Richibucto Parish, New Brunswick

Richibucto
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°37′03″N 64°47′24″W / 46.6175°N 64.79°W / 46.6175; -64.79
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kent County
Established	1826
Area[1]
• Land	249.45 km2 (96.31 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	1,986
• Density	8.0/km2 (21/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.8%
• Dwellings	1,115
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

This article is about the parish. For the town, consult Richibucto, New Brunswick.

Richibucto is a Canadian parish in Kent County, New Brunswick.^[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 1,986.

Delineation

Richibucto Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:

South by Wellington Parish and Weldford Parish, west by Weldford Parish and a line running true south from the forks of the Saint-Charles River to the northern line of Weldford Parish; north by the centre of the Saint-Charles River and of the Northwest Branch and Richibucto, and east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, including all the islands in front; except that portion thereof formerly in said Parish of Richibucto, now included in the Parish of Saint-Charles as described below.

Communities

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

Demographics

Population Population trend[3] Census Population Change (%) 2006 2,022 1.3% 2001 1,997 2.3% 1996 2,045 2.8% 1991 1,990 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[4] Language Population Pct (%) French only 1,250 62.19% English only 705 35.07% Other languages 35 1.74% Both English and French 20 1.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

		Saint-Charles Parish
	Weldford Parish		Northumberland Strait
	Richibucto Parish
		Wellington Parish

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Coordinates: 46°37′03″N 64°47′24″W / 46.61750°N 64.79000°W / 46.61750; -64.79000 (Richibucto Parish, New Brunswick)