Burton Parish, New Brunswick

Burton
Parish
Location within Sunbury County, New Brunswick
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Sunbury County
Established	1765
Area[1]
• Land	259.48 km^2 (100.19 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	5,421
• Density	20.9/km^2 (54/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	8.0%
• Dwellings	1,983
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Burton is a Canadian parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

Burton Parish first established in 1765 as a Nova Scotia township: named for Brigadier General Ralph Burton who served at the capture of Fort Louisbourg in 1758 and the capture of Québec in 1759: Burton became a parish in New Brunswick in 1786: included part of Blissville Parish until 1834.

Delineation

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

Southeast by the County line; southwest by the prolongation southeasterly of the southwest line of Lincoln Parish to the Queens County line; northwest by the Oromocto River and northeast by the Saint John River, including Gilbert and Ox Islands.

Communities

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

Babbitt Burpees Corner Burton French Lake Geary

Goan Haneytown Hersey Corner Lower Burton McGowans Corner

Oromocto Sheffield Swan Creek Waterville Woodside

Bodies of water & Islands

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

• Oromocto River

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2011 N/A 2006 5019 0.4% 2001 5000 0.0% 1996 0.0% 1991 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) French only % English only % 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:^[6]

Highways Route 2 (TCH) Route 7

Principal Routes Route 102

Secondary Routes: None

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

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

Coordinates: 45°48′05″N 66°24′18″W / 45.8014°N 66.405°W