Dundas Parish, New Brunswick

Dundas
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°16′N 64°52′W / 46.27°N 64.86°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kent
Established	1826
Area[1]
• Land	230.31 km^2 (88.92 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	6,282
• Density	27.3/km^2 (71/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	1.2%
• Dwellings	3,862
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Dundas is a Canadian parish in Kent County, New Brunswick.^[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 6,282.

Delineation

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

South by the County line; west by the McLaughlin Road;^{[lower-alpha 1]} north by a line beginning at the seashore, at the northeastern angle of lot no. 1, granted to Joseph Richard; thence south seventy-two degrees and thirty minutes west seven hundred and sixty-five chains, or until it meets the westerly line of lot number 86, granted to Maximin A. Girouard; thence along the western line of said lot in a southerly direction, to meet the southern line of lot number 84, granted to Beloni Robicheau; thence westerly along the said southern line of the last-mentioned grant and its westerly prolongation to the eastern side of the McLaughlin Road; and east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, including all the islands in front.

Communities

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

Cormierville Caissie Cape Grande-Digue Guguen

Lower-Guguen Notre-Dame White's Settlement

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2006 6,356 2.9% 2001 6,174 0.2% 1996 6,162 3.5% 1991 5,951 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) French only 5,405 85.93% English only 775 12.32% Both English and French 70 1.11% Other languages 40 0.64%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Footnotes

1. Route 490

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Dundas Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Dundas 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: Dundas Parish, New Brunswick

Coordinates: 46°16′12″N 64°51′36″W / 46.27000°N 64.86000°W