Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick

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

Madawaska
Parish
Location within Madawaska County. Map is missing northeastern portion of Parish.
Coordinates: 47.37°N 68.33°W / 47.37; -68.33
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Established	1833
Area [1]
• Land	173.18 km^2 (66.87 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	10
• Density	0.1/km^2 (0.3/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	undefined
• Dwellings	4
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

The parish consists of two discontiguous portions, separated by Saint-Joseph Parish. For governance purposes, the southwestern portion is divided between the city of Edmundston[3] and the incorporated rural community of Haut-Madawaska;[4] the northeastern portion forms the local service district of the parish of Madawaska.[5]

Delineation

Madawaska Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[6] as being bounded:

Beginning at a point in the International Boundary where it is intersected by the southeast prolongation of the southwest limit of lot No. 25 fronting on the St. John River granted to Alexander Ouellet, Jr., thence northwesterly along said prolongation and said limit of said lot No. 25 to the rear line of lots fronting on the St. John River, thence northeasterly along the northern limit of lots fronting on the St. John River to the southwest angle of lot No. 118 in Tier Two north of the St. John River granted to Vital Ouellet, thence northerly along the west limit of said lot No. 118 to the north limit of lots in Tier Two north of the St. John River thence easterly along said limit to the west limit of lots fronting on the west side of the Madawaska River, thence northerly along said limit to the northern limit of lot No. 15 granted to Peter St. Ange, thence easterly along said northern limit of lot No. 15 to the western shore of the Madawaska River, thence following the western shore of the Madawaska River downstream to a point where it is intersected by the western prolongation of the southern limit of lot No. 16 east of the Madawaska River granted to Cyprien Michaud, thence easterly along said prolongation and said southern limit of the eastern shore of Iroquois River, thence southerly along the eastern shore of said Iroquois River to the northwestern angle of lot No. 1 granted to Jos. Martin, thence in a southeasterly direction following the western limit of said lot No. 1 and its prolongation to the southeastern angle of lot No. 150, thence in a southwesterly direction following the southeastern limit of said lot No. 150 and its prolongation to the International Boundary, thence in a westerly direction along the said International Boundary to the place of beginning.

Also:- Beginning at a point in Green River[lower-alpha 2] where the same is intersected by the northeasterly prolongation of the northwest limit of lot No. 1 north of the St. John River and near the mouth of the Madawaska River granted to John Hart, thence from said place of beginning running in a northeasterly direction along said prolongation to the boundary line between the Counties of Madawaska and Restigouche thence northwesterly along said boundary line to Green River, thence in a southerly direction following the various courses of said Green River to the place of beginning.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold) and communities within their respective boundaries (in italics).

• Edmundston

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 154 —     1996 160 +3.9%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 0 −100.0% 2006 10 —	Year Pop. ±% 2011 0 −100.0% 2016 10 —
[7][1]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick[7]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		0		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2006		0		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2001		0		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		130		120	n/a	92.31%		10	n/a	7.69%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

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. Green River has official English and French forms, the latter of which gives Rivière-Verte Parish its name.

References

1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Madawaska, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
3. "New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
4. "New Brunswick Regulation 2017-3 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 2017-52)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
5. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
6. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
7. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census