Caraquet Parish, New Brunswick

Caraquet
Parish

Location within Gloucester County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47°43′39″N 64°52′30″W / 47.7275°N 64.875°W / 47.7275; -64.875
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Gloucester
Established 1831
Area[1]
 • Land 109.20 km2 (42.16 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,382
 • Density 12.7/km2 (33/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 8.5%
 • Dwellings 618
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Caraquet is a Canadian parish in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.[2]

Delineation

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

North by Caraquet Bay and Caraquet Harbour; southeast by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; east by a line running from the west side or entrance of Little Pokemouche Lagoon[lower-alpha 1] north fifty-two degrees west until it strikes the south branch of Saint Simons Inlet,[lower-alpha 2] and thence from the centre of the said inlet and the north entrance of Grant Shippegan Harbour[lower-alpha 3] to the Chaleur Bay; southwest and south by the northeast line of lot no. 1 (William Ferguson) and the prolongation thereof north thirty-six degrees west three hundred chains; thence in a direct line westerly to the northwest angle of lot no. 255, granted to P. de La Vivitiere, on the west side Maltempec Road;[lower-alpha 4] west by Paquetville Parish, including the islands of Caraquet and Pokesudie.

Governance

The northern mainland of the parish is divided between three municipalities; from west to east, these are the eastern part of the village of Bertrand, the town of Caraquet, and the village of Bas-Caraquet. The remainder of the parish consists of four LSDs and part of a fifth; all these LSDs assess for fire protection, and all except St. Simon for first aid and ambulance services. These LSDs are:

  2. Grants in the southwestern corner of the parish, along Thériault, Lavigne, and Haché Roads, containing more than five thousand acres.
  4. Wetlands along Ruisseau à Isaac and Ruisseau à Jules.
  6. Ten grants between the mouth of the Saint-Simon River and the southwestern corner of Bas-Caraquet, containing about nine hundred acres.
  8. A small area on the southern bank of the Saint-Simon River where the Caraquet boundary cuts through a peninsula, containing less than five acres.
  10. Munro Island
  12. Caraquet Island

Communities

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

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Caraquet Parish, New Brunswick community profile
2011 2006
Population: 1,382 (-8.5% from 2006) 1,511 (-4.9% from 2001)
Land area: 109.20 km2 (42.16 sq mi) 109.20 km2 (42.16 sq mi)
Population density: 12.7/km2 (33/sq mi) 13.8/km2 (36/sq mi)
Median age: 48.3 (M: 48.6, F: 48.1) 44.2 (M: 44.4, F: 43.9)
Total private dwellings: 618 644
Median household income: $.N/A $39,145
Notes: 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons. – References: 2011[4] 2006[5] earlier[6]
Historical Census Data - Caraquet Parish, New Brunswick[7]
YearPop.±%
1991 1,696—    
1996 1,706+0.6%
YearPop.±%
2001 1,589−6.9%
2006 1,511−4.9%
YearPop.±%
2011 1,382−8.5%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Caraquet Parish, New Brunswick[7]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2011
1,365
 1,340 Decrease 7.6% 98.17% 25 Decrease 37.5% 1.83% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00% 0 Decrease 100.0% 0.00%
2006
1,500
 1,450 Decrease 7.3% 96.67% 40 Increase 300.0% 2.67% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00% 10 Increase n/a% 0.66%
2001
1,575
 1,565 Decrease 6.6% 99.36% 10 Decrease 71.4% 0.64% 0 Decrease 100.0% 0.00% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00%
1996
1,720
 1,675 n/a 97.38% 35 n/a 2.04% 10 n/a 0.58% 0 n/a 0.00%

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Baie de Petit-Pokemouche
  2. ↑ Baie Saint-Simon-Sud
  3. ↑ Baie de Shippegan. Originally the text read Grand Shippegan Harbour; the error occurred in the 1973 edition of the Revised Statutes of New Brunswick.
  4. ↑ Lavigne Road

References

  1. 1 2 Caraquet, New Brunswick (Code 1315026) and Gloucester, New Brunswick (Code 1315) (table) 2011 Census of Population. (Statistics Canada).
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Caraquet Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  5. ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  6. ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
  7. 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census


Adjacent places of Caraquet Parish, New Brunswick
 New Bandon Parish Caraquet Bay
Paquetville Parish Shippagan Parish
   Caraquet Parish  
Inkerman Parish


Coordinates: 47°43′39″N 64°52′30″W / 47.72750°N 64.87500°W / 47.72750; -64.87500 (Caraquet Parish, New Brunswick)

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