Canning Parish, New Brunswick

Canning
Parish
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Queens County
Established	1765
Area[1]
• Land	173.40 km^2 (66.95 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	952
• Density	5.5/km^2 (14/sq mi)
• Pop 2006–11	0.2%
• Dwellings	836
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Canning is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

Canning Parish set off from Waterborough Parish in 1827: named for the Right Honourable George Canning, (1770–1827) who was prime minister of the United Kingdom: included part of Chipman Parish until 1835.

Delineation

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

Northeast by Chipman Parish; northwest by the County line; southwest by the Saint John River, and southeast by Cambridge and Waterborough Parishes.

Communities

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

Back Road Canning Clarks Corners Douglas Harbour Flowers Cove Lake Road

Maquapit Lake Newcastle Center Newcastle Centre Newcastle Creek Princess Park

Scotchtown Sunnyside Beach Sypher Cove Upper Gagetown Wuhr's Beach Road

Bodies of water & Islands

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

• Grand Lake
• Maquapit Lake
• Pickerel Pond Nature Preserve
• Grand Lake Meadow
• Lower Timber Lake
• The Keyhole

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2011 N/A 2006 950 2.8% 2001 924 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)

Principal Routes Route 105

Secondary Routes: Route 690

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

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

Coordinates: 45°58′00″N 66°05′30″W / 45.9666°N 66.0917°W