Newcastle Parish, New Brunswick

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

Newcastle
Parish
Location within Northumberland County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47.0°N 65.57°W / 47.0; -65.57
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyNorthumberland
Established1786
Area
 • Land578.92 km2 (223.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total1,136
 • Density2.0/km2 (5/sq mi)
 • Change
2011-2016
 6.9%
 • Dwellings
522
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Its population in the 2016 Census was 1,136.[1]

Delineation

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

East by Alnwick Parish; south by Miramichi River; north by the County line; and west by a line running north from the southeast angle of lot number five, granted to Oliver Willard, at Oxford Cove.[lower-alpha 1]

Communities

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

Demographics

See also

Footnotes
  1. Now officially Jones Cove.[4]

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Newcastle, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. "Newcastle Parish". New Brunswick Provincial Archives.
  3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. "Oxford Cove". Canadian Geographical Names. Government of Canada. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  5. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  6. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Newcastle Parish, New Brunswick



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