Kingston Parish, New Brunswick

Kingston
Parish
Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kings County
Established	1786
Area[1]
• Land	200.63 km^2 (77.46 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	2,952
• Density	14.7/km^2 (38/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	2.2%
• Dwellings	1,549
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Kingston is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

Kingston Parish established in 1786: named for Kingston, Long Island, New York, and to express loyalty to the Crown: included Greenwich Parish, Norton Parish and part of Hampton Parish until 1795, and Kars Parish until 1859.

Delineation

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

Northwest by Belleisle Bay and Long Reach; southwest by Westfield Parish; southeast by the Kennebecasis Bay and River until it meets the line dividing lots numbered twelve and thirteen in the Kingston grant; thence northerly along said line and easterly along the rear of the said grant to the line between the lots numbered thirty-three and thirty-four therein; thence northwesterly along the prolongation of said line to the Springfield Parish line; thence southwesterly and northerly along said Springfield Parish line to Belleisle Bay, including Long Island, in the Kennebecasis River.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Kingston, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. Non-fire related rescue was added in 2015. First aid and ambulance services (1976–2015) was formerly included.

Communities

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

Bedford Centreton Chapel Grove Clifton Royal East Riverside-Kinghurst Elmhurst Erbs Cove Grays Mills

Grey Mills Kingston Kingston Corner Kingston Creek Long Reach Lower Kingston Moss Glen Perry Point

Renforth Shampers The Cedars Waltons Lake Whitehead Whites Mills

Bodies of water & Islands

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

• None

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2011 N/A 2006 2888 2.5% 2001 2817 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 None

Principal Routes None

Secondary Routes: Route 845 Route 850

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Kingston Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Kingston Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
4. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
5. Profile: Kingston Parish, New Brunswick
6. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Coordinates: 45°30′13″N 65°59′34″W / 45.50358°N 65.992813°W