Wellington Parish, New Brunswick

Wellington
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°31′30″N 64°44′42″W / 46.525°N 64.745°W
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kent County
Established	1814
Area[1]
• Land	195.31 km^2 (75.41 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	3,327
• Density	17.0/km^2 (44/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	4.5%
• Dwellings	1,915
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Wellington is a Canadian parish in Kent County, New Brunswick.^[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 3,327.

Delineation

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

South by Dundas Parish; north by Chockpish River and a line running south sixty-eight degrees west from the forks thereof; east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; and west by a line commencing where the southerly prolongation of the line between lots U and V, on the Little Buctouche River, strikes the northern boundary of Dundas Parish; thence along the prolongation of the said line north forty-three degrees west to the Little Buctouche River; thence down stream to the westerly line of lot number 7, granted to Joshua White; thence along the said westerly line of said lot to the northwest corner thereof; thence in a direct line to the southeast corner of lot number 13, granted to Michael Basterache, on the south side of the Buctouche River; thence along the eastern line of that lot northerly to the Buctouche River; thence to the mouth of Mill Creek; thence following the course of the said creek up stream to the eastern line of the grant to John W. Holderness, on said creek; thence northerly along that line to the rear line of said grant; thence westerly along said line to the western line of lots granted to Angus Cameron; thence northerly along that line and its prolongation to Mill Creek; thence following the various courses thereof up stream to the eastern line of lot number 101, granted to John McEachran; thence northerly along that line and its northern prolongation to the northern line of lot number 95, granted to John McNairn; thence westerly along the said last mentioned line and its western prolongation to meet the eastern line of lot number 138, granted to George Holder; thence along said eastern line and its prolongation in a northerly direction to the northern line of lot number 110 in Block O; thence along that line in an easterly direction to meet the southern prolongation of the eastern line of lot number 52, granted to John Cochrane; thence along said prolongation and eastern line of said last mentioned grant to the northern line of the parish, including the islands in front.

Communities

Buctouche Baie Buctouche-Sud Caissie-Village Chockpish Cocagne Collette-Village Grand Saint-Antoine Maria-de-Kent McIntosh Hill McKees Mills

Saint-David Sainte-Anne-de-Kent Saint-Édouard-de-Kent Saint-François-de-Kent Saint-Gabriel-de-Kent Saint-Grégoire Saint-Jean-Baptiste Saint-Joseph-de-Kent Saint-Maurice Saint-Pierre-de-Kent

Saint-Thomas-de-Kent St. Gabriel-de-Kent Ste. Anne De Kent Upper Saint-Maurice Village Ste. Croix Village-des-Arsenault Village-Sainte-Croix Village-Saint-Irénée Ward Corner Wellington

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2006 3,484 1.3% 2001 3,440 4.3% 1996 3,595 1.7% 1991 3,657 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) French only 2,730 78.68% English only 640 18.44% Other languages 65 1.87% Both English and French 35 1.01%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

1. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Wellington Parish, New Brunswick
2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Wellington Parish
3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
5. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Wellington Parish, New Brunswick

Coordinates: 46°31′30″N 64°44′42″W / 46.52500°N 64.74500°W