Botsford Parish, New Brunswick

Botsford is a civil parish[lower-alpha 1] in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Botsford
Parish
Location within Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46.19°N 64.60°W / 46.19; -64.60
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyWestmorland County
Established1805
Area
 • Land304.16 km2 (117.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total1,058
 • Density3.5/km2 (9/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 1.5%
 • Dwellings
1,045
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the villages of Cap-Pelé and Port Elgin;[3] the incorporated rural community of Beaubassin East;[4] and the local service districts of Bayfield, Cape Tormentine, and the parish of Botsford.[5]

History

Botsford Parish erected from Sackville Parish in 1805: named for Amos Botsford (1742-1812), a Loyalist from Connecticut, who settled in Sackville.

Delineation

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

Northeast by Northumberland Strait, south by Baie Verte; west by Westmorland County[lower-alpha 2] and a line running magnetic south by the year eighteen hundred and twenty-four to Cumberland grant line, or its northerly prolongation from the northeast angle of a tract of fourteen hundred acres, granted to Thomas Doiron and others, at the mouth of Tedish River.

Communities

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

Demographics
Historical populations:
Botsford Parish, NB
YearPop.±%
19911,328—    
19961,297−2.3%
20011,216−6.2%
20061,203−1.1%
20111,074−10.7%
20161,058−1.5%
[6][7][1]

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[8]

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.
  2. The word County did not occur in the previous Revised Statutes of New Brunswick. What's meant here is Westmorland Parish; the error occurred when the Revised Statutes of New Brunswick were updated in 1973. The boundary actually runs along a prolongation of the Westmorland Parish line until it strikes the boundary between Shediac Parish and Sackville Parish.

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Botsford, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  3. "New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  4. "New Brunswick Regulation 95-36 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 95-342)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  5. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  6. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  7. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Botsford Parish, New Brunswick
  8. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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