Simonds Parish, Saint John County, New Brunswick

Not to be confused with Simonds Parish, Carleton County, New Brunswick.

Simonds
Parish
Location within Saint John County; map erroneously includes City of Saint John within parish
Coordinates: 45°20′N65°47′W / 45.33°N 65.78°W / 45.33; -65.78
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Saint John County
Erected	1839
Area [1]
• Land	281.06 km2 (108.52 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [1]
• Total	3,913
• Density	13.9/km2 (36/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	1.8%
• Dwellings	1,671
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Median Income*	$51,323 CDN
Median household income, 2005 (all households)

Simonds is a geographic parish in Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[4]

For governance purposes Simonds is divided between the village of Fundy-St. Martins ^[5] and the Fundy rural district, ^[6] both of which are members of the Fundy Regional Service Commission. ^[7]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided for governance purposes between the local service districts of Fairfield and the parish of Simonds. ^[8] Fairfield and most of Simonds helped form Fundy-St. Martins, while the Red Head area of the Simonds LSD was assigned to the rural district. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Contrary to the map image on this page, Simonds does not and never has included the City of Saint John within its boundaries, although Saint John did annex part of Simonds in 1967. ^[9]

Origin of name

The parish may have been named in honour of Charles Simonds, Speaker of the House of Assembly when the parish was erected, or his family, who were prominent in the early history of the province. ^[10]

History

Simonds was erected in 1839 from Portland Parish. ^[11]

In 1902 an error in the boundaries of Saint John was corrected, returning part of Simonds. ^[12] The error occurred in 1889 when Saint John was amalgamated with Portland Parish and its boundary description was rewritten, ^[13] misstating the boundary at Drurys Cove.

In 1973 the territory annexed by Saint John in 1967 was formally removed in the revision of the Territorial Division Act. ^[14]

Boundaries

Simonds Parish is bounded: ^{[2] [15] [16] [17]}

• on the north by the Kings County line;
• on the east by a line beginning at the shore of the Bay of Fundy and running northwesterly along the eastern line of a grant to Samuel Hugh at the mouth of Tynemouth Creek and its prolongation to the Kings County line;
• on the south by the Bay of Fundy;
• on the west by the City of Saint John.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; ^{[15] [16] [17]} italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Baxters Corner
• Black River
• Cape Spencer
• Coleraine
• Fairfield
• Gardner Creek
• Garnett Settlement
• Grove Hill
• Mispec
• Porter
• Primrose
• Quaco Road
• Rowley
• Tynemouth Creek
• Upper Loch Lomond
• West Beach
• Willow Grove

Bodies of water

Bodies of water ^{[lower-alpha 2]} at least partly in the parish: ^{[15] [16] [17]}

• Black River
• Mispec River
• Ritchie River
• Emerson Creek
• Gardner Creek
• Tynemouth Creek
• Third Lake Thoroughfare
• Bay of Fundy
• Mispec Bay
• more than fifteen officially named lakes

Islands

Islands in the parish: ^{[15] [16] [17]}

• Split Rock

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places in the parish. ^{[15] [16] [17]}

• Cape Spencer Light

Demographics

Population Population trend [18] Census Population Change (%) 2016 3,843 0.4% 2011 3,828 1.8% 2006 3,759 2.2% 2001 3,844 0.5% 1996 3,823 5.8% 1991 3,615 10.4% 1986 3,274 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016) [19] Language Population Pct (%) French only 105 2.7% English only 3,655 97.3%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: ^[20]

Highways None

Principal Routes Route 111

Secondary Routes: Route 820 Route 825

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. Maps still visible as thumbnails show the current and previous governance boundaries. ^[5]
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 16 April 2023.
3. "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 April 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. "RSC 9 Fundy Regional Service Commission: RSC 9". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
6. "RSC 9 Fundy Regional Service Commission RSC 9". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
7. "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
8. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
9. "Regulation 66–52 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 66–1053)". The Royal Gazette. 124. Fredericton: 649–650. 28 December 1966.
10. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 273. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
11. "2 Vic. c. 15 An Act to erect the Eastern part of the Parish of Portland, in the County of Saint John, into a separate and distinct Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1839. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1839. p. 61. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
12. "2 Edward 7 c. 29 An Act to amend Chapter 8 of 59 Victoria intituled 'An Act to revise and codify an Act to provide for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes' for the purpose of re-establishing a correct line between the City of Saint John and the Parish of Simonds at Drury Cove (so called) in the City and County of Saint John.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April, 1902. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1902. pp. 102–103. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
13. "52 Vic. c. 27 An Act to unite the City of Portland with the City of Saint John, in the City and County of Saint John, and to amend the Charter of the City of Saint John, and the Law relating to Civic Government.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March and April, 1889. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1889. pp. 133–223. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
14. "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 edited version available online.
15. "No. 157". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 22 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 158 and 165 at same site.
16. "461" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 462, 474, 475, 485, 486, and 495 at same site.
17. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
18. Statistics Canada: 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
19. Profile: Simonds Parish, St John County, New Brunswick
20. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN   978-1-55368-618-7

External links

• Town of Rothesay