Douglas Parish, New Brunswick

Douglas
Parish

Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°58′48″N 66°43′57″W / 45.98°N 66.7325°W / 45.98; -66.7325
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County York
Established 1824
Area[1]
 • Land 1,446.78 km2 (558.60 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 6,081
 • Density 4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 5.3%
 • Dwellings 2,370
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Douglas is a Canadian parish in York County, New Brunswick.[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 6,081.

History

Douglas Parish was established in (before 1813) as part of York County and named for (unknown). Douglas Parish included ? Parish until ?, and ? Parish until ?.

Delineation

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

South and southeast by the Saint John River and the City of Fredericton; west by a line commencing at the mouth of the Keswick River; thence following the various courses of the said Keswick River up to the mouth of the Howard Brook; thence by the magnet of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine north forty degrees west till it strikes the County line; northwest by the County line, and east by Stanley and Saint Marys Parishes, including Upper Shores, Lower Shores, Mitchells, Merrithews[lower-alpha 1] and Keswick Islands, and the north range of lots, comprising lots number one to number nine, inclusive, and number thirty-seven to number seventy-one, inclusive, on Sugar Island.

Communities

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

  • Birdton
  • Boyds Corner
  • Cardigan
  • Carlisle Road
  • Currieburg
  • Deersdale
  • Dorn Ridge
  • Dorn Ridge Road
  • Douglas
  • Estey's Bridge
  • Fredericksburg
  • Hamtown Corner
  • Hurlett
  • Jones Forks
  • Keswick
  • Kingsley
  • Lower Stoneridge
  • MacLean Settlement
  • McLeod Hill
  • Morehouse Corner
  • Napadogan
  • North Tay
  • Pughs Crossing
  • Royal Road
  • Tay Creek
  • Tay Mills
  • Upper Stoneridge

Demographics

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2006 5,774 Increase1.0%
2001 5,719 Increase0.9%
1996 5,666 Increase8.2%
1991 5,237 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

Language Population Pct (%)
English only 5,280 91.43%
French only 335 5.80%
Other languages 150 2.60%
Both English and French 10 0.17%

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Officially a former name for Lower Shores Island, this may actually refer to one of the small islands between Lower Shores and Upper Shores Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Douglas Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Douglas Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Douglas Parish, New Brunswick


Adjacent places of Douglas Parish, New Brunswick
 Aberdeen Parish (Carleton County) Kent Parish (Carleton County) Stanley Parish
Brighton Parish (Carleton County) Saint Marys Parish
   Douglas Parish  
Bright Parish / Kingsclear Parish New Maryland Parish


Coordinates: 45°58′48″N 66°43′57″W / 45.98000°N 66.73250°W / 45.98000; -66.73250 (Douglas Parish, New Brunswick)

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