Simonds Parish, Saint John County, New Brunswick

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

Not to be confused with Simonds Parish, Carleton County, New Brunswick.
Simonds
Parish
Location within Saint John County;
erroneously includes City of Saint John within parish.
Coordinates: 45.33°N 65.78°W / 45.33; -65.78
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountySaint John County
Established1839
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total3,843
 • Change 2011-16
 0.4%
 • Dwellings
1,483
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Median Income*$51,323 CDN
  • Median household income, 2005 (all households)

For governance purposes it is divided between the local service districts of Fairfield and the parish of Simonds.[3]

History

Simonds Parish established in 1839 from Portland Parish: named for James Simonds (1735-1831), the first English settler at Saint John in 1761, and for his son Charles Simonds (1783-1859), the speaker of the New Brunswick house of assembly.

Delineation

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

All that part of the County bounded south by the Bay of Fundy, west by The City of Saint John, north by the Kings County line, and east by the eastern line of lot number one, granted to Samuel Hugh, at Tynemouth Creek, and the northern prolongation thereof.

Communities

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

Geography

The following water bodies are located within or adjacent to this parish.

  • Balls Lake
  • Black River
  • Browns Lake
  • Bay of Fundy (adjacent)
  • Grassy Lake
  • Haynes Lake
  • Loch Lomond
  • Mackins Lake
  • McBrien Lake
  • Millican Lake
  • Otter Lake
  • Taylor Lake

Demographics

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[5]

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See also

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
  2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. Statistics Canada: 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 census
  5. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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