Saint David Parish, New Brunswick Explained

Saint David
Other Name:St. David
Settlement Type:Parish
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:County
Established Title:Erected
Established Date:1786
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Land Km2:190.39
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:1,470
Population Density Km2:7.7
Population Blank1 Title:Change 2016-2021
Population Blank1: 3.9%
Population Blank2 Title:Dwellings
Population Blank2:725
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Timezone Dst:ADT
Utc Offset Dst:-3

Saint David is a geographic parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, located northeast of St. Stephen and northwest of Saint Andrews.

For governance purposes, most of the parish is part of the town of the Municipal District of St. Stephen,[2] with Tower Hill and Honeydale belonging to the Southwest rural district,[3] both of which are members of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission.[4]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised a single local service district (LSD), which was a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC).

The Census subdivision of the same name shares the parish's boundaries.[5]

Origin of the name

William Francis Ganong believed the name suggested by other Saint names in the area.[6] Five of the original six mainland parishes of Charlotte County used names of major saints recognised by the Church of England: Andrew (Scotland), David (Wales), George (England), Patrick (Ireland), and Stephen.

History

Saint David was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of Charlotte County.[7]

Boundaries

Saint David Parish is bounded:[8] [9]

Evolution of boundaries

Saint David joined the Cape Ann Association block in the north with the Penobscot Association block around Oak Bay and the Admiralty mast reserve between them.[10] Saint David's boundaries have changed the least of the original parishes of Charlotte County.

In 1881 five grants in Oak Bay to the northeast of the junction of Board Road and Route 760 were transferred from Saint Croix.[11]

Former local service district

The local service district of the parish of Saint David comprised the entire parish.[12]

The LSD was established in 1969 to assess for community services,[13] in this case to provide ambulance service after local funeral homes ceased doing so.[14] Fire protection was added in 1970,[15] non-fire related rescue in 2013.[16]

In 2022, the LSD assessed for community and recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[17] The taxing authority was 519.00 Saint David.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish.[18]

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[19] at least partly within the parish.

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish.

Demographics

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint David Parish, New Brunswick
CensusTotal
YearResponsesCountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %CountTrendPop %
1,530 5.9%96.23%40 37.5%2.52%5 50.0%0.31%15 25.0%0.94%
1,440 7.4%96.32%25 16.7%1.67%10 n/a%0.67%20 n/a%1.34%
1,555 1.6%98.11%30 25.0%1.89%0 0.0%0.00%0 100.0%0.00%
1,580 n/a96.93%40n/a2.45%0n/a0.00%10n/a0.61%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[20]

See also

References



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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Profile . Statistics Canada . 30 October 2022 . 26 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Southwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 10 . Government of New Brunswick . 5 June 2023.
  3. Web site: Southwest Regional Service Commission: RD 10 . Government of New Brunswick . 5 June 2023.
  4. Web site: Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act . Government of New Brunswick . 5 June 2023 . 21 July 2022.
  5. Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 14 August 2020.
  6. Book: Ganong . William F. . A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick . 1896 . Royal Society of Canada . 268 . 17 March 2021.
  7. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of His Majesty's Province of New-Brunswick, passed in the year 1786.. 20 March 2021. 1786. Government of New Brunswick. Saint John, New Brunswick. 3–12. 26 Geo. III Chapter I. An Act for the better ascertaining and confirming the Boundaries of the several Counties within this Province, and for subdividing them into Towns or Parishes..
  8. Web site: No. 153 . Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development . 4 July 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 154, 160, and 161 at same site.
  9. Web site: 467 . Transportation and Infrastructure . Government of New Brunswick . 4 July 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 468, 478, 479, 488, and 489 at same site.
  10. Web site: 1785 St. David Parish . RootsWeb . 16 April 2021. Map contains anachronist parish boundaries but is useful for boundaries of Association blocks.
  11. Book: Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of March 1881.. 1881. Government of New Brunswick. Fredericton. 66–67. 44 Vic. c. 31 An Act to alter the Boundary Lines of the Parish of Saint Croix, in the County of Charlotte.. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
  12. Web site: New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582) . Government of New Brunswick . 7 February 2021.
  13. Regulation 69–17 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 69–161) . The Royal Gazette . Fredericton . 12 March 1969 . 127 . 149.
  14. St. Stephen – Milltown Ambulance Brigade . The New Brunswick Municipal Monthly . March 1969 . 25 . 3 . 5 . Department of Municipal Affairs . Fredericton, NB.
  15. Regulation 70–63 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 70–385) . The Royal Gazette . Fredericton . 17 June 1970 . 128 . 343–344.
  16. Regulation 2013-60 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 2013-270) . The Royal Gazette . Fredericton . 25 September 2013 . 171 . 1290 . 1714-9428 .
  17. Web site: 2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick . Department of Environment and Local Government . 55 . 7 February 2021.
  18. Web site: Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB) . Government of Canada . 4 July 2021.
  19. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.
  20. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas Pages 4, 12