Eldon Parish, New Brunswick

Eldon
Parish
Location within Restigouche County.
Coordinates: 47°45′00″N 67°04′30″W / 47.75°N 67.075°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Restigouche
Established	1826
Area[1]
• Land	1,681.54 km^2 (649.25 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	698
• Density	0.4/km^2 (1/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	10.4%
• Dwellings	375
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Eldon is a Canadian parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick.^[2]

Delineation

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

Northerly by the Province of Quebec Boundary line, easterly by a line beginning on the southern bank or shore of Restigouche River at the northwest angle of lot number twenty-two, granted to George Firth below Metapedia, thence southerly along the western line of said lot and its prolongation to the northeast angle of lot number one, in Dawsonville, thence continuing southerly along the eastern line of said lot number one and its southern prolongation, to the southeast angle of lot number two (Thomas Gracie) and thence true south to the County limits; southerly by the County line and westerly by a straight line extending from the Province of Quebec Boundary line in the Restigouche River, at the mouth of Upper Thorn Point Brook to Whites Brook railway station on the Canadian National Railways, and thence prolonged southerly to the Victoria County Boundary line.

Communities

All municipalities within Eldon Parish are unincorporated.

Adams Gulch Dawsonville Glenwood Menneval Mann Mountain Settlement

Mann Siding Robinsonville Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Restigouche Squaw Cap Upsalquitch Wyers Brook

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Eldon Parish, New Brunswick community profile
	2011	2006	2001
Population:	698 (-10.4% from 2006)	779 (-13.6% from 2001)	902 (-10.2% from 1996)
Land area:	1,681.54 km^2 (649.25 sq mi)	1,681.51 km^2 (649.23 sq mi)	1,681.51 km^2 (649.23 sq mi)
Population density:	0.4/km^2 (1.0/sq mi)	0.5/km^2 (1.3/sq mi)	0.5/km^2 (1.3/sq mi)
Median age:	52.0 (M: 51.8, F: 52.1)	47.5 (M: 47.1, F: 47.7)	43.5 (M: 43.5, F: 43.4)
Total private dwellings:	375	494	411
Median household income:	$.N/A	$25,587	$25,563
Notes: 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons. – References: 2011[1] 2006[4] 2001[5]

Historical Census Data - Eldon Parish, New Brunswick[6]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 1,136 —     1996 1,005 −11.5%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 902 −10.2% 2006 779 −13.6%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 698 −10.4%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Eldon Parish, New Brunswick[6]
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		695		360	1.4%	51.80%		330	19.5%	47.48%		5	66.7%	0.72%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2006		780		355	22.8%	45.51%		410	2.4%	52.56%		15	25.0%	1.92%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2001		900		460	19.3%	51.11%		420	11.6%	46.67%		20	n/a%	2.22%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		1,045		570	n/a	54.55%		475	n/a	45.45%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:^[7]

Highways Route 11 Route 17

Principal Routes Route 180

Secondary Routes: Route 385

External Routes: Route 132 (Quebec)

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick
• Upsalquitch Northwest River

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Eldon Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Eldon Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
4. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
5. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
7. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 4-5, 12-13

Coordinates: 47°45′00″N 67°04′30″W / 47.75000°N 67.07500°W