Pennfield Parish, New Brunswick

Pennfield
Parish
Location within Charlotte County.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte County
Established	1786
Area[1]
• Land	363.88 km^2 (140.49 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	2,218
• Density	6.1/km^2 (16/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	4.5%
• Dwellings	1,099
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Pennfield is a Canadian parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

Pennfield Parish was established in 1786: named by Pennsylvania Quakers for William Penn (1644-1718), English Quaker leader and founder of Pennsylvania: Pennfield Parish included Lepreau Parish until 1857.

Delineation

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

Westerly by Saint George Parish and Letang River; north by Clarendon Parish; east by a line commencing at the western bank or shore of the Pocologan River, where it falls into the Bay of Fundy, and running true north to Clarendon Parish; and south by the Bay of Fundy, including The Wolves Islands, and all other islands within two miles of the shore and not included in Saint George Parish.

Communities

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

Beaver Harbour Crow Harbour Justasons Corner McCarthy's Point Pennfield

Pennfield Corner Pennfield Ridge Seeleys Cove Utopia Centre Woodland

Bodies of water & Islands

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

• Clear Lake
• Sparks Lake
• Mill Lake
• Trout Lake
• Smith Lake
• Wellington Lake
• New River
• Blind Lake
• McDougall Lake
• Red Rock Lake
• The Wolves Islands
• Eastern Wolf Island
• Green Rock
• Spruce Island
• Flat Wolf Island
• Southern Wolf Island

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Pennfield Parish, New Brunswick community profile
	2011	2006	2001
Population:	2,218 (-4.5% from 2006)	2,322 (-3.9% from 2001)	2,417 (+6.2% from 1996)
Land area:	363.88 km^2 (140.49 sq mi)	363.88 km^2 (140.49 sq mi)	363.96 km^2 (140.53 sq mi)
Population density:	6.1/km^2 (16/sq mi)	6.4/km^2 (17/sq mi)	6.6/km^2 (17/sq mi)
Median age:	44.3 (M: 44.1, F: 44.4)	41.8 (M: 42.2, F: 41.4)	36.7 (M: 36.9, F: 36.6)
Total private dwellings:	1,099	1,120	1,014
Median household income:	$58,972	$42,996	$39,649
References: 2011[1] 2006[4] 2001[5]

Historical Census Data - Pennfield Parish, New Brunswick[6]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 2,211 —     1996 2,275 +2.9%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 2,417 +6.2% 2006 2,322 −3.9%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 2,218 −4.5%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Pennfield 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		2,195		2,045	7.3%	93.17%		90	38.9%	4.10%		5	n/a%	0.23%		55	18.2%	2.50%
2006		2,305		2,205	2.6%	95.66%		55	52.2%	2.39%		0	100.0%	0.00%		45	55.6%	1.95%
2001		2,410		2,265	5.3%	93.98%		115	39.1%	4.77%		10	n/a%	0.42%		20	20.0%	0.83%
1996		2,240		2,145	n/a	95.76%		70	n/a	3.12%		0	n/a	0.00%		25	n/a	1.12%

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 1

Principal Routes Route 176

Secondary Routes: Route 778 Route 780 Route 785 Route 795

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Pennfield Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Pennfield Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
4. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
5. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
7. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 4, 12

Coordinates: 45°12′40″N 66°39′22″W / 45.21119°N 66.656113°W