Shippegan Parish, New Brunswick

Shippegan (incorrectly Shippagan from the French colloquial spelling) is a Canadian parish in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.[2]

Shippegan

Shippagan
Parish
Location within Gloucester County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 47.855°N 64.62°W / 47.855; -64.62
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyGloucester
Established1851
Area
 • Land208.08 km2 (80.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total4,800
 • Density23.1/km2 (60/sq mi)
 • Pop 2011-2016
 4.1%
 • Dwellings
2,689
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Delineation

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

West by Caraquet Parish; northwesterly by Caraquet Bay and Chaleur Bay; and southeasterly by the Gulf of Saint-Lawrence, including the islands of Shippegan[lower-alpha 1] and Miscou.

Communities

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

Demographics

See also

Footnotes
  1. Lamèque Island; the mainland of the parish, which includes the town of Shippagan, is officially Taylor Island.[4][5]

References
  1. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Shippagan, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Shippagan Parish
  3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  4. "Crown Grant Reference Map Viewer". GeoNB. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  5. "Taylor Island". Canadian Geographical Names. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  6. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  7. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Shippagan Parish, New Brunswick



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