Paquetville Parish, New Brunswick

Paquetville is a civil parish[lower-alpha 1] in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the villages of Bertrand[lower-alpha 2] and Paquetville, and the local service districts of the Paroisse Notre-Dame-des-Érables, the parish of Saint-Isidore,[lower-alpha 3] and the parish of Paquetville.

Paquetville
Parish
Location within Gloucester County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47.625°N 65.215°W / 47.625; -65.215
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Gloucester
Established	1897
Area [1]
• Land	220.51 km^2 (85.14 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	2,329
• Density	10.6/km^2 (27/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	7.0%
• Dwellings	1,159
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Delineation

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

Beginning at a point in the southern bank or shore of the southwest branch of Caraquet River at the northwest angle of lot numbered fourteen, granted to Francis Godin and others; thence southerly along the west limit of said lot and said limit of lot number twenty, in the second and third tiers, south of the aforesaid river, to the southwest angle of lot number twenty west, granted to Aug. Gionet; thence easterly along the southern limit of the aforesaid third tier, to the southeast angle of lot number eight in said tier, granted to Laurent Duguay; thence southerly in a direct line to the northwest angle of lot number two hundred and fifty-two, granted to J.A. Paulin, west side of the Maltempec Road;[lower-alpha 4] thence southerly along the rear line of lots fronting on said side of the said road to the southwest angle of lot number two hundred and seventy-two, granted to B.D. Ferguson; thence in a southwesterly direction to a point in the southern bank or shore of the Pokemouche River where the same is intersected by the east limit of lot number one, range six, Val-Doucet;[lower-alpha 5] thence in a southerly direction along said limit of said lot to the southeast angle of the same; thence in a westerly direction along the south limit of range six, Val-Doucet, to the northeast angle of lot number ten, range A, Saint-Isidore [Settlement]; thence in a southerly direction along the east limit of said lot to the southeast angle of the same; thence in a westerly direction along the south limit of said range A to the southwest angle of lot number twenty-five in said range; thence in a southerly direction along the west limit of lot number two hundred and sixteen in ranges one and two, Saint-Isidore, to a point where the same is intersected by the east prolongation of the northern Limit of tier one north, Allardville East [Settlement]; thence in a westerly direction along said prolongation and said limit of Allardville East to a point where the same is intersected by the southwest prolongation of a line connecting the northeast and southwest angles of a timber block number five, range five; thence along said prolongation and said line to the northeast angle of said block; thence in a northerly direction along the east limit of timber block number five, ranges four and three, to a point where the same is intersected by the west prolongation of the north limit of range three, Paquetville [Settlement]; thence in an easterly direction along said prolongation and said limit of said range to the northeast angle of lot number sixty in range three aforesaid; thence in a direct line to the mouth of Innishannon Brook; and thence in a northeasterly direction following the various courses of the Caraquet River, down stream to the place of beginning.

Communities

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

Bertrand Burnsville Notre-Dame-des-Érables Paquetville Petit-Paquetville

Rang-Saint-Georges Saint-Amateur Trudel Val-Doucet

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Paquetville Parish, New Brunswick community profile
	2016	2011	2006
Population:	2,329 (-7.0% from 2011)	2,700 (+9.9% from 2006)	2,457 (-7.2% from 2001)
Land area:	220.51 km^2 (85.14 sq mi)	220.30 km^2 (85.06 sq mi)	220.30 km^2 (85.06 sq mi)
Population density:	10.6/km^2 (27/sq mi)	12.3/km^2 (32/sq mi)	11.2/km^2 (29/sq mi)
Median age:	51.3 (M: 51.5, F: 51.0)	47.7 (M: 47.6, F: 47.8)	43.5 (M: 42.8, F: 44.3)
Total private dwellings:	1,159	1,142	1,079
Median household income:	$41,440	$.N/A	$30,082
Notes: 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons. – References: 2016[3] 2011[4] 2006[5] earlier[6]

Historical Census Data - Paquetville Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 2,801 —     1996 2,838 +1.3% 2001 2,649 −6.7%	Year Pop. ±% 2006 2,457 −7.2% 2011 2,700 +9.9% 2011E 2,504 −7.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2016 2,329 −7.0%
(E) corrections and updates: Population and dwelling count amendments 2011 [7][8][9][1]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Paquetville 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		2,680		2,590	9.5%	96.64%		65	18.2%	2.43%		25	n/a%	0.93%		0	100.0%	0.00%
2006		2,430		2,365	5.4%	97.33%		55	42.1%	2.26%		0	0.0%	0.00%		10	n/a%	0.41%
2001		2,595		2,500	9.1%	96.34%		95	26.7%	3.66%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		2,865		2,750	n/a	95.99%		75	n/a	2.62%		40	n/a	1.40%		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. Bertrand's extension into Paquetville Parish is often described in provincial government materials as being in New Bandon Parish, even in the original Regulation incorporating the village.
3. An area between the parish line and the south bank of the Pokemouche River and Trout Brook.
4. Chemin Lavigne
5. Actually Paquetville South Settlement.

Footnotes

References

1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Paquetville, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
2. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
3. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
4. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
5. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
6. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 17 February 2012.
7. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
8. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Paquetville Parish, New Brunswick
9. "Corrections and updates: Population and dwelling count amendments, 2011 Census". Statistics Canada. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.