Dumfries Parish, New Brunswick

Dumfries
—  Parish  —
Location of Dumfries Parish within York County, New Brunswick
Coordinates:
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County York
Established              1833
Area[1]
 • Land 305.23 km2 (117.8 sq mi)
Population (2006)[1][2]
 • Total 369
 • Density 1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi)
 • Change 2001-06 6.1%
 • Census Ranking 3,418 of 5,008
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)
Dwellings 334
Median Income* $37,234 CDN
*Median household income, 2005 (all households)
This article is on the parish in Canada. For the 1186 chartered town in Scotland see Dumfries. For the 1749 founded town in USA see Dumfries, Virginia.

Dumfries is a Canadian parish in York County, New Brunswick.[3]

Its population in the 2006 Census was 369.

Contents

Delineation

Dumfries Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:

Southeast by Prince William Parish; northeast by the Saint John River; west and northwest by the upper sideline of lot numbered six, granted to John Benn, and a line running southwesterly from the southwest angle thereof, parallel to the upper line of Prince William Parish; and southwest by eastern lines of the grants to the New Brunswick and Canada Railway and Land Company, east of the Canadian Pacific Railway, being commonly called “The Belt Line,” and the said Belt Line being continued northerly as surveyed by Deputy Alfred Whitehead, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

Communities

Demographics

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2006 369 6.1%
2001 393 5.3%
1996 415 4.3%
1991 398 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[1]

Language Population Pct (%)
English only 365 97.33%
French only 10 2.67%
Both English and French 0 0.00%
Other languages 0 0.00%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Dumfries Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ^ Statistics Canada Population and dwelling counts, for Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data
  3. ^ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Dumfries Parish
  4. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
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