Saint-Marie (originally Saint Mary),[lower-alpha 1] is a civil parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Saint-Marie Saint Mary, St. Mary, Ste. Marie
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46.39°N 64.8725°W / 46.39; -64.8725
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kent
Erected	1867
Area [1]
• Land	238.32 km2 (92.02 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	1,991
• Density	8.4/km2 (22/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	1.0%
• Dwellings	956
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the village of Saint-Antoine

For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Saint-Antoine and the local service district of the parish of Saint Mary,[lower-alpha 2] both of which are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission (KRSC).[3]

Origin of name

The parish's name may have come from a church.[4]

History

Sainte-Marie was erected as Saint Mary in 1867 from Wellington Parish.[5]

In 1871 part of Sainte-Marie was returned to Wellington.[6]

In 1883 Sainte-Marie annexed part of Harcourt Parish east of the railway.[7]

In 1888 Saint-Paul Parish was erected from all of the parish west of McLaughlin Road.[8]

In 1973 the parish's name was legally changed to Sainte-Marie.[9]

Boundaries

Sainte-Marie Parish is bounded:[2][10][11][12]

• on the north by the prolongation of a line running south 68º west[lower-alpha 3] from the mouth of the Rivière Chockpish-nord to Route 490;
• on the east by a line beginning south of Renauds Mills Road, east of Saint-Antoine, then northwesterly straight along grant lines to the Little Buctouche River, then downriver past the prolongation of Chemin Yvon-à-Fred, then northwesterly along to the rear line of a tier of grants straddling Kay Road and across a Crown reserved road that continues Chemin Alban-Légère, then northeasterly along the northwestern side of the Crown reserved road to the eastern line of a grant that runs along part of Dunlop Road, then northwesterly along the grant line to the Buctouche River, then across the river and up Mill Creek to a grant line on the prolongation of Deep Gully Road, then northwesterly along the grant line to Girouardville Road, then southwesterly along Girouardville Road to the southernmost corner of a grant at the corner of Girouardville Road and Mill Creek Road, then northwesterly along the western line of the grant and its prolongation to Mill Creek, then upstream to the eastern line of a grant on the eastern side of Black River Road, then northwesterly along the grant line to Saint-Maurice Road, then southwesterly along Saint-Maurice Road to the western line of a small grant opposite the end of Black River Road, then northwesterly along the grant line and its prolongation to the rear line of grants along the Arsenault Settlement Road, then northeasterly to the western line of a grant that includes the junction of East Branch Road and Arsenault Settlement Road, then north to the northern line of the parish;
• on the south by a line beginning on the shore of Northumberland Strait near Bar-de-Cocagne, then running south 72º 30' west[lower-alpha 4] to the western line of a grant on the western side of the junction of Gérard Road and Robichaud Cross Road, a bit north of Robichaud Cross Road, then southwesterly along the grant line to the northwestern line of a grant straddling Gérard Road, part of a tier of grants on the northwestern side of Alexandrina Road, then southwesterly along the rear line of the tier and its prolongation to Route 490;
• on the west by Route 490.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish;[10][11][12] bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[lower-alpha 5] at least partly in the parish:[10][11][12]

• Buctouche River
• Little Buctouche River
• Mill Creek

Demographics

Parish population total does not include the village of Saint-Antoine

Population Population trend[17][18][19] Census Population Change (%) 2016 1,972 1.8% 2006 2,008 1.0% 2006 1,989 1.7% 2001 2,024 8.3% 1996 2,208 2.5% 1991 2,154 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016)[20][19] Language Population Pct (%) French only 1,605 81.5% English only 320 16.2% Other languages 30 1.5% Both English and French 15 0.8%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

References