Newcastle Parish, New Brunswick

Newcastle
Parish

Location within Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47°00′N 65°34′W / 47.0°N 65.57°W / 47.0; -65.57
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Northumberland
Established 1786
Area[1]
 • Land 577.69 km2 (223.05 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,220
 • Density 2.1/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 0.9%
 • Dwellings 535
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Newcastle is a Canadian parish in Northumberland County, New Brunswick.[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 1,220.

Delineation

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

East by Alnwick Parish; south by Miramichi River; north by the County line; and west by a line running north from the southeast angle of lot number five, granted to Oliver Willard, at Oxford Cove.[lower-alpha 1]

Communities

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

  • Beveridge
  • Busby
  • East Beaver Brook
  • Elizabethton
  • Highbank
  • Little Bartibog
  • Lower Newcastle-Russellville
  • McEwan Dam
  • Morrissy
  • Patterson Siding
  • Patterson Station
  • Telly Road Crossing

Demographics

Population

Population trend[5]

Census Population Change (%)
2006 1,209 Decrease1.5%
2001 1,228 Decrease2.3%
1996 1,257 Increase6.6%
1991 1,179 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[6]

Language Population Pct (%)
English only 800 66.39%
French only 380 31.54%
Both English and French 25 2.07%
Other languages 0 0.00%

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Now officially Jones Cove.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Newcastle Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Newcastle Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Oxford Cove". Canadian Geographical Names. Government of Canada. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  6. ↑ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Newcastle Parish, New Brunswick


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Coordinates: 47°00′00″N 65°34′12″W / 47.00000°N 65.57000°W / 47.00000; -65.57000 (Newcastle Parish, New Brunswick)

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