Moncton Parish, New Brunswick

Moncton
Parish
Location within Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°46′32″N 65°28′48″W / 46.775555°N 65.48°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Westmorland County
Established	1835
Area[1]
• Land	579.50 km^2 (223.75 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	9,421
• Density	16.3/km^2 (42/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	6.3%
• Dwellings	3,766
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Moncton is a Canadian parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.^[2]

Delineation

Moncton Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:

East by Shediac Parish; north by the County line, west by that part of the east line of the grant to Martin Gay and associates, which lies north of Petitcodiac River; and the northerly prolongation thereof, to the County line; southerly by the Petitcodiac River and Dorchester Parish.

— Territorial Division Act

History

The parish was established in 1765 as Monckton Township in the province of Nova Scotia and named for Robert Monckton (1726-1782), who was a distinguished soldier and civil servant: established as Moncton Parish in New Brunswick in 1786: part of the Parish of Dorchester was annexed by Moncton Parish in 1835.

Communities

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

Allison Ammon Berry Mills Boundary Creek Canaan Cape Breton Dieppe Gallagher Ridge Greater Lakeburn Indian Mountain

Irishtown Lakeville LeBlancville Lutesville McQuade Meadow Brook Melanson Settlement Moncton New Scotland O'Neil

Pacific Junction Painsec Painsec Junction Red Oak Subdivision Scotch Settlement Shaw Brook Steeves Mountain Stilesville

Demographics

Population Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1991 8,268 —     1996 8,669 +4.9% 2001 8,741 +0.8% 2006 8,861 +1.4% 2011 9,421 +6.3% [3] Language Mother tongue language (2006)[4] Language Population Pct (%) French only N/A% English only N/A% Both English and French 0 0.00% Other languages 0 0.00%

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:^[5]

Highways Route 2 (TCH) Route 11 Route 15

Principal Routes Route 106 Route 115 Route 126 Route 128 Route 132 Route 134

Secondary Routes: Route 490

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Moncton Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Moncton Parish
3. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
4. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Moncton Parish, New Brunswick
5. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Coordinates: 46°11′22″N 64°55′09″W / 46.189338°N 64.919243°W