Dorchester Parish, New Brunswick

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

Dorchester
Parish
Location within Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46.19°N 64.60°W / 46.19; -64.60
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyWestmorland County
Established1787
Area
 • Land90.13 km2 (34.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total429
 • Density4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 10.1%
 • Dwellings
231
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

History

The parish was established in 1787 and named for Sir Guy Carleton, 1st Baron of Dorchester (1724-1808) and the governor-in-chief of British North America: included most of Shediac Parish until 1827.

Delineation

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

West by Petitcodiac River; north by a line running by the magnet of eighteen hundred and ninety-four; south eighty-three degrees and forty-five minutes east from the mouth of Fox Creek; east by the southeast line of lot numbered one (John Sherwood) and the prolongation thereof two hundred and fifty chains from the sea; thence north eleven degrees east by the magnet of the year seventeen hundred and sixty-five.

Communities

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

Demographics

Access routes

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

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Dorchester, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  2. "Dorchester Parish". New Brunswick Provincial Archives.
  3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  4. Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  5. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Dorchester Parish, New Brunswick
  6. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7



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