Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick

Madawaska is a Canadian parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick.[2] The parish is primarily made up of the city of Edmundston.

Madawaska
Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47.37°N 68.33°W / 47.37; -68.33
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyMadawaska
Established1833
Area
  Land173.18 km2 (66.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
  Total10
  Density0.1/km2 (0.3/sq mi)
  Pop 2011-2016
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  Dwellings
4
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
  Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Delineation

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

Beginning at a point in the International Boundary where it is intersected by the southeast prolongation of the southwest limit of lot No. 25 fronting on the St. John River granted to Alexander Ouellet, Jr., thence northwesterly along said prolongation and said limit of said lot No. 25 to the rear line of lots fronting on the St. John River, thence northeasterly along the northern limit of lots fronting on the St. John River to the southwest angle of lot No. 118 in Tier Two north of the St. John River granted to Vital Ouellet, thence northerly along the west limit of said lot No. 118 to the north limit of lots in Tier Two north of the St. John River thence easterly along said limit to the west limit of lots fronting on the west side of the Madawaska River, thence northerly along said limit to the northern limit of lot No. 15 granted to Peter St. Ange, thence easterly along said northern limit of lot No. 15 to the western shore of the Madawaska River, thence following the western shore of the Madawaska River downstream to a point where it is intersected by the western prolongation of the southern limit of lot No. 16 east of the Madawaska River granted to Cyprien Michaud, thence easterly along said prolongation and said southern limit of the eastern shore of Iroquois River, thence southerly along the eastern shore of said Iroquois River to the northwestern angle of lot No. 1 granted to Jos. Martin, thence in a southeasterly direction following the western limit of said lot No. 1 and its prolongation to the southeastern angle of lot No. 150, thence in a southwesterly direction following the southeastern limit of said lot No. 150 and its prolongation to the International Boundary, thence in a westerly direction along the said International Boundary to the place of beginning.
Also:- Beginning at a point in Green River[lower-alpha 1] where the same is intersected by the northeasterly prolongation of the northwest limit of lot No. 1 north of the St. John River and near the mouth of the Madawaska River granted to John Hart, thence from said place of beginning running in a northeasterly direction along said prolongation to the boundary line between the Counties of Madawaska and Restigouche thence northwesterly along said boundary line to Green River, thence in a southerly direction following the various courses of said Green River to the place of beginning.

Communities

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

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick
YearPop.±%
1991 154    
1996 160+3.9%
YearPop.±%
2001 0−100.0%
2006 10    
YearPop.±%
2011 0−100.0%
2016 10    
[4][1]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick[4]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2011
0
0 0.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00%
2006
0
0 0.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00%
2001
0
0 100.0% 0.00% 0 100.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00% 0 0.0% 0.00%
1996
130
120 n/a 92.31% 10 n/a 7.69% 0 n/a 0.00% 0 n/a 0.00%

See also

Footnotes

  1. Green River has official English and French forms, the latter of which gives Rivière-Verte Parish its name.

References

  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Madawaska, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Madawaska Parish
  3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census



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