Alnwick Parish, New Brunswick

Alnwick
Parish
Location within Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47°17′06″N 65°08′33″W / 47.285°N 65.1425°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Northumberland
Established	1786
Area[1]
• Land	734.66 km^2 (283.65 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	5,922
• Density	8.1/km^2 (21/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	3.7%
• Dwellings	2,684
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Alnwick is a Canadian parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick.^[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 5,922.

Delineation

Alnwick Parish is described in the Territorial Division Act^[3] as being bounded:

North by the County line; west by Bartibog River, from its mouth up to the bridge on Highway 8; thence north to the County line; and southeast by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and Miramichi Bay, including Sheldrake Island and all the other islands in front north of the principal entrance to Miramichi Bay.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold) and communities within their respective boundaries (in italics).

Barryville Oak Point-Bartibog Bridge Bayshore Blacklands Brantville Breau Road Burnt Church New Jersey Esgenoôpetitj 14 Cains Point Christies Landing Covedell Drisdelle Settlement

Fairisle Gaythorne Lagacéville Lauvergot Lavillette Lower Bartibogue Neguac Comeau Settlement Lower Neguac Old Dans Landing Pontgravé Price Settlement Rivière-des-Caches

Rivière-du-Portage Robichaud Settlement Saint-Wilfred Allainville Sheldrake Island Stymiest Road Tabusintac Tabusintac 9 The Willows Village-Saint-Laurent Winston Wishart Point

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2006 6,152 6.3% 2001 6,566 4.6% 1996 6,884 1.5% 1991 6,988 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) French only 5,090 83.31% English only 975 15.96% Other languages 45 0.73% Both English and French 0 0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Alnwick Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Alnwick Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
5. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Alnwick Parish, New Brunswick

External links

• Alnwick Parish Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2001 from Statistics Canada

Coordinates: 47°17′06″N 65°8′33″W / 47.28500°N 65.14250°W