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

Saint-André St. André
Parish
Location within Madawaska County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 47.14361°N 67.755°W / 47.14361; -67.755
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Erected	1907
Area [1]
• Land	136.19 km2 (52.58 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	1,794
• Density	13.2/km2 (34/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	5.6%
• Dwellings	782
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the town of Grand Falls Figures are for rural community of Saint-André; population change reflects revised figure combining 2016 parish and rural community CSDs

For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Grand Falls and the incorporated rural community of Saint-André,[3] both of which are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC).[4]

Origin of name

The parish takes its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish.[5]

History

Saint-André was erected from Saint-Léonard Parish in 1907.[5]

Boundaries

Saint-André Parish is bounded:[2][6][7][8]

• on the east, beginning at a point on the Victoria County line about 35.4 kilometres south of the Restigouche County line, then running generally southerly along the Victoria County line to the Saint John River, about 75 metres west of the mouth of Little River;
• on the south by the Saint John River, running upriver along first the Victoria County line and then the international border;
• on the northwest, beginning in the Saint John on the prolongation of Bourgoin Road, then running along the prolongation and Bourgoin Road to the rear line of grants along the Saint John, which coincides with Route 2 in this area, then southeasterly along Route 2 about 650 metres to the rear line of the tier of grants along Bourgoin Road in Saint-Léonard Parish, then generally northeasterly along the rear line of the Bourgoin Road grants to the end of the tier and then along its prolongation to Route 255, then northeasterly and northwesterly along the rear line and northeastern line of the southeastern tier of the Coombes Road Settlement in Saint-Léonard Parish, then northeasterly and northwesterly along the southeastern and northeastern lines of the northwestern tier of Coombes Road Settlement to its northernmost corner, about 1 kilometre northeast of the bend of Route 17, then northeasterly along the prolongation of the northwestern line of the northwestern tier to the starting point.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish;[6][7][8] bold indicates an incorporated municipality or incorporated rural community

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[lower-alpha 1] at least partly in the parish:[6][7][8]

• Little River
• Saint John River
• Powers Creek
• Castonguay Lake

Demographics

Parish population total does not include Grand Falls or the former incorporated village of St. André[lower-alpha 2]

Population Population trend[9][10][11] Census Population Change (%) 2016 1,129 0.4% 2011 1,134 5.2% 2006 1,196 (adjusted) 2006 1,660 6.2% 2001 1,769 7.0% 1996 1,902 0.2% 1991 1,905 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016)[11] Language Population Pct (%) French only 1,000 93.0% English only 70 6.5% Other languages 0 0.0% Both English and French 5 0.5%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

References