Saint Marys Parish, New Brunswick

Not to be confused with Sainte-Marie Parish, New Brunswick.
Saint Marys
Saint Mary's, St, Mary's, St. Marys
Parish

Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°12′18″N 66°30′18″W / 46.205°N 66.505°W / 46.205; -66.505
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County York
Established 1786
Area[1]
  Land 753.12 km2 (290.78 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 4,733
  Density 6.3/km2 (16/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Increase 12.1%
  Dwellings 1,858
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
  Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Saint Marys is a Canadian parish in York County, New Brunswick.[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 4,733.

Delineation

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

South by the City of Fredericton as now bounded;[lower-alpha 1] west by Stanley Parish and a line to commence at the most western angle of lot numbered thirty-one, letter D, in the Maryland Loyalists’ grant; thence northeasterly along the upper line of said lot to the rear thereof; thence north forty-five degrees west to the east line of lot numbered one, granted to D. Sawyer; thence north to Stanley Parish; north by Stanley Parish, and southeast by the County line.

Communities

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

  • Bantalor
  • Cross Creek Station
  • Durham Bridge
  • Glencoe
  • Lower Durham
  • Lower Durham Road
  • Manzer

  • Saint Marys
  • Taymouth
  • Upper Durham
  • Upper Durham Road
  • Zionville

Demographics

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2006 4,224 Increase11.3%
2001 3,796 Increase7.8%
1996 3,522 Increase24.2%
1991 2,835 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

Language Population Pct (%)
English only 3,840 91.10%
French only 310 7.35%
Other languages 55 1.31%
Both English and French 10 0.24%

See also

Footnotes

  1. The wording is a carryover from when the Act was originally written; the boundaries of Fredericton now take in part of the parish.

References



Coordinates: 46°12′18″N 66°30′18″W / 46.20500°N 66.50500°W / 46.20500; -66.50500 (Saint Marys Parish, New Brunswick)

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