield
  • Cooks Brook
  • Harrisville
  • Hildegarde
  • Humphrey
  • Humphreys Mills
  • Lewisville
  • Magnetic Hill (Moncton)
  • Mapleton, Moncton
  • Marsh Junction
  • McKinnon
  • Odlum Junction
  • Tankville

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 2]} at least partly in the parish: ^{[16] [17] [18]}

• Buctouche River
• East Branch Canaan River
• Cocagne River
• North River
• Petitcodiac River
• Babineau Creek
• Butler Creek
• Fox Creek
• Halls Creek
• Intervale Creek
• Island Creek
• Jonathan Creek
• Lake Creek
• Michaels Creek
• Somers Creek
• Aero Lake
• Irishtown Road Reservoir
• Jones Lake
• McLaughlin Road Reservoir
• Melanson Settlement Lake

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish. ^{[16] [17] [18]}

• Canaan River Wildlife Management Area ^[22]
• Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport
• Magic Mountain
• Magnetic Hill Zoo
• Moncton/McEwen Airport

Demographics

Parish population total does not include city of Moncton, Soegao 35 Indian reserve, and portions in Dieppe and Salisbury

Population Historical populations: Moncton Parish Year Pop. ±% 1991 8,268 —     1996 8,669 +4.9% 2001 8,741 +0.8% 2006 8,861 +1.4% 2011 9,421 +6.3% 2016 9,811 +4.1% [23] [24] [25] [26]

Language Mother tongue (2016) [26] Language Population Pct (%) French only 3,000 30.6% English only 6,520 66.6% Both English and French 140 1.5% Other languages 130 1.3%

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[27]

Highways Route 2 (TCH) Route 11 Route 15

Principal Routes Route 106 Route 115 Route 126 Route 128 Route 132 Route 134

Secondary Routes: Route 490

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. By the magnet of 1894, ^[19] when declination in the area was between 21º and 22º west of north. ^[20] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952 ^[21] and 1973 Revised Statutes. ^[2]
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 March 2023.
3. "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 March 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. "Southeast Regional Service Commission: RSC 7". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
6. "Southeast Regional Service Commission: RD 7". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
7. "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
8. "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
9. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 254. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
10. Ganong, William F. (1899). A Monograph of Historic Sites in the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 335. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
11. "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. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
12. Ganong, William F. (1901). A Monograph of the Evolution of the Boundaries of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. Map No. 35. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
13. "5 Wm. IV c. 15 An Act to alter the boundary line between certain Parishes in the County of Westmorland.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1835. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1835. p. 27. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
14. "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.
15. "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. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
16. "No. 109". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 24 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 110, 119, and 120 at same site.
17. "317" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 318, 319, 336–339, and 357–360 at same site.
18. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
19. "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. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
20. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
21. "Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.
22. "New Brunswick Regulation 94-43 under the Fish and Wildlife Act (O.C. 94-231)". Government of New Brunswick. 5 June 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
23. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
24. "2006 Community Profile: Moncton Parish, New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
25. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Moncton Parish, New Brunswick
26. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Moncton, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
27. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7

46°11′22″N64°55′09″W / 46.189338°N 64.919243°W / 46.189338; -64.919243 (Moncton Parish, New Brunswick)