Greenwich Parish, New Brunswick

Greenwich
Parish

Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Kings County
Established 1786
Area[1]
 • Land 114.38 km2 (44.16 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,047
 • Density 9.2/km2 (24/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 0.4%
 • Dwellings 505
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Greenwich is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.[2]

History

Greenwich Parish set off from Kingston Parish in 1795: possibly named for Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut or for New York City's Greenwich Village.

Delineation

Greenwich Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] 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):

  • Browns Corner
  • Browns Flat
  • Central Greenwich
  • Cochrane Corner
  • Days Corner

  • Oak Point
  • Upper Greenwich
  • Victoria Beach

Bodies of water & Islands

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

Demographics

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2011 N/A
2006 2053 Decrease3.7%
2001 2131 Increase0.0%
1996 Decrease0.0%
1991 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

Language Population Pct (%)
French only %
English only %
Both English and French 0 0.00%
Other languages 0 0.00%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[6]

  • Highways
    • None

  • None
  • External Routes:
    • None

See also

References

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


 Petersville Parish Hampstead Parish Saint John River
Kars Parish
  Greenwich Parish  
Westfield Parish Saint John River
Kingston Parish


Coordinates: 45°19′33″N 66°19′27″W / 45.32577°N 66.3243°W / 45.32577; -66.3243 (Greenwich Parish, New Brunswick)

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