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

Saint-Charles St. Charles
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46.67°N 64.98°W / 46.67; -64.98
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kent County
Erected	1909
Area [1]
• Land	175.07 km2 (67.59 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	2,024
• Density	11.6/km2 (30/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	1.4%
• Dwellings	1,025
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

For governance purposes it is divided between the local service districts of Aldouane and the parish of Saint-Charles, both of which are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission (KRSC).[3]

Origin of name

The parish may take its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish of Saint-Charles-Borromée.

History

Saint-Charles was erected in 1909 from parts of Richibucto and Saint-Louis Parishes.[4]

Boundaries

Saint-Charles Parish is bounded:[2][5][6][7]

• on the west and north by a line beginning where the Canadian National Railway crosses the northern line of Weldford Parish, which runs due west from the northernmost corner of the Richibucto 15 Indian reserve, and running northeasterly to the rear line of a grant on the Kouchibouguacis River, then generally easterly along the rear of grants along the river to the rear line of grants along the Saint-Charles River, near Route 134, and the prolongation of the rear line of the Saint-Charles River grants northeasterly to Saint-Louis Bay, then out through the gully near Terre-Noire Point and Kouchibouguac Bay to Northumberland Strait;
• on the east by Northumberland Strait;
• on the southeast by a line through Richibucto Harbour and up Northwest Branch to the mouth of Thomas Brook, then northwesterly to the northern line of a grant on the northern line of the town of Richibucto, then southwesterly along the grant to its westernmost corner, about midway between Route 11 and Route 134, and from there southwest to the northern line of Weldford Parish, near Aldouane Station Cross Road;
• on the south by the northern line of Weldford Parish.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish;[5][6][7] italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[lower-alpha 1] at least partly in the parish:[5][6][7]

Conservation areas

Parks, historic sites, and related entities in the parish.[5][6][7]

• Kouchibouguac National Park

Demographics

Population Population trend[8][9][10] Census Population Change (%) 2016 1,997 0.8% 2011 1,982 5.3% 2006 2,093 0.1% 2001 2,095 2.2% 1996 2,142 1.9% 1991 2,102 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016)[10] Language Population Pct (%) French only 1,630 81.5% English only 305 15.2% Both English and French 45 2.3% Other languages 20 1.0%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

References