Kingsclear Parish, New Brunswick

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

This article is about the parish. For the community, see Kingsclear, New Brunswick.
Kingsclear
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 45.885°N 66.9075°W / 45.885; -66.9075
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyYork
Established1786
Area
 • Land303.38 km2 (117.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total7,572
 • Density24.96/km2 (64.6/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 2.4%
 • Dwellings
2,925
 Kingsclear Parish including RC of Hanwell
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

In May 2014, a Regulation under the New Brunswick Municipalities Act established a significant portion of Kingsclear Parish as the Rural Community of Hanwell,[3] at which time Statistics Canada determined that the population of Hanwell was 4,740 and the remainder of Kingsclear was populated by 2,651 people.

Delineation

Kingsclear Parish was defined in the Territorial Division Act[4] as being bounded:

North by the Saint John River; southeast by the City of Fredericton and New Maryland Parish; southwest by Manners Sutton Parish, and northwest by the lower line of lot numbered one, granted to Francis Horsman, and its southwesterly prolongation, including all the islands in front, with the exception of Upper Shores, Lower Shores, Mitchells, Merrithews and Keswick Islands, and the north range of lots, comprising lots number one to number nine inclusive, and lots number thirty-seven to number seventy-one inclusive, on Sugar Island, which form part of the Parish of Douglas.

Communities

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

Demographics

See also

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census Kingsclear, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick and Hanwell, Rural community [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  2. "Kingsclear Parish". New Brunswick Provincial Archives.
  3. "New Brunswick Regulation 2014-30 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 2014-81)" (PDF) (PDF). Queen's Printer for New Brunswick. March 28, 2014. p. 2. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  4. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  6. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Kingsclear Parish, New Brunswick
  7. 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Kingsclear Parish, New Brunswick



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