Simonds Parish, Carleton County, New Brunswick

Simonds
Parish
Location within Carleton County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46°19′39″N 67°33′09″W / 46.3275°N 67.5525°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Carleton
Established	1842
Area[1]
• Land	75.57 km^2 (29.18 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	565
• Density	7.5/km^2 (19/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	15.5%
• Dwellings	245
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Simonds is a Canadian parish in Carleton County, New Brunswick.^[2] Its population in the 2006 Census was 489. It should not be confused with the larger and identically named Simonds Parish, St John County in Saint John County, also in New Brunswick.

Delineation

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

North by the line between lots number ninety-three and ninety-four, near the mouth of Whitemarsh Brook and the westerly prolongation thereof; westerly by a line commencing on the northern boundary of Wakefield Parish, at a point where the eastern boundary of lot number thirty-two, granted to George Drake, in the third tier, strikes the same; thence running northerly along the eastern boundary of the said third tier to the eastern boundary of the grant to Arthur Blaney Walsh; thence northerly along the eastern boundary of the second tier of the Presquile block, until it strikes the northern boundary of the parish; south by Wakefield Parish; and east by the Saint John River, including all the islands in front.

Communities

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

Carleton Connell Flanagan Hill Florenceville-Bristol Hunters Corner Simonds

St. Thomas Strong Corner Sunshine Acres Trailer Park Upper Brighton Wilmot

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2006 489 13.8% 2001 567 5.8% 1996 602 4.6% 1991 631 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) English only 480 97.96% French only 10 2.04% Other languages 0 0.00% Both English and French 0 0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Simonds Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Simonds Parish (Carleton County)
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
5. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Simonds Parish (Carleton County), New Brunswick

Coordinates: 46°19′39″N 67°33′09″W / 46.32750°N 67.55250°W