Bright Parish, New Brunswick Explained

Bright
Settlement Type:Parish
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:County
Established Title:Erected
Established Date:1869
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Land Km2:403.73
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:3,317
Population Density Km2:8.2
Population Blank1 Title:Change 2016-2021
Population Blank1: 0.9%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:1,477
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Timezone Dst:ADT
Utc Offset Dst:-3
Coordinates:46.18°N -67.1°W

Bright is a geographic parish in York County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the local service districts of Keswick Ridge and the parish of Bright,[3] both of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of John Bright, recently appointed British President of the Board of Trade at the time.[4]

History

Bright was erected in 1869 from Douglas Parish.[5]

Boundaries

Bright Parish is bounded:[2] [6] [7]

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish.[8]

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[9] at least partly within the parish.

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[10]

Demographics

Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Population

Population trend[12] [13]

CensusPopulationChange (%)
20163,289 7.2%
20113,068 2.9%
20063,159 6.8%
20012,958 0.2%
19962,964 4.0%
19912,849N/A

Language

Mother tongue (2016)[13]

LanguagePopulationPct (%)
English only3,090 94.1%
French only1303.9%
Other languages551.7%
Both English and French100.3%

See also

External links



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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 29 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act . Government of New Brunswick . 13 November 2020.
  3. Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 25 July 2020.
  4. Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 222 . 17 March 2021.
  5. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1869.. 1869. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 94–95. 32 Vic. c. 49 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Douglas, in the County of York, into a separate Town or Parish.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  6. Web site: No. 102 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 103, 112, 113, 125, and 126 at same site.
  7. Web site: 306 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 25 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 307, 325, 326, 347, 348, and 369 at same site.
  8. Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 3 July 2021.
  9. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
  10. Web site: Explore New Brunswick's Protected Natural Areas . GeoNB . 3 July 2021.
  11. New Brunswick Regulation 2017-46 under the Parks Act (O.C. 2017-293) . The Royal Gazette . 13 December 2017 . 175 . 1496–1497 . 5 July 2021 . . . 1714-9428.
  12. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  13. Web site: Census Profile, 2016 Census Bright, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick ]. Statistics Canada . October 8, 2019.