Dumfries Parish, New Brunswick

Dumfries
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°57′54″N 67°09′00″W / 45.965°N 67.15°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	York
Established	1833
Area[1]
• Land	305.23 km^2 (117.85 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	373
• Density	1.2/km^2 (3/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.1%
• Dwellings	311
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

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

Its population in the 2011 Census was 373.

Delineation

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

Southeast by Prince William Parish; northeast by the Saint John River; west and northwest by the upper sideline of lot numbered six, granted to John Benn, and a line running southwesterly from the southwest angle thereof, parallel to the upper line of Prince William Parish; and southwest by eastern lines of the grants to the New Brunswick and Canada Railway and Land Company, east of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, being commonly called “The Belt Line,” and the said Belt Line being continued northerly as surveyed by Deputy Alfred Whitehead, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Dumfries, established in 1966 to assess for fire protection. Community services were added to the assessment in 1967 and first aid and ambulance services in 1978.

Communities

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

Barony Carson Davidson Lake Dumfries

Hawkshaw Lower Dumfries Murray Pokiok

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2006 369 6.1% 2001 393 5.3% 1996 415 4.3% 1991 398 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) English only 365 97.33% French only 10 2.67% Both English and French 0 0.00% Other languages 0 0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Dumfries Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Dumfries Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
5. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Dumfries Parish, New Brunswick

Coordinates: 45°57′54″N 67°09′00″W / 45.96500°N 67.15000°W