Saint-Charles Parish, New Brunswick

Saint-Charles St. Charles
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°40′N 64°59′W / 46.67°N 64.98°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kent County
Established	1908
Area[1]
• Land	174.78 km^2 (67.48 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	1,982
• Density	11.3/km^2 (29/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.3%
• Dwellings	1,052
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Saint-Charles is a Canadian parish in Kent County, New Brunswick.^[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 1,982.

Delineation

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

Beginning on the shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at the southeastern angle or corner of a lot of land formerly owned by James Babin; thence following the southern line of said lot in a westerly direction to the southern line of lot 55, granted to John David, thence following the said southern line to the southwestern angle or corner of said lot 55; thence in a straight southwesterly direction till it meets the boundary line between the Weldford Parish and the Richibucto Parish, as established by the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, Chapter 2; thence in a westerly direction, following the said boundary line to a point where the Canadian National Railways line crosses the Weldford Parish line, thence in a northerly direction to the rear line running between the Saint-Charles River and the St-Louis River;^{[lower-alpha 1]} thence in an easterly direction following the said rear line to the shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, including all islands in front thereof.

Communities

Aldouane Aldouane Station Grande-Aldouane Kent Lake Kent Lake Siding

Lower Saint-Charles Petite-Aldouane Saint-Charles Saint-Charles-Nord Saint-Ignace Siding

Demographics

Population Population trend[5] Census Population Change (%) 2006 2,093 0.1% 2001 2,095 2.2% 1996 2,142 1.9% 1991 2,102 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[6] Language Population Pct (%) French only 1,765 84.45% English only 245 11.72% Both English and French 45 2.15% Other languages 35 1.68%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Footnotes

1. Poor wording in the 1952 Revised Statutes was made even worse in 1973. The boundary line runs along the rear of grants on the southern side of the Kouchibouguacis River.^[4]

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Charles Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Saint-Charles Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
4. "Crown Grant Reference Map Viewer". GeoNB. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
6. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Charles Parish, New Brunswick

Coordinates: 46°40′12″N 64°58′48″W / 46.67000°N 64.98000°W