Sainte-Anne Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the neighbourhood of Vallée-des-Rivières, see Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick. For the community in Kent County, see Sainte-Anne-de-Kent, New Brunswick.

Sainte-Anne St. Anne, Ste. Anne
Parish
Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska village
Location within Madawaska County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 47°25′N67°51′W / 47.41°N 67.85°W / 47.41; -67.85
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Erected	1877
Area [1]
• Land	368.76 km2 (142.38 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	936
• Density	2.5/km2 (6/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	2.9%
• Dwellings	453
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the village of Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska

Sainte-Anne is a geographic parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[4]

For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Vallée-des-Rivières ^[5] and the Northwest rural district, ^[6] both of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission. ^[7]

Before the 2023 governance reform, the parish outside the village of Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska formed the local service district of the parish of Sainte-Anne, ^[8] part of which was included in Vallée-des-Rivières by the reforms

Origin of name

The parish takes its name from the church. ^[9]

History

Sainte-Anne was erected in 1877 as Saint Ann's Parish from Saint-Basile and Saint-Léonard Parishes. ^[10]

In 1920 Sainte-Anne's boundaries were revised. ^[11] The same act erected Rivière-Verte Parish from Saint-Léonard, so part of Sainte-Anne may have been included in Rivière-Verte.

In 1922 Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish was erected from part of Sainte-Anne. ^[12] The name appeared as Saint Ann in the description of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes.

In 1946 the name was changed to Sainte Anne and the parish was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries. ^[13]

In 1973 the name was legally changed to Sainte-Anne. ^[14]

Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska is known for its historical Catholic Church. ^[15] Located on Principale Street, the village's place of worship was built in 1923, featuring St. Anne on the top of the establishment. Its location is based in the middle of the village on its highest promontory, reflecting the importance of the Roman Catholic religion in the parish.

The Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska Church's architectural significance is what gives it local heritage value. It was constructed in the Romanesque style in 1923, which is mostly demonstrated by the beautiful Roman arches on both the outside and interior. The church, which is made of local granite, features a Latin cross layout and has a broad central nave and narrow transepts.

The church is very well known for the array of artworks that are connected to it. Edgar St-Pierre forged two enormous iron crosses that stand 16 feet tall, which stand above each of the two steeples. The main façade's roof was decorated with a large statue of St. Anne in 1947. Mario Mauro (1920-1985), a painter, created the frescoes of St. Anne and Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes in 1960.

Boundaries

Sainte-Anne Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [16] [17] [18]}

• on the northeast by the Restigouche County line;
• on the east and southeast, beginning at the meeting point of Restigouche County, Madawaska County, and Victoria County, then running south about 3.7 kilometres along the Madawaska-Victoria line, then southwesterly about 15 kilometres along the prolongation of the southeastern line of four grants on the southeastern side of Martin Road near Miller Line Cache, then northwesterly about 600 metres to Martin Road near its end, then southwesterly about 1.5 kilometres along Martin Road to the northeastern line of a grant to Noël Ruest, then southeasterly to the southeastern line of Ruest, then generally southwesterly along the southeastern line of grants along Miller Road to Ruisseau Noir Road, then southwesterly along the southeastern line of a grant to Hervé Dubé to the northeastern line of a grant to Edmond Dubé, then southeasterly to the easternmost corner of Edmond Dubé, then generally southwesterly the rear line of grants along Martin Road, then generally southwesterly along the rear line of grants along the northwestern side of Ruisseau Noir Road in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Parish to the easternmost corner of a grant to Honoré Martin on the northeastern side of Denis Lebel Road, then southwesterly along the rear line of grants at the end of Denis Lebel Road to the rear line of grants on the northeastern side of Jacques Martin Road and its prolongation along a former Crown reserve road, the tier now straddling Route 2, then southeasterly along the rear line of the tier to the easternmost corner of a grant to Noé Cyr, about 900 metres northwest of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes Road, then southwesterly to the rear line of grants on the Saint John River, at a point about 50 metres northwest of the Route 2 bridge over the Siegas River, then southeasterly along the rear line of the Saint John River tier to the easternmost corner of a grant to Andrew Michaud, about 600 metres northwesterly of Grande Rivière and about 400 metres northeast of Route 2, then southwesterly along the Michaud grant to the international border within the Saint John River;
• on the southwest by the international border within the Saint John River;
• on the northwest, beginning on the international border in the Saint John River on the prolongation of the northwestern line of a grant to Louis Pelletier and L. Moreau, then northeasterly along the prolongation and the Pelletier & Moreau grant, about 1.1 kilometres northwest of Lavoie Road, to its rear line, on the southwestern line of a grant John R. Lynch, on the northeastern side of the prolongation of Moreau Road, then northwesterly about 100 metres to the westernmost corner of the Lynch grant, then about 2.5 kilometres northeasterly, with a slight curve near the middle, along the Lynch grant and a grant to Pierre Ringuet, to the Quisibis River, then about 50 metres downstream, then northeasterly along the northeastern line of Lot G within a five-lot grant to John M. Stevens to the rear line of grants on the southwestern side of Montagne-de-la-Croix Road, then southeasterly about 1.3 kilometres along the rear line of the tier, then northeasterly along the southeastern line of a grant to Théodule Clavette to Montagne-de-la-Croix Road, then southeasterly along the road about 550 metres to the westernmost corner of a grant to Ludger Guerrette, then northeasterly about 8.7 kilometres along the southeastern line of Guerrette and its prolongation to the southwestern line of the Third Tract granted to the New Brunswick Railway Company, then northwesterly about 2.1 kilometres to the westernmost corner of the Third Tract, then northeasterly along the Third Tract to the Restigouche County line.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[16] [17] [18]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality

• Fourche-à-Clark
• Miller Line Cache
• Prime
• Quisibis
• Rang-des-Deschêne
• Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska
• Siegas
• Siegas Lake Settlement
• Sirois

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 1]} at least partly in the parish. ^{[16] [17] [18]}

• Gounamitz River
• Little Main Restigouche River
• Quisibis River
• Saint John River
• Siegas River
• Fourche à Clark
• Mud Lake
• Quisibis Lake
• Siegas Lake

Islands

Islands at least partly in the parish. ^{[16] [17] [18]}

• Quisibis Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish. ^{[16] [17] [18] [19]}

• Martial Brook Protected Natural Area

Demographics

Parish population total does not include Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska

Population Population trend [20] [21] [22] Census Population Change (%) 2016 964 1.6% 2011 949 12.2% 2006 1,081 9.9% 2001 1,200 0.5% 1996 1,206 3.3% 1991 1,168 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016) [22] Language Population Pct (%) French only 925 96.9% English only 25 2.6% Other languages 0 0% Both English and French 5 0.5%

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 24 January 2023.
3. "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 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. "Northwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 1". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
6. "Northwest Regional Service Commission: RD 1". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
7. "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
8. "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
9. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 267. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
10. "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.
11. "9 Geo. V c. 55 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 1919. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1919. pp. 258–265.
12. "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.
13. "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.
14. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1973 Volume IV. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1973. pp. 1–70.
15. "HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca". www.historicplaces.ca. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
16. "No. 21". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 22, 34, 35, and 44 at same site.
17. "080" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 081, 100, 101, 121, and 122 at same site.
18. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
19. "Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas". GeoNB. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
20. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
21. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Sainte-Anne Parish, New Brunswick
22. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Sainte-Anne, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

47°24′36″N67°51′00″W / 47.41000°N 67.85000°W / 47.41000; -67.85000 (Sainte-Anne Parish, New Brunswick)