Saint-André Parish, New Brunswick

Saint-André
St. André
Parish

Location within Madawaska County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 47°08′37″N 67°45′18″W / 47.14361°N 67.755°W / 47.14361; -67.755
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Madawaska
Established 1913
Area[1]
  Land 128.08 km2 (49.45 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 1,134
  Density 8.9/km2 (23/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 5.2%
  Dwellings 418
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
  Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Saint-André is a Canadian parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick.[2]

Delineation

Saint-André Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] as being bounded:

All that part of the former Parish of Saint-Léonard in the County of Madawaska, lying southeasterly of the following described lines, namely: Beginning on the eastern bank or shore of the Saint John River, at the most western angle of lot No. 147, granted to Peter C. Martin, above Powers Creek, thence northeasterly along the northwest line of said lot to the most northern angle thereof, thence southeasterly along the northeastern line of said lot and its southeastern prolongation to the southwest angle of lot No. 1, granted to R. Poitras in the second tier, thence northerly along the western line of said lot to the most northern angle thereof, thence southeasterly along the northeastern line of said lot to the most southern angle of lot number two hundred and eleven granted to O. Bellefleur, junior, in Block R., thence northeasterly along the southeastern line of said lot and its northeastern prolongation to the most eastern angle of lot No. 314 in Block R. aforesaid, thence northwesterly along the northeastern line of said lot to the most western angle of lot No. 12 in the first tract, Saint-Amand,[lower-alpha 1] thence northeasterly along the northwestern line of said lot and its northeastern prolongation to the southern line of lot No. 3, on the southern side of Coombes Road [Settlement], thence easterly along the southern base line of lots fronting on the southern side of Coombes Road to the southeastern angle of lot No. 13 granted to Juliene John, thence northerly along the eastern line of said lot to the northeast angle thereof, thence easterly along the southern line of lot No. 15 granted to Alexander Michaud, to the southeast angle thereof, thence north along the eastern line of said lot to the northeast angle of the same, and thence easterly along the eastern prolongation of the northern line of last mentioned lot to the line dividing the Counties of Madawaska and Victoria.

Communities

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

  • Comeau Ridge
  • Gaudreau Park
  • Lévesque Settlement
  • McManus Siding

Demographics

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2006 1,660 Decrease6.2%
2001 1,769 Decrease7.0%
1996 1,902 Decrease0.2%
1991 1,905 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

Language Population Pct (%)
French only 1,375 84.61%
English only 225 13.85%
Other languages 15 0.92%
Both English and French 10 0.62%

See also

Footnotes

  1. Actually Cyr Settlement; the confusion is caused by the community of Saint-Amand within the Settlement.

References



Coordinates: 47°08′37″N 67°45′18″W / 47.14361°N 67.75500°W / 47.14361; -67.75500 (Saint-André Parish, New Brunswick)

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