Chatham Parish, New Brunswick

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

Chatham
Parish
Location within Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47.045°N 65.37°W / 47.045; -65.37
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyNorthumberland
Established1814
Area
 • Land22.70 km2 (8.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total511
 • Density22.5/km2 (58/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 2.1%
 • Dwellings
262
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Its population in the 2016 Census was 511, down from 522 in 2011.[1]

Delineation

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

North by the main Miramichi River; southwest by Nelson [Parish], and south by Napan River, from its mouth to the northwest angle of lot number thirty-two (Henry Coil); thence south sixty-eight degrees west to Nelson Parish, including Middle Island.

Communities
  • Lower Napan
  • Middle Island
  • Savoy Beach
  • Snyders Beach
  • Taintville
  • Upper Napan

Demographics

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Chatham, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  2. "Chatham Parish". New Brunswick Provincial Archives.
  3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  5. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Chatham Parish, New Brunswick
  6. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Chatham Parish, New Brunswick



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