Moncton Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the parish. For the city, see Moncton.

Moncton
Parish
Location within Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°46′32″N 65°28′48″W / 46.775555°N 65.48°W / 46.775555; -65.48
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Westmorland County
Established	1835
Area^[1]
• Land	579.50 km² (223.75 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	9,421
• Density	16.3/km² (42/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	6.3%
• Dwellings	3,766
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Moncton is a Canadian parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.^[2]

History

The parish was established in 1765 as Monckton Township in the province of Nova Scotia and named for Robert Monckton (1726-1782), who was a distinguished soldier and civil servant: established as Moncton Parish in New Brunswick in 1786: part of the Parish of Dorchester was annexed by Moncton Parish in 1835.

Delineation

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

East by Shediac Parish; north by the County line, west by that part of the east line of the grant to Martin Gay and associates, which lies north of Petitcodiac River; and the northerly prolongation thereof, to the County line; southerly by the Petitcodiac River and Dorchester Parish.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold).

Irishtown
Lakeville
LeBlancville
Lutesville
McQuade
Meadow Brook
Melanson Settlement
Moncton
New Scotland
O'Neil

Pacific Junction
Painsec
Painsec Junction
Red Oak Subdivision
Scotch Settlement
Shaw Brook
Steeves Mountain
Stilesville

Demographics

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1991	8,268	—
1996	8,669	+4.9%
2001	8,741	+0.8%
2006	8,861	+1.4%
2011	9,421	+6.3%
^[4]

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)^[5]

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only		N/A%
English only		N/A%
Both English and French	0	0.00%
Other languages	0	0.00%

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:^[6]

Highways

Principal Routes
- Route 106
- Route 115
- Route 126
- Route 128
- Route 132
- Route 134

Secondary Routes:
- Route 490

External Routes:
- None

References

1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Moncton Parish, New Brunswick
↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Moncton Parish
↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
↑ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
↑ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Moncton Parish, New Brunswick
↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7

Harcourt Parish (Kent County)

Saint-Paul Parish (Kent County)

Dundas Parish (Kent County)

Salisbury Parish

Shediac Parish

Moncton Parish

Coverdale Parish (Albert County)

Dorchester Parish

Subdivisions of New Brunswick

Subdivisions	Counties Parishes Municipalities Rural communities Local service districts Municipal amalgamations Communities First Nations School districts Regions

Cities	Bathurst Campbellton Dieppe Edmundston Fredericton Miramichi Moncton Saint John

Counties	Albert Carleton Charlotte Gloucester Kent Kings Madawaska Northumberland Queens Restigouche Saint John Sunbury Victoria Westmorland York

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Coordinates: 46°11′22″N 64°55′09″W / 46.189338°N 64.919243°W / 46.189338; -64.919243 (Moncton Parish, New Brunswick)

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