Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick

Canterbury is a civil parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

This article is about the parish. For the village, see Canterbury, New Brunswick.
Canterbury
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45.845°N 67.535°W / 45.845; -67.535
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyYork
Erected1855
Area
 • Land556.15 km2 (214.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total525
 • Density0.9/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 13.8%
 • Dwellings
456
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the villages of Canterbury and Meductic and the local service districts of Benton and the parish of Canterbury,[3] all of which are members of the Western Valley Regional Service Commission (WVRSC).[4]

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of John Manners-Sutton,[5] Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick at the time and later 3rd Viscount Canterbury following the death of his brother. Manners Sutton Parish (originally Manners-Sutton) was erected at the same time.

History

Canterbury was erected in 1855 from Dumfries Parish.[6] An oversight omits Falls Island in the Saint John River, leaving it outside the boundaries of both Canterbury and Dumfries.

In 1879 the rear of Canterbury was erected as North Lake Parish.[7]

In 1957 Fall Island in the Saint John River was stated to belong to Canterbury.[8]

Delineation

Canterbury Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as being bounded:

Southeast by Dumfries and McAdam Parishes; northeasterly and northerly by the Saint John River and Eel River; west by Eel River, where Bull Creek enters the same; thence up Eel River through the first, second and third lakes to the head of the last mentioned lake; thence in a direct line southeasterly to the head of the La Coote Lake; thence through said lake and down La Coote Stream and the main Palfrey Stream to the McAdam Parish line including Fall Island[lower-alpha 1] in the Saint John River.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold):

Bodies of water

Bodies of water at least partly in the parish

  • Saint John River

Demographics

See also

Notes
  1. Fall Island was submerged when Mactaquac Dam was built.

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Canterbury, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 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 1 February 2021
  5. "Canterbury Parish". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  6. "18 Vic. c. 45 An Act to erect a part of the Parish of Dumfries, in the County of York, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of November, 1854, and in the Months of February, March, and April, 1855. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1855. pp. 174–175.
  7. "42 Vic. c. 42 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Canterbury, in the County of York, into a separate Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1879. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1879. pp. 84–85.
  8. "6 Elizabeth II, 1957, c. 63 An Act to Amend the Territorial Division Act". Acts of the Legislature of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1957. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1957. p. 201.
  9. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  10. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick
  11. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick



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