Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and census subdivision. For the community, see Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, New Brunswick. For the community near Moncton, see Dundas Parish, New Brunswick. For the former local service district near Bathurst, see Notre-Dame-des-Érables, New Brunswick.

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes
Parish
Location within Madawaska County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 47°15′00″N67°56′15″W / 47.25°N 67.9375°W / 47.25; -67.9375
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Erected	1922
Area [1]
• Land	186.30 km2 (71.93 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	253
• Density	1.4/km2 (4/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	8.0%
• Dwellings	117
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes is a geographic parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[2]

For governance purposes, the parish is divided between the town of Vallée-des-Rivières ^[3] in the southwest and the Northwest rural district in the northeast, ^[4] both of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission. ^[5]

Before the 2023 governance reforms, the entire parish formed the local service district of the parish of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes. ^[6]

Origin of name

The parish takes its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish. ^[7]

History

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes was erected in 1922 from Sainte-Anne Parish. ^[7]

In 1946 Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries. ^[8]

Boundaries

Notre-Dames-de-Lourdes Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [9] [10] [11]}

• on the east by the Victoria County line, beginning at a point about 3.7 kilometres south of the Restigouche County line and running south about 10.2 kilometres to the prolongation of the southeastern line of a grant to Aimé Dubé on the southeastern side of Grande Rivière;
• on the southeast, beginning on the county line, then running southwesterly along the prolongation of Dubé to its easternmost corner, then generally southerly along the rear line of grants fronting on the southeastern side of Grande Rivière to the end of the tier, about 450 metres past Diamond Road;
• on the south, beginning at the southernmost corner of a grant to William Byram at the end of the Grande Rivière tier, then running westerly and northwesterly along the Byram grant to Grande Rivière, then downstream to the southeastern line of a grant to Rosomo Violette, about 600 metres northwesterly of Grande Rivière and about 400 metres northeasterly of Route 2, then southwesterly along the Violette grant to its southernmost corner, which is on the rear line of the grants along the Saint John River, then northwesterly along the Saint John River tier to a point on Route 2 about 50 metres northwest of the bridge across the Siegas River, the westernmost corner of a grant to Joseph P. Cye, then northeasterly along the northwestern line of Joseph P. Cyr to the rear line of Tier Two behind the Saint John River grants, then northwesterly along Tier Two, crossing Siegas River, to the westernmost corner of a grant to Paul Cyr, about 300 metres past the Siegas River;
• on the west and northwest, beginning on the westernmost corner of the Paul Cyr, then running generally northeasterly along the rear line of grants fronting on the northwestern side of Ruisseau Noir Road until it reaches the northeastern line of a grant to James Dubé which straddles Ruisseau Noir near its mouth, then northeasterly along the rear line of Tier Four of the Siegas Lake Settlement, which fronts on the southeastern side of Martin Road, until it reaches the southwestern line of the Dubé Settlement at the southwestern line of a grant to Abel Gauvin, then northwesterly along Dubé Settlement to Martin Road, then northeasterly along the remainder of Martin Road to the northeastern line of Dubé Settlement, then southeasterly along Dubé Settlement to the prolongation of the southeastern line of the last four grants in Tier Four of Siegas Lake, then northeasterly along the prolongation to the county line.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; ^{[9] [10] [11]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality

• Flemming
• Harrison Brook Settlement
• Miller Line Cache
• Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 1]} at least partly in the parish: ^{[9] [10] [11]}

• Grande Rivière
• Little Main Restigouche River

Demographics

Population Population trend [12] [13] [14] Census Population Change (%) 2016 275 4.6% 2011 263 7.4% 2006 284 7.2% 2001 306 11.3% 1996 345 26.9% 1991 472 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016) [14] Language Population Pct (%) French only 245 89.1% English only 30 10.9% Other languages 0 0% Both English and French 0 0%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. 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 13 November 2020.
3. "Northwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 1". Government of New Brunswick. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
4. "Northwest Regional Service Commission: RD 1". Government of New Brunswick. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
5. "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
6. "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
7. "11 Geo. V c. 18 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 1921. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1921. pp. 155–166.
8. "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.
9. "No. 22". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 34, 35, 44, and 45 at same site.
10. "081" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 100, 101, 122, 123, and 144 at same site.
11. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
12. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
13. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish, New Brunswick
14. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

47°15′00″N67°56′15″W / 47.25000°N 67.93750°W / 47.25000; -67.93750 (Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish, New Brunswick)