Johnston Parish, New Brunswick

Johnston
Parish
Location within Queens County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45°50′N 64°35′W / 45.84°N 64.59°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Queens County
Established	1839
Area[1]
• Land	359.18 km^2 (138.68 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	660
• Density	1.8/km^2 (5/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	3.5%
• Dwellings	432
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Johnston Parish is a Canadian parish in Queens County, New Brunswick.

History

Johnston Parish established in 1839 from Wickham Parish: named for Hugh Johnston (1790-1850), who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick: his father, Hugh Johnston (1756-1829), was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly.

Delineation

Johnston Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act^[2] as being bounded:

Southwest by Wickham and Cambridge Parishes; northwest by the prolongation of a line running north fifty-four degrees east by the magnet of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, from the west angle of the grant to Samuel Hughes, at Lower Cambridge; east by the east line of lot number eleven, granted to A.C. Starrit, on the north side of the Canaan River above Coles Island and its northern and southern prolongation, and southeast by the County line.

Communities

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

Annidale Bagdad Canaan Rapids Chambres Corner Codys Coles Island

Highfield Johnston Long Creek Partridge Valley Phillipstown Salmon Creek

Smith Corner Thornetown Washademoak Waterloo Corner Youngs Cove 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

• Canaan River

Demographics

Population Population trend[3] Census Population Change (%) 2011 N/A 2006 684 0.4% 2001 687 0.0% 1996 0.0% 1991 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[4] 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:^[5]

Highways none

Principal Routes Route 2 (TCH) Route 10

Secondary Routes: Route 112 Route 695 Route 710 Route 715

External Routes: None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

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

Coordinates: 45°52′31″N 65°47′43″W / 45.87519°N 65.795403°W