Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick

Canterbury
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′42″N 67°32′06″W / 45.845°N 67.535°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	York
Established	1855
Area[1]
• Land	557.22 km^2 (215.14 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	609
• Density	1.1/km^2 (3/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	9.7%
• Dwellings	417
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

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

Its population in the 2011 Census was 609.

Delineation

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

Southeast by Dumfries and McAdam Parishes; northeasterly and northerly by the Saint John River and Eel River; west by Eel River, where Bull Creek enters the same; thence up Eel River through the first, second and third lakes to the head of the last mentioned lake; thence in a direct line southeasterly to the head of the La Coote Lake; thence through said lake and down La Coote Stream and the main Palfrey Stream to the McAdam Parish line including Fall Island^{[lower-alpha 1]} in the Saint John River.

Communities

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

Benton Canterbury Carroll Ridge Charlie Lake Dead Creek Deer Lake Dorrington Hill Dow Settlement

Eel River Lake Hartin Settlement Johnson Settlement Marne Meductic Middle Southampton Scott Siding Skiff Lake

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2006 555 5.5% 2001 587 0.3% 1996Adj 589 3.0% 1996 607 5.0% 1991 578 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) English only 545 98.20% French only 10 1.80% Both English and French 0 0.00% Other languages 0 0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Footnotes

1. Fall Island was submerged when Mactaquac Dam was built.

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Canterbury 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: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
5. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick

Coordinates: 45°50′42″N 67°32′06″W / 45.84500°N 67.53500°W