Wakefield Parish, New Brunswick

Wakefield is a civil parish[lower-alpha 1] in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the local service district of Lakeville, the LSD of Somerville, and the LSD of the parish of Wakefield, which is further divided into the Taxing Authorities of Wakefield (Inside) and Wakefield (Outside).[2]

Wakefield
Parish
Location within Carleton County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46.225°N 67.52°W / 46.225; -67.52
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Carleton
Established	1803
Area [1]
• Land	196.43 km^2 (75.84 sq mi)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	2,767
• Density	14.1/km^2 (37/sq mi)
• Pop 2011-2016	1.7%
• Dwellings	1,181
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

History

Wakefield Parish was established in 1803 as part of York County and named for the city of Wakefield in Yorkshire County, England: Wakefield Parish included Simonds Parish until 1842, and Brighton Parish, York County, until 1830.

Delineation

Wakefield Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] as being bounded:

North by the lower line of lot numbered thirty-eight, granted to David Good, and the westerly prolongation thereof; westerly by the County line; south by Woodstock and Richmond Parishes, and east by the Saint John River, including all the islands in front.

Communities

Belleville Briggs Corner Hartford Iron Ore Hill Jackson Falls Jacksontown Jacksonville

Lindsay Lower Wakefield Lower Waterville McKenna Oakville Rosedale Somerville

South Greenfield South Wakefield Upper Waterville Victoria Corner Wakefield Waterville

Demographics

Population Population trend[4][5][1] Census Population Change (%) 2016 2,767 1.7% 2011 2,814 4.1% 2006 2,703 1.7% 2001 2,657 0.0% 1996 2,658 0.3% 1991 2,665 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016)[1] Language Population Pct (%) English only 2,650 95.7% French only 40 1.4% Both English and French 10 0.4% Other languages 70 2.5%

Farm in Jacksonville

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; parishes continue to provide convenient boundaries for federal and provincial electoral 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 Wakefield, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
2. "2019 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick" (PDF). Department of Environment and Local Government. p. 59. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
5. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Wakefield Parish, New Brunswick