Richmond Parish, New Brunswick

Richmond
Parish

Location within Carleton County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46°04′30″N 67°39′27″W / 46.075°N 67.6575°W / 46.075; -67.6575
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Carleton
Established 1817
Area[1]
 • Land 259.14 km2 (100.05 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,358
 • Density 5.2/km2 (13/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 4.0%
 • Dwellings 565
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Richmond is a Canadian parish in Carleton County, New Brunswick.[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 1,358.

Delineation

Richmond Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] as being bounded:

North by the Meduxnakeag River and the South Branch Meduxnakeag River;[lower-alpha 1] easterly by Woodstock Parish; westerly by the International Boundary, and southerly by the county boundary.

Communities

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

  • Blackies Landing
  • Blowdown
  • Campbell Settlement
  • Debec
  • Elmwood
  • Elmwood Station
  • Green Road
  • Houlton Road
  • Irish Settlement
  • Kirkland
  • Limestone
  • McKenzie Corner
  • Monument
  • Oak Mountain
  • Plymouth
  • Richmond
  • Richmond Corner
  • Union Corner
  • Watson Settlement
  • Wickham

Demographics

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2006 1,414 Increase0.7%
2001 1,404 Decrease1.3%
1996 1,422 Increase5.6%
1991 1,347 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

Language Population Pct (%)
English only 1,355 96.10%
Other languages 40 2.84%
French only 15 1.06%
Both English and French 0 0.00%

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The main branch of the Meduxnekeag, called the South Branch here to distinguish it from the North Branch Meduxnekeag River.

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Richmond Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Richmond Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Richmond Parish, New Brunswick


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Coordinates: 46°04′30″N 67°39′27″W / 46.07500°N 67.65750°W / 46.07500; -67.65750 (Richmond Parish, New Brunswick)

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