Shediac Parish, New Brunswick

Shediac
Shédiac
Parish

Location within Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°11′N 64°36′W / 46.19°N 64.60°W / 46.19; -64.60
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Westmorland County
Established 1827
Area[1]
  Land 238.05 km2 (91.91 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 4,917
  Density 20.7/km2 (54/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Increase 2.4%
  Dwellings 2,943
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
  Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Shediac is a Canadian parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.[2]

History

Salisbury Parish was established from Dorchester Parish and Sackville Parish, and a small part of Westmorland Parish in 1827: it was the first parish to be given a name of native origin: the name came from a Mi'kmaq.

Delineation

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

East by Botsford Parish, northeasterly by Northumberland Strait and the County line; south by Dorchester and Sackville Parishes, and west by the prolongation of the west line of the grant to Columb Connor on Shediac Road.[lower-alpha 1]
Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraphs (a) and (f), the dividing line between the Parishes of Botsford and Shediac shall be as follows: Beginning on the line separating the farms of the late Fidele LeBlanc (now called the Jude Boudreau farm) and lands formerly owned by Stephen Burk, where the said line crosses the main post road[lower-alpha 2] at Cap-Pelé, and following said farm line and its prolongations north four degrees and thirty minutes east by the magnet of the year nineteen hundred and three to the shore of Northumberland Strait, and also from said place of beginning south along said farm line and its prolongations four degrees and thirty minutes west to the Cumberland grant line.

Communities

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

Demographics

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19914,658    
19964,104−11.9%
20014,292+4.6%
20064,801+11.9%
20114,917+2.4%
[4]

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

Language Population Pct (%)
French only N/A%
English only N/A%
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]

  • Secondary Routes:
    • None

  • External Routes:
    • None

See also

Footnotes

References



Coordinates: 46°11′34″N 64°35′50″W / 46.192903°N 64.597206°W / 46.192903; -64.597206 (Shediac Parish, New Brunswick)

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