Dumfries Parish, New Brunswick

Dumfries
Parish

Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°57′54″N 67°09′00″W / 45.965°N 67.15°W / 45.965; -67.15
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County York
Established 1833
Area[1]
 • Land 305.23 km2 (117.85 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 373
 • Density 1.2/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 1.1%
 • Dwellings 311
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

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

Its population in the 2011 Census was 373.

Delineation

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

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 Railroad, 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.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Dumfries, established in 1966 to assess for fire protection. Community services were added to the assessment in 1967 and first aid and ambulance services in 1978.

Communities

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

Demographics

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2006 369 Decrease6.1%
2001 393 Decrease5.3%
1996 415 Increase4.3%
1991 398 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

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. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Dumfries Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Dumfries Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Dumfries Parish, New Brunswick


Adjacent places of Dumfries Parish, New Brunswick
 Southampton Parish Queensbury Parish
Canterbury Parish Prince William Parish
   Dumfries Parish  
McAdam Parish McAdam Parish


Coordinates: 45°57′54″N 67°09′00″W / 45.96500°N 67.15000°W / 45.96500; -67.15000 (Dumfries Parish, New Brunswick)

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