Greenwich Parish, New Brunswick

Greenwich is a civil parish[lower-alpha 1] in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Greenwich
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyKings County
Established1786
Area
 • Land114.46 km2 (44.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total1,058
 • Density9.2/km2 (24/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
 1.1%
 • Dwellings
560
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

History

Greenwich Parish was set off from Kingston Parish in 1795. It may have been named for Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut or for New York City's Greenwich Village.

Delineation

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

Northwest by the County line; southwest by Westfield Parish; southeast, east and northeast by the Saint John River including the islands in the Long Reach.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Greenwich, established in 1976 to assess for fire protection and first aid and ambulance services. Recreatonal facilities were added to the assessment in 1995, with first aid and ambulance services removed at the same time.

Communities

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

Bodies of water & Islands

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

  • Clark Lake
  • Murphy 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]

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
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Greenwich, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  2. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  4. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Greenwich Parish, New Brunswick
  5. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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