Saint-Louis Parish, New Brunswick

Saint-Louis
St. Louis
Parish

Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°43′30″N 65°04′30″W / 46.725°N 65.075°W / 46.725; -65.075
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Kent
Established 1855
Area[1]
  Land 258.61 km2 (99.85 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 1,741
  Density 6.7/km2 (17/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 8.4%
  Dwellings 755
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
  Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Saint-Louis is a Canadian parish in Kent County, New Brunswick.[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 1,741.

Delineation

Saint-Louis Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] as being bounded:

South by Weldford Parish and Saint-Charles Parish, east by Saint-Charles Parish and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and north by a line commencing on the shore of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, where the eastern prolongation of the southern line of Lot C, granted to George Kollock, intersects the same; thence westerly along said prolongation and line to the southerly prolongation of the eastern line of the William Dwyer lot, being lot number 41; thence northerly along said last mentioned prolongation and eastern line of said lot number 41, to the rear line of lot number 10, granted to James Graham; thence along the rear lines of lots granted to the said James Graham and to John Murphy, Thomas Jardine, Patrick MacKay, Patrick Harrington, and Dennis Harrington, to the eastern line of lot number 24, granted to Lucas Christian; thence southerly along said eastern line of lot number 24 to a line, being the western prolongation of the southern line of lot C, granted to George Kollock; thence westerly along said last mentioned prolongation to the post road; thence along the post road northerly to the northeast boundary of a grant to Basil White; thence along the northerly line of Basil White’s lot west to the old post road[lower-alpha 1]; thence along the old post road southerly to the northeast boundary of the grant to Peter Vautour; thence along the northerly side line of Peter Vautour’s lot to the northwest angle thereof; and thence south seventy-five degrees and thirty minutes west to the southern line of the parish, including the islands in front.

Communities

  • Bretagneville
  • Camerons Mill
  • Canisto Road
  • Cap-de-Saint-Louis
  • Chemin Canisto
  • Desherbiers

Demographics

Population

Population trend[6]

Census Population Change (%)
2006 1,901 Decrease0.3%
2001 1,906 Decrease5.6%
1996 2,018 Decrease1.6%
1991 2,051 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[7]

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 1,715 92.20%
English only 100 5.38%
Both English and French 30 1.61%
Other languages 15 0.81%

See also

Footnotes

  1. Does not appear on provincial highway maps[4] but does appear on cadastral land grant maps.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Saint-Louis Parish, New Brunswick
  2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Saint-Louis Parish
  3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  4. "No. 236" (PDF). 2015 Designated Highway Maps. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  5. "Crown Grant Reference Map Viewer". GeoNB. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  7. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Saint-Louis Parish, New Brunswick



Coordinates: 46°43′30″N 65°04′30″W / 46.72500°N 65.07500°W / 46.72500; -65.07500 (Saint-Louis Parish, New Brunswick)

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