Bright Parish, New Brunswick

Bright
Parish

Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°11′N 67°06′W / 46.18°N 67.10°W / 46.18; -67.10
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County York
Established 1869
Area[1]
 • Land 404.17 km2 (156.05 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 3,068
 • Density 7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 2.9%
 • Dwellings 1,364
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

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

Its population in the 2011 Census was 3,068.

Delineation

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

Northwest by the County line; northeasterly by Douglas Parish; southeasterly by the Saint John River, and southwesterly by the northeast line of lot number fifty-nine, granted to Jonathan Williams, and its northwesterly prolongation to the County line.

Communities

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

  • Barton
  • Brewers Mills
  • Bright
  • Burtts Corner
  • Cahill
  • Central Hainesville
  • Crocks Point
  • Greenhill

  • Mactaquac Heights
  • McKeens Corner
  • Scotch Settlement
  • Sisson Settlement
  • Tripp Settlement
  • Upper Keswick
  • Vinegar Hill
  • Zealand

Demographics

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2006 3,159 Increase6.8%
2001 2,958 Decrease0.2%
1996 2,964 Increase4.0%
1991 2,849 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

Language Population Pct (%)
English only 2,815 88.94%
French only 195 6.16%
Other languages 145 4.58%
Both English and French 10 0.32%

See also

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Bright Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Bright Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Bright Parish, New Brunswick


 Douglas Parish
Brighton Parish (Carleton Parish) Kingsclear Parish
   Bright Parish  
Southampton Parish Dumfries Parish


Coordinates: 46°10′48″N 67°06′00″W / 46.18000°N 67.10000°W / 46.18000; -67.10000 (Bright Parish, New Brunswick)

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