Sainte-Marie Parish, New Brunswick

Saint-Marie (originally Saint Mary),[lower-alpha 1] is a civil parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

This article is about the parish in Kent County. For the parish in York County, see Saint Marys Parish, New Brunswick. For the community, see Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, New Brunswick.
Saint-Marie

Saint Mary, St. Mary, Ste. Marie
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46.39°N 64.8725°W / 46.39; -64.8725
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyKent
Erected1867
Area
 • Land238.44 km2 (92.06 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total1,972
 • Density8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
 1.8%
 • Dwellings
969
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Saint-Antoine and the local service district of the parish of Saint Mary,[lower-alpha 2] both of which are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission (KRSC).[3]

Origin of name

The parish's name may have come from a church.[4] Before 1973 the parish was officially named Saint Mary.

History

Sainte-Marie was erected as Saint Mary in 1867 from Wellington Parish.[5]

In 1871 part of Sainte-Marie was returned to Wellington.[6]

In 1883 Sainte-Marie annexed part of Harcourt Parish east of the railway.[7]

In 1888 Saint-Paul Parish was erected from all of the parish west of McLaughlin Road.[8]

In 1973 the parish's name was legally changed to Sainte-Marie.[9]

Delineation

Sainte-Marie Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as being bounded:

South by Dundas Parish; east by Wellington Parish; north by the western prolongation of the northern boundary of Wellington Parish; and west by the McLaughlin Road.[lower-alpha 3]

Communities

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

Demographics

See also

Notes
  1. The official name is Sainte-Marie in both languages.[2]
  2. The French name of the LSD is la paroisse de Sainte-Marie.
  3. Route 490

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Saint Mary, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. "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
  4. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 270.
  5. "30 Vic. c. 32 An Act to erect a part of the Parish of Wellington, in the County of Kent, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of June 1867. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1867. pp. 56–58.
  6. "34 Vic. c. 14 An Act in amendment of the Act 30th Victoria, Chapter 32, intituled 'An Act to erect part of the Parish of Wellington, in the County of Kent, into a separate Town or Parish.'". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of May 1871. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1871. pp. 98–99.
  7. "46 Vic. c. 66 An Act to alter the Parish Line between the Parishes of Saint Marys and Harcourt, in the County of Kent.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of May 1883. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1883. p. 182.
  8. "51 Vic. c. 71 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Saint Mary, in the County of Kent, into a separate Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March and April, 1888. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1888. pp. 160–162.
  9. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Revised Statutes of New Brunswick 1973 Volume IV. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1973. pp. 1–70.
  10. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  11. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint Mary Parish, New Brunswick
  12. Statistics Canada Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data



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