Lac Baker Parish, New Brunswick

Lac Baker is a Canadian parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick.[2]

Lac-Baker
Parish
Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47.36°N 68.68°W / 47.36; -68.68
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyMadawaska
Established1938
Area
 • Land24.30 km2 (9.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total5
 • Density0.2/km2 (0.5/sq mi)
 • Change 2011-2016
No change
 • Dwellings
4
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Delineation

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

Beginning at a point in the New Brunswick-Quebec Boundary line where it is intersected by the northwesterly prolongation of the west limit of Range Three west of Baker Lake thence southeasterly along said prolongation and said limit of Range Three to the southwest angle of lot No. 40 in Range Three, thence in a northeasterly direction along the southwest limit of said lot No. 40 to the western limit of Range Two thence southeasterly along said western limit of Range Two to the western limit of lots in the Second Tier west of Caron Brook thence along the said western limit to the northwest angle of lot No. 15 granted to Joseph Souci and thence easterly along the northern limit of said lot No. 15, lot Letter "I" granted to George Carriveau and the northern limit of the lots fronting on the St. John River to the southeast angle of lot No. 1 east side of Caron Brook, thence northerly along the east limit of lots fronting on the east side of Caron Brook to the northeast angle of lot No. 9 granted to Louis Lavoie, thence westerly along the north limit of said lot No. 9 to the northeast limit of lot No. 10 E thence northwesterly along said limit of said lot No. 10 E to the southwest angle of lot letter "D" granted to Thomas Ouellette thence northeasterly along the southeast limit of said lot Letter "D" and lot Letter "C" to the eastern limit of Range Four Val-Nadeau[lower-alpha 1] thence northwesterly along said limit of Range Four, to the northeast angle of lot No. 17 in Range Four, thence southwesterly along the northwest limit of lot No. 17 to the east limit of Range Five, thence northwesterly along said limit of Range Five to the northeast angle of lot No. 33 in Range Five, thence southwesterly along the northwest limit of said lot No. 33 to the east limit of lots fronting on the east side of Baker Lake, thence northwesterly along the said limit to the New Brunswick-Quebec Boundary line thence westerly along the said boundary line to the place of beginning.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold) and communities within their respective boundaries (in italics).

  • Boundary
  • Lac-Baker
  • Portage-du-Lac
  • Rang-des-Collin
  • Saint-Castin
  • Pelletiers Mill
  • Soucy

Demographics

Population
Canada census – Lac Baker Parish, New Brunswick community profile
2016 2011 2006
Population: 5 (-83.3% from 2011) 5 (-83.3% from 2006) 566 (+16.0% from 2001)
Land area: 24.30 km2 (9.38 sq mi) 24.29 km2 (9.38 sq mi) 57.38 km2 (22.15 sq mi)
Population density: 0.2/km2 (0.52/sq mi) 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi)
Median age: N/A (M: , F: ) N/A (M: , F: ) 50.3 (M: 50.5, F: 50.2)
Total private dwellings: 4 4 444
Median household income: $.N/A $.N/A $53,676
Notes: 2011 and 2016 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons. – References: 2016[4] 2011[5] 2006[6] earlier[7]
Historical Census Data - Lac-Baker Parish, New Brunswick
YearPop.±%
1991 508—    
1996 472−7.1%
2001 488+3.4%
YearPop.±%
2006 566+16.0%
2006A 30−94.7%
2011 5−83.3%
YearPop.±%
2011 5+0.0%
[8][1]
(A) adjustment due to boundary change.

Language
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Lac-Baker Parish, New Brunswick
2011 and 2016 language data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.[8]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2011
n/a
 n/a 0.0% 0.00% n/a 0.0% 0.00% n/a 0.0% 0.00% n/a 0.0% 0.00%
2006
570
 520 9.6% 0.00% 50 70.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00%
2001
485
 470 1.1% 96.91% 15 33.3% 3.09% 0 0.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00%
1996
475
 465 n/a 97.89% 10 n/a 2.11% 0 n/a 0.00% 0 n/a 0.00%

See also

Footnotes
  1. Actually Nadeau Settlement; the confusion is caused by the community of Val-Nadeau which is within that settlement.

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Lac-Baker, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Lac-Baker Parish
  3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  5. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  6. "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  7. "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
  8. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census



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