Saint-Hilaire Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, rural census subdivision, and former local service district. For the former village, see Saint-Hilaire, New Brunswick.

Saint-Hilaire
Parish
Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47°18′45″N68°26′24″W / 47.3125°N 68.44°W / 47.3125; -68.44
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Erected	1877
Area [1]
• Land	41.90 km2 (16.18 sq mi)
Population  (2016) [1]
• Total	478
• Density	11.4/km2 (30/sq mi)
• Change 2011-2016	2.4%
• Dwellings	196
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within village of St. Hilaire No census data available after 2016

Saint-Hilaire is a geographic parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[2]

For governance purposes it is part of the incorporated rural community of Haut-Madawaska, ^[3] which is a member of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC). ^[4]

Origin of name

The parish takes its name from the local Roman Catholic church. ^[5]

History

Saint-Hilaire was erected as Saint Hilaire in 1877 from Madawaska and Saint-François Parishes. ^[6]

In 1930 Baker Brook Parish was erected from the western part of Saint-Hilaire. ^[7]

In 1946 Saint-Hilaire was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries. ^[8]

In 1973 the hyphen was finally added to the legal name. ^[9]

Boundaries

Saint-Hilaire Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [10] [11] [12]}

• on the north by the northern line of Six of the Riceville Settlement, which runs along the northern side of Guerrette Road, beginning on the northwestern corner of a grant about 1.6 kilometres east of the junction of Guerrette Road and Picard Road, then running easterly to the rear line of a tier of grants inland of the Saint John River grants;
• on the east and south, running entirely along grant lines, southwesterly along the tier inland of the Saint John River to its westernmost corner, then southeasterly to the rear of the Saint John River grants, then southerly along the river grants to the junction of Alcide Collin Road and Riceville Road, which is on the northwestern corner of a grant to Alexander Ouellett, then easterly along the Ouellett grant to the international border in the Saint John River, then upriver along the international border;
• on the west, running entirely along grant lines, beginning about 1.2 kilometres upriver of Long Street at the international border on the prolongation of the western line of a grant to Francis R. Martin, then running northerly to Elias Daigle Road, at the northern line of Tier Two of Ouellette Settlement, then westerly about 400 metres to the southwestern corner of a grant to Victori Albert, then northerly across Tiers Three and Four of Ouellette Settlement and Tiers Five and Six of Riceville Settlement to the starting point.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; ^{[10] [11] [12]}

• Riceville
• Saint-Hilaire
  • Albertine

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 1]} at least partly in the parish: ^{[10] [11] [12]}

• Saint John River

Islands

Islands in the parish: ^{[10] [11] [12]}

• Pine Island

Demographics

Parish population total does not include former incorporated village of St. Hilaire

Population

Canada census – Saint-Hilaire Parish, New Brunswick community profile

	2016	2011
Population	478 (-2.4% from 2011)	490 (-7.7% from 2006)
Land area	41.90 km2 (16.18 sq mi)	41.55 km2 (16.04 sq mi)
Population density	11.4/km2 (30/sq mi)	11.8/km2 (31/sq mi)
Median age	45.15 (M: 44.7, F: 45.5)	45.5 (M: 43.0, F: 46.7)
Private dwellings	196 (total)	196 (total)
Median household income	$75,008

References: 2016 ^[13] 2011 ^[14] earlier ^{[15] [16]}

Historical Census Data
Saint-Hilaire Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 529 —     1996 561 +6.0%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 528 −5.9% 2006 531 +0.6%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 490 −7.7% 2016 478 −2.4%
[17] [18] [1]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Hilaire Parish, New Brunswick 2011 language data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons. [17]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		n/a		n/a	0.0%	0.00%		n/a	0.0%	0.00%		n/a	0.0%	0.00%		n/a	0.0%	0.00%
2006		525		525	7.6%	100.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%
2001		525		485	10.2%	92.38%		30	14.3%	5.71%		0	100.0%	0.00%		10	n/a%	1.90%
1996		585		540	n/a	92.31%		35	n/a	5.98%		10	n/a	1.71%		0	n/a	0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Saint-Hilaire, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
3. "New Brunswick Regulation 2017-3 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 2017-52)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
4. "Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC) / Les communautés dans chacune des 12 Commissions de services régionaux (CSR)" (PDF), Government of New Brunswick, July 2017, retrieved 2 February 2021
5. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 268. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
6. "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.
7. "19 Geo. V c. 17 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the Parish of Saint Hilaire in the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1929. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1929. pp. 42–46.
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. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1973 Volume IV. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1973. pp. 1–70. The original printed version is cited separately to distinguish it from the updated version available online.
10. "No. 32". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on map 33 at same site.
11. "119" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 120, 141, and 142 at same site.
12. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
13. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
14. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
15. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
16. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
17. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
18. "Corrections and updates: Population and dwelling count amendments, 2011 Census". Statistics Canada. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

47°18′45″N68°26′24″W / 47.31250°N 68.44000°W / 47.31250; -68.44000 (Saint-Hilaire Parish, New Brunswick)