Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick

Canterbury
Parish

Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′42″N 67°32′06″W / 45.845°N 67.535°W / 45.845; -67.535
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County York
Established 1855
Area[1]
 • Land 557.22 km2 (215.14 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 609
 • Density 1.1/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 9.7%
 • Dwellings 417
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

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

Its population in the 2011 Census was 609.

Delineation

Canterbury Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] 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):

  • Benton
  • Canterbury
  • Carroll Ridge
  • Charlie Lake
  • Dead Creek
  • Deer Lake
  • Dorrington Hill
  • Dow Settlement

Demographics

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2006 555 Decrease5.5%
2001 587 Decrease0.3%
1996Adj 589 Decrease3.0%
1996 607 Increase5.0%
1991 578 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

Language Population Pct (%)
English only 545 98.20%
French only 10 1.80%
Both English and French 0 0.00%
Other languages 0 0.00%

See also

Footnotes

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

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Canterbury Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick


 Richmond Parish (Carleton County) Woodstock Parish (Carleton County)
Northampton Parish (Carleton County)		 Southampton Parish
North Lake Parish Dumfries Parish
   Canterbury Parish  
McAdam Parish


Coordinates: 45°50′42″N 67°32′06″W / 45.84500°N 67.53500°W / 45.84500; -67.53500 (Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick)

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