Gordon Parish, New Brunswick

Gordon
Parish
Location within Victoria County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°50′15″N 67°22′57″W / 46.8375°N 67.3825°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Victoria
Established	1863
Area[1]
• Land	1,431.61 km^2 (552.75 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	1,567
• Density	1.1/km^2 (3/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	12.3%
• Dwellings	793
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Gordon is a parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.^[2] Its population in the 2011 Census was 1,567.

Delineation

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

Southerly and southeasterly by Carleton and York Counties; easterly by Northumberland County; north by a line run true east and west from the foot of Long Island,^{[lower-alpha 1]} in the Tobique River; and westerly by a line commencing at a point where the Royal Road^{[lower-alpha 2]} intersects the line between the counties of Carleton and Victoria; and running along the said Royal Road northerly to a point eight miles north of the Tobique river; thence a course north forty-five degrees east, until it strikes the north boundary of the parish.

Communities

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

Anderson Road Anfield Arthurette Birch Ridge Bluebell Station Crombie Settlement Hazeldean

Maple View North View O'Dell Picadilly Plaster Rock Red Rapids Rowena

Sisson Ridge St. Almo Three Brooks Wapske Weaver

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2006 1,786 3.1% 2001 1,844 6.6% 1996 1,975 1.8% 1991 1,940 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) English only 1,680 95.19% French only 65 3.68% Other languages 20 1.13% Both English and French 0 0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Footnotes

1. The line now runs from the foot of an unnamed island downriver of Long Island; apparently Long Island has broken into several islands since the parish was erected.
2. The Royal Road does not appear on provincial road maps but does appear on cadastral land grant maps.

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Gordon Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Gordon Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
5. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Gordon Parish, New Brunswick

Coordinates: 46°50′15″N 67°22′57″W / 46.83750°N 67.38250°W