Saint Patrick Parish, New Brunswick

Saint Patrick St. Patrick
Parish
Location within Charlotte County.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte County
Erected	1786
Area [1]
• Land	236.59 km2 (91.35 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	710
• Density	3.0/km2 (8/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	3.0%
• Dwellings	408
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Saint Patrick is a geographic parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, ^[4] located west of St. George and Saint Andrews.

For governance purposes, the southeastern corner around Digdeguash and Bethel is part of the incorporated rural community of Eastern Charlotte, ^[5] with the remainder belonging to the Southwest rural district, ^[6] both of which are members of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission. ^[7]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised a single local service district (LSD), which was a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC). ^[8]

The Census subdivision of the same name shares the parish's boundaries. ^[1]

Origin of name

Historian William F. Ganong believed the name suggested by other Saint names in the area. ^[9]

Five of the original six mainland parishes of Charlotte County used names of major saints recognised by the Church of England: Andrew (Scotland), David (Wales), George (England), Patrick (Ireland), and Stephen.

History

Saint Patrick was erected in 1786 as one of Charlotte County's original parishes, ^[10] including parts of Saint Croix Parish but not all of modern Saint Patrick.

Boundaries

Saint Patrick Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [11] [12]}

• on the north by a line beginning about 300 metres southeast of the junction of Whittier Road, Birneys Lake Road, and Route 770, at the northwestern corner of a grant to Chas. Burns, then running east-northeasterly along the Burns grant and its prolongation to a point about 2.7 kilometres northeast of Bonny River Lake;
• on the east by a line beginning on the prolongation of the rear line of a grant to John Carson, northwest of Sherard Beach, then southerly along the prolongation, the Carson grant, and its prolongation the shore near the western end of Shore Road;
• on the south by Passamaquoddy Bay, Big Bay, and Birch Cove
• on the southwest by the southwestern line of a grant to Francis Welsh, then a line running from the western corner of the Welsh grant to the southwestern corner of a grant to Peter Sime, about midway between the South Glenelg Road and the Frye Road where it meets the southern end of Gibson Lake;
• on the west by a line running northerly along the Sime grant and its prolongation nearly to Route 1, then easterly about 150 metres, then northerly to Bonaparte Lake, then generally northerly along grant lines to Eastman Lake, northeasterly to Twin Lakes, then following the zigzagging western line of a 2500-acre grant to James Allanshaw to a point about 900 metres west of Doyle Lake, on the southernmost corner of a grant to John H. Armstrong;
• on the northwest by a line running northeasterly along the Armstrong grant to its eastern corner, about 1.1 kilometres past the Route 760 bridge over the North Branch Campbell Brook, then northwesterly along the northeastern line of the Armstrong grant and its prolongation to a point near the old railway, about 75 metres south of Wilson Road at the western corner of a grant to Jeremiah Sprague, then northeasterly along the Sprague grant to the Digdeguash River, then downstream about 300 metres to the northern line of a grant to John Strang, then northeasterly to the northern corner of the Strang grant, then southeasterly about 50 metres to the starting point;
• including Hardwood Island, Hospital Island, and any islands closer to shore.

Evolution of boundaries

The southern line of the Cape Ann Association grant in Saint David Parish was prolonged eastward to the Saint John County to provide the northern line of all parishes in the eastern part of Charlotte County; ^[10] in Saint Patrick's case the line cut through McMinn and south of Birneys Lake. The eastern and southern lines were the same, while the western line ran from north of Libbey Lane straight to Mitchell Brook near Birch Cove, cutting through Saint Croix Parish and putting a strip of southwestern Saint Patrick in Saint Andrews Parish that would be inherited by Saint Croix Parish when it was erected.

In 1814 the parish was extended north to the county line. ^[13]

In 1856 the northern part of Saint Patrick was erected as Dumbarton Parish. ^[14]

In 1881 an area around Cathcart Road, Giles Road, and Armstrong Mill Road was transferred to Saint Croix Parish. ^[15]

In 1896 the southern part of the boundary with Saint Croix was moved west, ^[16] transferring the remainder of modern Saint Patrick. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

In 1958 the boundary with Saint Croix was altered to run entirely along grant lines, transferring small areas to Saint Croix. ^[17]

Local service district

The local service district of the parish of Saint Patrick comprised the entire parish. ^[18]

The LSD was established in 1970 to assess for fire protection. ^[19] First aid and ambulance services were added in 1975. ^[20]

In 2022, Saint Patrick assessed for only the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control. ^[21] The taxing authority was 516.00 Saint Patrick.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[11] [12] [22]}

• Bethel
• Bocabec
• Bocabec Cove
• Digdeguash
• Elmsville
• Johnson Settlement
• Kerrs Ridge
• McMinn

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 2]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[11] [12] [22]}

• Bocabec River
• Bonny River
• Digdeguash River
• Clarence Stream
• Big Bay
• Passamaquoddy Bay
• Digdeguash Basin
• more than twenty officially named lakes

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. ^{[11] [12] [22]}

• Dicks Island
• Gird Island
• Hardwood Island
• Hog Island
• Hospital Island
• Long Island
• MacDougalls Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[11] [12] [22] [23]}

• Caughey-Taylor Nature Preserve
• Caughey-Taylor Protected Natural Area
• Ovenhead Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Saint Patrick community profile

	2021	2016	2011
Population	710 (+3.0% from 2016)	689 (+6.5% from 2011)	647 (-10.3% from 2006)
Land area	236.59 km2 (91.35 sq mi)	236.89 km2 (91.46 sq mi)	236.88 km2 (91.46 sq mi)
Population density	3.0/km2 (7.8/sq mi)	2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi)	2.7/km2 (7.0/sq mi)
Median age	56 (M: 55.6, F: 56.4)	53.9 (M: 53.2, F: 54.1)	48.5 (M: 50.1, F: 47.8)
Private dwellings	325 (total)	545 (total)	349 (total)
Median household income		$.N/A	$.N/A

Notes: 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
References: 2021 ^[24] 2016 ^[25] 2011 ^[26] earlier ^{[27] [28]}

Historical Census Data - Saint Patrick Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 656 —     1996 653 −0.5%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 677 +3.7% 2006 721 +6.5%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 647 −10.3% 2016 689 +6.5%
[29] [30]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint Patrick Parish, New Brunswick [29]
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		645		625	10.7%	96.90%		15	0.0%	2.33%		0	0.0%	0.00%		5	n/a%	0.77%
2006		715		700	7.9%	97.90%		15	n/a%	2.10%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%
2001		670		645	5.4%	96.27%		0	0.0%	0.00%		10	n/a%	1.49%		15	50.0%	2.24%
1996		640		610	n/a	95.31%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%		30	n/a	4.69%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[31]

Highways Route 1

Principal Routes Route 127

Secondary Routes: Route 760 Route 770

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. The new boundary line reads as if there was a clerical error replacing a reference to the old boundary with a reference to the eastern line of Saint David Parish in the north. The boundary certainly makes more sense if one assumes such an error.
2. 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 5 June 2023.
3. "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 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. "Southwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 10". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
6. "Southwest Regional Service Commission: RD 10". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
7. "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
8. "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 1 February 2021
9. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 270. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
10. "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.
11. "No. 154". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 4 July 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 161 and 162 at same site.
12. "468" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 4 July 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 469, 479, 480, 489, and 490 at same site.
13. "54 Geo. III c. 15 An Act to enlarge the limits of the Parishes of Saint Patrick and Saint George, in the County of Charlotte.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick; Passed in the Year 1814. Saint John, New Brunswick: Government of New Brunswick. 1814. p. 15. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
14. "19 Vic. c. 25 An Act to erect the upper part of the Parish of Saint Patrick, in the County of Charlotte, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Months of March, April, and May 1856. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1856. pp. 42–43. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
15. "44 Vic. c. 31 An Act to alter the Boundary Lines of the Parish of Saint Croix, in the County of Charlotte.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March 1881. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1881. pp. 66–67. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
16. "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.
17. "7 Elizabeth II, 1958, c. 56 An Act to Amend the Territorial Division Act". Acts of the Legislature of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1958. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1958. pp. 117–119.
18. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
19. "Regulation 70–63 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 70–385)". The Royal Gazette. 128. Fredericton: 343–344. 17 June 1970.
20. "Regulation 75–4 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 75–33)". The Royal Gazette. 133. Fredericton: 80. 29 January 1975.
21. "2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick" (PDF). Department of Environment and Local Government. p. 55. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
22. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
23. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
24. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
25. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
26. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
27. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
28. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census . Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
29. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
30. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Saint Patrick, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
31. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 4, 12

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