Hampstead Parish, New Brunswick
Hampstead is a civil parish[lower-alpha 1] in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]
Hampstead | |
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Location within Queens County, New Brunswick. | |
Coordinates: 45.84°N 64.59°W | |
Country | |
Province | |
County | Queens County |
Established | 1786 |
Area | |
• Land | 212.56 km2 (82.07 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 277 |
• Density | 1.3/km2 (3/sq mi) |
• Pop 2011-2016 | |
• Dwellings | 185 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
For governance purposes it is divided between CFB Gagetown and the local service district of Hampstead;[3] the Saint John River islands are not part of the local service district.
History
Hampstead Parish was established in 1786. It was named for Hempstead, Long Island, New York. New Brunswick's last surviving African Canadian community is in the parish, Elm Hill. Elm Hill was established in 1806. Until 1838, Hampstead included part of Petersville Parish.
Delineation
Hampstead Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as being bounded:
- Northwest by Gagetown Parish; southwest by Petersville Parish; southeast by the County line and by the Saint John River, including Upper Musquash Island and Spoon Island and the western half of Long Island to be determined by a line running lengthwise through the centre of the island from the head to the foot of the same.
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
- None
Demographics
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Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[6]
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See also
Notes
- 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.
References
- "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Hampstead, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
- 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Hampstead Parish, New Brunswick
- Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7