Douglas Parish, New Brunswick

Douglas
Parish

Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°58′48″N 66°43′57″W / 45.98°N 66.7325°W / 45.98; -66.7325
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County York
Established 1824
Area[1]
 • Land 1,446.78 km2 (558.60 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 6,081
 • Density 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 5.3%
 • Dwellings 2,370
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Douglas is a Canadian parish in York County, New Brunswick.[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 6,081.

History

Douglas Parish was established in (before 1813) as part of York County and named for (unknown). Douglas Parish included ? Parish until ?, and ? Parish until ?.

Delineation

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

South and southeast by the Saint John River and the City of Fredericton; west by a line commencing at the mouth of the Keswick River; thence following the various courses of the said Keswick River up to the mouth of the Howard Brook; thence by the magnet of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine north forty degrees west till it strikes the County line; northwest by the County line, and east by Stanley and Saint Marys Parishes, including Upper Shores, Lower Shores, Mitchells, Merrithews[lower-alpha 1] and Keswick Islands, and the north range of lots, comprising lots number one to number nine, inclusive, and number thirty-seven to number seventy-one, inclusive, on Sugar Island.

Communities

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

  • Birdton
  • Boyds Corner
  • Cardigan
  • Carlisle Road
  • Currieburg
  • Deersdale
  • Dorn Ridge
  • Dorn Ridge Road
  • Douglas
  • Estey's Bridge
  • Fredericksburg
  • Hamtown Corner
  • Hurlett
  • Jones Forks
  • Keswick
  • Kingsley
  • Lower Stoneridge
  • MacLean Settlement
  • McLeod Hill
  • Morehouse Corner
  • Napadogan
  • North Tay
  • Pughs Crossing
  • Royal Road
  • Tay Creek
  • Tay Mills
  • Upper Stoneridge

Demographics

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2006 5,774 Increase1.0%
2001 5,719 Increase0.9%
1996 5,666 Increase8.2%
1991 5,237 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

Language Population Pct (%)
English only 5,280 91.43%
French only 335 5.80%
Other languages 150 2.60%
Both English and French 10 0.17%

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Officially a former name for Lower Shores Island, this may actually refer to one of the small islands between Lower Shores and Upper Shores Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Douglas Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Douglas Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Douglas Parish, New Brunswick


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Coordinates: 45°58′48″N 66°43′57″W / 45.98000°N 66.73250°W / 45.98000; -66.73250 (Douglas Parish, New Brunswick)

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