Dundas Parish, New Brunswick Explained

Dundas
Settlement Type:Parish
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:County
Established Title:Erected
Established Date:1827
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Land Km2:172.32
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:4,332
Population Density Km2:25.1
Population Blank1 Title:Change 2016-2021
Population Blank1: 10.7%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:2,569
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Timezone Dst:ADT
Utc Offset Dst:-3
Coordinates:46.27°N -64.86°W
Footnotes:Figures do not include portion within the rural community of Cocagne

Dundas is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.

For governance purposes it is divided between the towns of Champdoré and Grand-Bouctouche and the rural communities of Beausoleil[2] and Maple Hills;[3] Maple Hills is a member of the Southeast Regional Service Commission, while the others belong to the Kent RSC.[4]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of Saint-Antoine, the rural community of Cocagne and the local service districts of Grande-Digue, Grand Saint-Antoine, Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, the parish of Dundas, and (through its Saint-Grégoire special service area) the parish of Wellington.[5] Cocagne, Grande-Digue, and Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, and most of the Dundas Parish LSD are now part of Beausoleil, Saint-Antoine and Grand Saint-Antoine part of Champdoré, while the community of Dundas in the western end of the parish is part of Maple Hills.

The parish LSD was informally referred to as Notre-Dame after one its communities.

Origin of name

One possible honouree is Robert Saunders Dundas, First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of its erection. Another is Ann Dundas, wife of Sir Howard Douglas, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick when the parish was erected.[6] [7]

History

Dundas was erected in 1827 from Wellington Parish.[8]

In 1828 the boundary with Wellington was adjusted to run along grant lines near Després Road and west from there.[9]

In 1862 the boundary with Wellington was adjusted to its modern line.[10]

Boundaries

Dundas Parish is bounded:[11] [12] [13]

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates a municipality or incorporated rural community; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[14] at least partly in the parish:

Islands

Islands at least partly in the parish:

Demographics

Parish population total does not include village of Saint-Antoine and (after 2011) rural community of Cocagne

Population

Population trend[15] [16]

CensusPopulationChange (%)
20163,9141.4%
2011 Revision3,97036.8%
20116,2821.2%
20066,3562.9%
20016,1740.2%
19966,1623.5%
19915,951N/A

Language

Mother tongue (2016)[16]

LanguagePopulationPct (%)
French only2,960 75.2%
English only87022.1%
Both English and French601.5%
Other languages451.2%

See also

External links



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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Kent Regional Service Commission: RSC 6 . Government of New Brunswick . 26 February 2023.
  3. Web site: Southeast Regional Service Commission: RSC 7 . Government of New Brunswick . 26 February 2023.
  4. Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 February 2023 . 21 July 2022.
  5. Web site: Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act . Government of New Brunswick . 26 February 2023 . 25 June 2021.
  6. Book: Ganong. William F.. Additions and Corrections to Monographs on the Place-Nomenclature, Cartography, Historic Sites, Boundaries and Settlement-origins of the Province of New Brunswick. 12 April 2021. 1906. Royal Society of Canada. 23.
  7. Web site: Dundas Parish . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . 13 April 2021.
  8. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1827.. 27 March 2021. 1827. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 97–103. 7 Geo. IV c. 31 An Act for the division of the County of Northumberland into three Counties, and to provide for the Government and Representation of the two new Counties..
  9. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1828.. 27 March 2021. 1828. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 17. 9 Geo. IV c. 11 An Act to alter the division line between the Parishes of Dundas and Wellington in the County of Kent..
  10. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in March and April 1862.. 27 March 2021. 1862. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 117–118. 25 Vic. c. 47 An Act to alter the Division Line of the Parishes of Dundas and Wellington, in the County of Kent..
  11. Web site: No. 100 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 109 and 110 at same site.
  12. Web site: 286 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 11 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 301–303 and 318–320 at same site.
  13. Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 11 June 2021.
  14. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
  15. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  16. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census Dundas, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . September 13, 2019.

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