Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick

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

Canterbury
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45.845°N 67.535°W / 45.845; -67.535
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyYork
Established1855
Area
 • Land556.15 km2 (214.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total525
 • Density0.9/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 13.8%
 • Dwellings
456
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Its population in the 2016 Census was 525.[1]

Delineation

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

Southeast by Dumfries and McAdam Parishes; northeasterly and northerly by the Saint John River and Eel River; west by Eel River, where Bull Creek enters the same; thence up Eel River through the first, second and third lakes to the head of the last mentioned lake; thence in a direct line southeasterly to the head of the La Coote Lake; thence through said lake and down La Coote Stream and the main Palfrey Stream to the McAdam Parish line including Fall Island[lower-alpha 1] in the Saint John River.

Communities

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

Demographics

See also

Footnotes
  1. Fall Island was submerged when Mactaquac Dam was built.

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Canterbury, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  2. "Canterbury Parish". New Brunswick Provincial Archives.
  3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  5. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick
  6. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Canterbury Parish, New Brunswick



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