Shediac Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the town, see Shediac.

Shediac
Parish
Location within Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°11′N64°36′W / 46.19°N 64.60°W / 46.19; -64.60
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Westmorland County
Erected	1827
Area [1]
• Land	178.79 km2 (69.03 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	5,144
• Density	28.8/km2 (75/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	7.4%
• Dwellings	2,976
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the city of Dieppe, the town of Shediac, the village of Cap-Pelé, and the rural community of Beaubassin East

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

For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Dieppe, ^[5] the towns of Cap-Acadie ^[5] and Shediac, ^[5] the incorporated rural communities of Beausoleil ^[6] and Maple Hills, ^[5] and the Southeast rural district. ^{[lower-alpha 1]} Beausoleil is a members of the Kent Regional Service Commission, with the rest all belonging to the Southeast Regional Service Commission. ^[7]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between Dieppe, ^[8] Shediac, ^[8] the village of Cap-Pelé, ^[8] the rural community of Beaubassin East, ^[9] and the local service districts of Grande-Digue, Pointe-du-Chêne, Scoudouc, Scoudouc Road, Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, Shediac Cape, and the parish of Shediac. ^[10] With minor boundary changes, Grande-Digue and Shediac Bridge-Shediac River are now part of Beausoleil; Pointe-du-Chêne, Scoudouc, Scoudouc Road, and Shediac Cape were annexed by Shediac; Cap-Pelé and Beaubassin East merged to form Cap-Acadie; and the Shediac Parish LSD was divided between Beausoleil and Maple Hills.

Origin of name

The parish's name comes the community of Shediac, itself from a corruption of Mi'kmaq Es-ed-ei'-ik, translated by Rand as "running far back." There was a Fort Shediac mentioned in documents around 1755, on the mainland opposite Shediac Island. ^[11]

History

Shediac was erected in 1827 from Dorchester and Sackville Parishes. ^[12] The eastern boundary was at the mouth of the Kouchibouguac River.

In 1850 the eastern boundary was moved to run through Cap-Pelé. ^[13]

In 1894 the existing boundaries were declared retroactive to the parish's erection. ^[14]

In 1904 the boundary with Botsford Parish was clarified. ^[15]

Boundaries

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

• on the north by the Kent County line and Northumberland Strait;
• on the east by a line beginning about 375 metres east of the mouth of the Tedish River and running south 4º 30' west ^{[lower-alpha 2]} to a point about 1.6 kilometres northwesterly of the junction of Chemin des Moulins and Route 940 and about 450 metres from Square Lake;
• on the south by the prolongation of a line running south 83º 45' east ^{[lower-alpha 3]} from the southern side of the mouth of Fox Creek;
• on the west by a line beginning about 1.3 kilometres east of the Memramcook River, at the prolongation of the southwestern line of a grant to Columb Connor on Route 134, then running northwesterly along the prolongation, the Connor grant, and its northwesterly prolongation to the Kent County line.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. ^{[16] [17] [20]} bold indicates an incorporated municipality or rural community; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Batemans Mills
• Cap-Pelé
  • Dupuis Corner
• Dieppe
• Evangeline
• Gilberts Corner
• MacDougall
• Malakoff
• Moncton Road
• Pointe-du-Chêne
• Saint-Philippe
• Scoudouc (Dorchester Crossing)
• Shediac
  • Chapman Corner
  • East Shediac
  • Ohio-du-Barachois
  • Rings Corner
• Shediac Bridge
• Shediac River
• Shediac Cape
• The Bluff
• Beaubassin East
  • Barachois
  • Basse-Aboujagane
  • Boudreau
  • Bourgeois Mills
  • Cap-Brûlé
  • Cormier-Village
  • Drisdelle
  • Gallant Settlement
  • Glaude
  • Haute-Aboujagane
  • LeBlanc
  • Robichaud
  • Saint-André-de-Shédiac

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 4]} at least partly within the parish. ^{[16] [17] [20]}

• Aboujagane River
• Kinnear River
• Kouchibouguac River
• Scoudouc River
• Shediac River
• Tedish River
• Bear Creek
• Mill Creek
• Shediac Bay
• Shediac Harbour
• Lac des Boudreau
• Poucette Lake
• Petit Barachois

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish. ^{[16] [17] [20]}

• Shediac Island
• Skull Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish. ^{[16] [17] [20]}

• Cormier Aerodrome
• Parlee Beach Provincial Park ^[21]
• Scoudouc Industrial Park
• Shediac Bridge Aerodrome

Demographics

Parish population total does not include the town of Shediac and portions within Dieppe, Cap-Pelé, and Beaubassin East

Population Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1991 4,658 —     1996 4,104 −11.9% 2001 4,292 +4.6% 2006 4,801 +11.9% 2011 4,917 +2.4% 2016 4,789 −2.6% [22] [23] [24]

Language Mother tongue (2016) [24] Language Population Pct (%) French only 2,630 54.9% English only 1,995 41.6% Both English and French 90 1.9% Other languages 75 1.6%

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[25]

Highways Route 11 Route 15

Principal Routes Route 132 Route 133 Route 134

Secondary Routes: None

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick
• Greater Shediac

Notes

1. Maps still visible as thumbnails show the current and previous governance boundaries. ^[5]
2. By the magnet of 1903, ^[15] when declination in the area was between 22º and 23º west of north. ^[18] The Territorial Division Act clause referring to magnetic direction bearings was omitted in the 1952 ^[19] and 1973 Revised Statutes. ^[2]
3. By the magnet of 1894, ^[14] when declination in the area was between 21º and 22º west of north. ^[18]
4. 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 February 2023.
3. "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 February 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 13 February 2023.
6. "Kent Regional Service Commission: RSC 6". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
7. "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
8. "Municipalities Order - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
9. "New Brunswick Regulation 95-36 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 95-342)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
10. "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
11. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 271. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
12. "8 Geo. IV c. 13 An Act to erect the North-eastern part of the County of Westmoreland into a distinct Town or Parish, and also to authorize the appointment of Parish Officers at the November General Sessions in each year.". Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1827. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1827. pp. 28–30. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
13. "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. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152.
14. "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.
15. "4 Edward 7 c. 13 An Act in amendment of the Act 59 Victoria, Chapter 8, intituled 'An Act to revise and codify An Act to provide for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes.'". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April, 1904. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1904. pp. 77–78.
16. "No. 110". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 24 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 120 and 121 at same site.
17. "319" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 320, 321, 338–340, and 360 at same site.
18. "Historical Magnetic Declination". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
19. "Chapter 227 Territorial Division Act". The Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1952 Volume III. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1952. pp. 3725–3771.
20. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
21. "New Brunswick Regulation 2017-46 under the Parks Act (O.C. 2017-293)" (PDF). The Royal Gazette. 175. Fredericton: Queen's Printer: 1496–1497. 13 December 2017. ISSN   1714-9428 . Retrieved 5 July 2021.
22. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
23. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Shediac Parish, New Brunswick
24. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Shediac, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
25. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7

External links

• Rural community of Beaubassin East
• Village of Cap-Pelé
• City of Dieppe
• District de services locaux de Grande-Digue
• Town of Shediac

46°11′34″N64°35′50″W / 46.192903°N 64.597206°W / 46.192903; -64.597206 (Shediac Parish, New Brunswick)