Douglas Parish, New Brunswick

Douglas is a civil parish[lower-alpha 1] in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Douglas
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45.98°N 66.7325°W / 45.98; -66.7325
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyYork
Established1824
Area
 • Land1,446.95 km2 (558.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total6,154
 • Density4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 1.2%
 • Dwellings
2,546
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Frederictonand the local service districts of Estey's Bridge and the parish of Douglas,[3] which further includes the special service areas of Carlisle Road and Lower Douglas.

History

Douglas Parish was established in (before 1813) as part of York County. It is not known for whom the Parish was named.

Delineation

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

South and southeast by the Saint John River and the City of Fredericton; west by a line commencing at the mouth of the Keswick River; thence following the various courses of the said Keswick River up to the mouth of the Howard Brook; thence by the magnet of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine north forty degrees west till it strikes the County line; northwest by the County line, and east by Stanley and Saint Marys Parishes, including Upper Shores, Lower Shores, Mitchells, Merrithews[lower-alpha 2] and Keswick Islands, and the north range of lots, comprising lots number one to number nine, inclusive, and number thirty-seven to number seventy-one, inclusive, on Sugar Island.

Communities

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

Demographics
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See also

Notes
  1. Civil parishes served a variety of government functions until 1966, when the new Municipalities Act stripped them of their responsibilities; they continue to provide convenient boundaries for government uses, especially electoral districts and local service districts. Statistics Canada uses civil parishes as census subdivisions for all parts of the province that are not within municipalities and similar entities.
  2. Officially a former name for Lower Shores Island, this may actually refer to one of the small islands between Lower Shores and Upper Shores Islands.

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Douglas, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  3. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  5. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Douglas Parish, New Brunswick
  6. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Douglas Parish, New Brunswick



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