Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick

Madawaska
Parish
Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47°22′N 68°20′W / 47.37°N 68.33°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Established	1833
Area[1]
• Land	173.32 km^2 (66.92 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	0
• Density	0.0/km^2 (0/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	100.0%
• Dwellings	0
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Madawaska is a Canadian parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick.^[2] The parish is primarily made up of the city of Edmundston.

Delineation

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

Beginning at a point in the International Boundary where it is intersected by the southeast prolongation of the southwest limit of lot No. 25 fronting on the St. John River granted to Alexander Ouellet, Jr., thence northwesterly along said prolongation and said limit of said lot No. 25 to the rear line of lots fronting on the St. John River, thence northeasterly along the northern limit of lots fronting on the St. John River to the southwest angle of lot No. 118 in Tier Two north of the St. John River granted to Vital Ouellet, thence northerly along the west limit of said lot No. 118 to the north limit of lots in Tier Two north of the St. John River thence easterly along said limit to the west limit of lots fronting on the west side of the Madawaska River, thence northerly along said limit to the northern limit of lot No. 15 granted to Peter St. Ange, thence easterly along said northern limit of lot No. 15 to the western shore of the Madawaska River, thence following the western shore of the Madawaska River downstream to a point where it is intersected by the western prolongation of the southern limit of lot No. 16 east of the Madawaska River granted to Cyprien Michaud, thence easterly along said prolongation and said southern limit of the eastern shore of Iroquois River, thence southerly along the eastern shore of said Iroquois River to the northwestern angle of lot No. 1 granted to Jos. Martin, thence in a southeasterly direction following the western limit of said lot No. 1 and its prolongation to the southeastern angle of lot No. 150, thence in a southwesterly direction following the southeastern limit of said lot No. 150 and its prolongation to the International Boundary, thence in a westerly direction along the said International Boundary to the place of beginning.

Also:- Beginning at a point in Green River^{[lower-alpha 1]} where the same is intersected by the northeasterly prolongation of the northwest limit of lot No. 1 north of the St. John River and near the mouth of the Madawaska River granted to John Hart, thence from said place of beginning running in a northeasterly direction along said prolongation to the boundary line between the Counties of Madawaska and Restigouche thence northwesterly along said boundary line to Green River, thence in a southerly direction following the various courses of said Green River to the place of beginning.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold) and communities within their respective boundaries (in italics).

• Edmundston

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick community profile
	2011	2006	2001
Population:	0 (-100% from 2006)	10 (n/a% from 2001)	0 (n/a% from 1996)
Land area:	173.32 km^2 (66.92 sq mi)	173.32 km^2 (66.92 sq mi)	173.32 km^2 (66.92 sq mi)
Population density:	0.0/km^2 (0/sq mi)	0.1/km^2 (0.26/sq mi)	0.0/km^2 (0/sq mi)
Median age:	N/A (M: , F: )	N/A (M: , F: )	N/A (M: , F: )
Total private dwellings:	0	30	26
Median household income:	$.N/A	$.N/A	$.N/A
Notes: Income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons. – References: 2011[1] 2006[4] 2001[5]

Historical Census Data - Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick[6]
Year Pop. ±% 1991 154 —     1996 160 +3.9%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 0 −100.0% 2006 10 +inf%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 0 −100.0%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick[6]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		0		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2006		0		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2001		0		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		130		120	n/a	92.31%		10	n/a	7.69%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Footnotes

1. Green River has official English and French forms, the latter of which gives Rivière-Verte Parish its name.

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Madawaska Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
4. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
5. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

Coordinates: 47°22′12″N 68°19′48″W / 47.37000°N 68.33000°W