Kingston Parish, New Brunswick

Kingston is a civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

This article is about the parish. For the community, see Kingston, New Brunswick.
Kingston
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyKings County
Erected1786
Area
 • Land200.69 km2 (77.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total2,913
 • Density14.5/km2 (38/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
 1.3%
 • Dwellings
1,671
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it forms the local service district of the parish of Kingston,[3] which is a member of the Fundy Regional Service Commission (FRSC).[4]

Origin of name

The parish's name may have been chosen as a symbol of loyalty to the Crown but was also a common name in the Thirteen Colonies.[5]

History

Kingston was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of Kings County.[6] It included Greenwich Parish and parts of Hampton, Kars, and Norton Parishes but part of the modern parish along the Kennebecasis River was in Westfield Parish.

In 1795 Kings County's parishes were reorganised, erecting Hampton and Norton.[7]

In 1844 the boundary with Norton was altered.[8]

Delineation

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

Northwest by Belleisle Bay and Long Reach; southwest by Westfield Parish; southeast by the Kennebecasis Bay and River until it meets the line dividing lots numbered twelve and thirteen in the Kingston grant; thence northerly along said line and easterly along the rear of the said grant to the line between the lots numbered thirty-three and thirty-four therein; thence northwesterly along the prolongation of said line to the Springfield Parish line; thence southwesterly and northerly along said Springfield Parish line to Belleisle Bay, including Long Island, in the Kennebecasis River.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Kingston, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. Non-fire related rescue was added in 2015. First aid and ambulance services (1976–2015) was formerly included.

Communities

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

Bodies of water & Islands

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

Demographics

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[11]

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Kingston, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 16, 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 19 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 2 February 2021
  5. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 243.
  6. "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.
  7. "35 Geo. III c. 3 An Act in addition to an Act intitled, '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 1795. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1795. pp. 338–340.
  8. "7 Vic. c. 24 An Act to alter the Division Line between the Parishes of Kingston and Norton, in King's County.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1844. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1844. p. 24.
  9. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  10. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Kingston Parish, New Brunswick
  11. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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