Saint-François Parish, New Brunswick

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

Saint-François St. Francis
Parish
St-François-de-Madawaska village
Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47.27°N 68.92°W / 47.27; -68.92
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Established	1877
Area [1]
• Land	344.59 km^2 (133.05 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	606
• Density	1.8/km^2 (5/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	3.8%
• Dwellings	347
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is part of the incorporated rural community of Haut-Madawaska.[3]

Delineation

Saint-François Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[4] as being bounded:

Beginning in the International Boundary at a point where it is intersected by the southern prolongation of the east limit of lot No. 9, Range Two, granted to Joseph Nadeau thence along said prolongation, said limit and its northern prolongation to the northern limit of Range Three north of the St. John River thence in a westerly direction along said northern limit to a point where it is intersected by the western limit of Range Five west of Baker Lake thence in a northwesterly direction along said limit to the northwest angle of lot No. 26 in said Range Five thence northeasterly along the northern limit of last-mentioned lot to the west limit of Range Four thence northwesterly along last-mentioned limit to the northwest angle of lot No. 43 in said Range Four thence northeasterly along the northern limit of said lot No. 43 to the west limit of Range Three thence northwesterly along said limit of Range Three and its prolongation to the New Brunswick-Quebec Boundary line thence in a westerly direction following the New Brunswick-Quebec Boundary to the International Boundary thence in a southerly and easterly direction following said International Boundary to the place of beginning.

Communities

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

• Concession-des-Jaunes
• Concession-des-Viel
• Connors
• Lac-Unique
• Little River Mills
• Mouth of St. Francis
• Pelletiers Mill
• Saint-François-de-Madawaska
• Val Oakes

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Saint-François Parish, New Brunswick community profile
	2016	2011	2006
Population:	606 (-3.8% from 2011)	630 (-16.4% from 2006)	754 (-12.1% from 2001)
Land area:	344.59 km^2 (133.05 sq mi)	344.70 km^2 (133.09 sq mi)	344.70 km^2 (133.09 sq mi)
Population density:	1.8/km^2 (4.7/sq mi)	1.8/km^2 (4.7/sq mi)	2.2/km^2 (5.7/sq mi)
Median age:	49.8 (M: 50.8, F: 48.8)	47.0 (M: 47.0, F: 47.0)	42.3 (M: 42.1, F: 42.6)
Total private dwellings:	347	309	432
Median household income:	$60,096	$.N/A	$47,460
Notes: 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons. – References: 2016[5] 2011[6] 2006[7] earlier[8]

Historical Census Data
Saint-François Parish, New Brunswick

Year Pop. ±% 1991 904 —     1996 891 −1.4%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 858 −3.7% 2006 754 −12.1%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 630 −16.4% 2016 606 −3.8%
[9][1]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-François Parish, New Brunswick[9]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		630		580	15.9%	92.06%		45	11.1%	7.14%		5	66.7%	0.79%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2006		745		690	12.1%	92.62%		40	42.9%	5.37%		15	n/a%	2.01%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2001		855		785	4.3%	91.81%		70	14.3%	8.19%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		905		820	n/a	90.61%		60	n/a	6.63%		25	n/a	2.76%		0	n/a	0.00%

See also

• Crocs River, a stream
• 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.

References

1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Saint-François, 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 2017-3 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 2017-52)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
4. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
5. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
6. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
7. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
8. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
9. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census