Saint-Basile Parish, New Brunswick

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

Saint-Basile St. Basil, St. Basile
Parish
Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47.36°N 68.255°W / 47.36; -68.255
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Established	1792
Area [1]
• Land	129.61 km^2 (50.04 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	592
• Density	4.6/km^2 (12/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	17.4%
• Dwellings	270
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Edmundston,[3] the St. Basile 10 Indian Reserve, and the local service district of the parish of Saint-Basile.[4]

Delineation

Saint-Basile Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[5] as being bounded:

Southeasterly by Sainte-Anne [Parish]; northeasterly by the County line; southwesterly by the St. John River; and northwesterly by the lower line of grant numbered eighteen hundred and eight, near the mouth of the Madawaska River, granted to Simon Herbert in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, and its northeasterly prolongation,[lower-alpha 2] including the islands in front, and excluding the Ordnance lands at the mouth of the Madawaska River, and all lands lying on the northwestern side of Green River[lower-alpha 3] from the mouth of Little Belone Brook[lower-alpha 4] at the Second Falls[lower-alpha 5] up stream to the Little Forks,[lower-alpha 6] except the part thereof heretofore described establishing the Parish of Rivière-Verte.

Communities

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

Boniface Bridge Green River Settlement Jalbert Maillet Montagne-des-Therrien

Rang-des-Lavoie Saint-Basile Iroquois St. Basile 10

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Saint-Basile Parish, New Brunswick community profile
	2016	2011	2006
Population:	592 (-17.4% from 2011)	717 (-10.3% from 2006)	799 (+13.3% from 2001)
Land area:	129.61 km^2 (50.04 sq mi)	129.74 km^2 (50.09 sq mi)	129.73 km^2 (50.09 sq mi)
Population density:	4.6/km^2 (12/sq mi)	5.5/km^2 (14/sq mi)	6.2/km^2 (16/sq mi)
Median age:	47.5 (M: 48.0, F: 47.1)	44.7 (M: 46.1, F: 42.9)	42.3 (M: 43.6, F: 41.0)
Total private dwellings:	270	313	400
Median household income:	$58,048	$46,535	$47,973
References: 2016[10] 2011[11] 2006[12] earlier[13]

Historical Census Data
Saint-Basile Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 694 —     1996 672 −3.2%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 705 +4.9% 2006 799 +13.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 717 −10.3% 2016 592 −17.4%
[14][1]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Basile Parish, New Brunswick[14]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		715		695	11.5%	97.20%		20	33.3%	2.80%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2006		800		785	18.9%	98.13%		15	0.0%	1.87%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2001		710		660	1.5%	92.96%		15	50.0%	2.11%		35	250.0%	4.93%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		670		650	n/a	97.01%		10	n/a	1.49%		10	n/a	1.49%		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. The prolongation only extends a bit beyond the Iroquois River, after which the boundary follows an irregular path along various grants lines until it strikes the Green River, then turns left and follows grant lines until it rejoins the river at Étang Deuxième-Sault.[6]
3. Also known as Rivière Verte; both forms are official.[7]
4. Now officially Petit ruisseau Belone;[8] the boundary actually strikes to the east within Étang Deuxième-Sault.
5. Also known as Deuxième Sault; both names are official.[9]
6. Little Forks Branch Green River

References

1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Saint-Basile, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 29, 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 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
5. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
6. "Crown Grant Reference Map Viewer". GeoNB. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
7. "Green River". Canadian Geographical Names. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
8. "Belone Brook". Canadian Geographical Names. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
9. "Second Falls". Canadian Geographical Names. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
10. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
11. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
12. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
13. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
14. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census