Queensbury Parish, New Brunswick

Queensbury
Parish
Location within York County.
Coordinates: 45°57′45″N 67°00′54″W / 45.9625°N 67.015°W / 45.9625; -67.015
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	York
Established	1786
Area[1]
• Land	301.38 km2 (116.36 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	1,272
• Density	4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	4.7%
• Dwellings	569
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Queensbury is a Canadian parish in York County, New Brunswick.^[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 1,272.

Delineation

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

Northeast by Bright Parish; south and southwest by the Saint John River; and northwest by a line commencing at the Saint John River, at the southern angle of lot number one, granted to Joseph Cunliff, near the mouth of the Nackawic Stream; thence running northeasterly along the lower or southeastern line of said lot and its prolongation until it strikes the southwestern line of land granted to William Dobie, in Caverhill; thence northwesterly along the said line of said grant and its prolongation till it strikes the southeastern line of a grant to Henry Morehouse and three others; thence northeasterly along the line of said grant to its eastern angle; thence northwesterly along the northeast side of the said grant till it strikes the East Branch Nackawic Stream; thence following the course of the said river up stream to the forks at the mouth of the Burtt Lake Branch and thence following the course of the said Burtt Lake Branch up stream till it strikes the line of the parish of Bright.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Queensbury, established in 1966 to assess for fire protection. Community services were added in 1967 and first aid and ambulance services in 1978.

Communities

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

Demographics

Population Population trend[4] Census Population Change (%) 2006 1,215 0.7% 2001 1,223 0.2% 1996 1,225 2.2% 1991 1,199 N/A

Language Mother tongue language (2006)[5] Language Population Pct (%) English only 1,130 94.17% French only 50 4.17% Other languages 20 1.66% Both English and French 0 0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

		Bright Parish
	Southampton Parish		Kingsclear Parish
		Queensbury Parish
	Dumfries Parish	McAdam Parish	Prince William 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: 45°57′45″N 67°00′54″W / 45.96250°N 67.01500°W / 45.96250; -67.01500 (Queensbury Parish, New Brunswick)