Shediac is a civil parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2]

Shediac
Parish
Location within Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46.19°N 64.60°W / 46.19; -64.60
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Westmorland County
Erected	1827
Area [1]
• Land	178.79 km2 (69.03 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	5,144
• Density	28.8/km2 (75/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	7.4%
• Dwellings	2,976
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the city of Dieppe, the town of Shediac, the village of Cap-Pelé, and the rural community of Beaubassin East

For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Shediac, the village of Cap-Pelé, the incorporated rural community of Beaubassin East;,[3] and the local service districts of Grande-Digue, Pointe-du-Chêne, Scoudouc, Scoudouc Road, Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, Shediac Cape, and the parish of Shediac.[4]

All governance units are members of the Southeast Regional Service Commission.[5]

Origin of name

The parish's name comes the community of Shediac, itself from a corruption of Mi'kmaq Es-ed-ei'-ik, translated by Rand as "running far back." There was a Fort Shediac mentioned in documents around 1755, on the mainland opposite Shediac Island.[6]

History

Shediac was erected in 1827 from Dorchester and Sackville Parishes.[7]

In 1894 the existing boundaries were declared retroactive to the parish's erection.[8]

In 1904 the boundary with Botsford Parish was clarified.[9]

Boundaries

Shediac Parish is bounded:[2][10][11]

• on the north by the Kent County line and Northumberland Strait;
• on the east by a line beginning about 375 metres east of the mouth of the Tedish River and running south 4º 30' west[lower-alpha 1] to a point about 1.6 kilometres northwesterly of the junction of Chemin des Moulins and Route 940 and about 450 metres from Square Lake;
• on the south by the prolongation of a line running south 83º 45' east[lower-alpha 2] from the southern side of the mouth of Fox Creek;
• on the west by a line beginning about 1.3 kilometres east of the Memramcook River, at the prolongation of the southwestern line of a grant to Columb Connor on Route 134, then running northwesterly along the prolongation, the Connor grant, and its northwesterly prolongation to the Kent County line.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish.[10][11][15] bold indicates an incorporated municipality or rural community; italics indicate a name no longer in official use

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[lower-alpha 3] at least partly within the parish.[10][11][15]

Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish.[10][11][15]

• Shediac Island
• Skull Island

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[10][11][15]

• Cormier Aerodrome
• Parlee Beach Provincial Park[16]
• Scoudouc Industrial Park
• Shediac Bridge Aerodrome

Demographics

Parish population total does not include the town of Shediac and portions within Dieppe, Cap-Pelé, and Beaubassin East

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[20]

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick
• Greater Shediac

Notes

References

External links

• Rural community of Beaubassin East
• Village of Cap-Pelé
• City of Dieppe
• District de services locaux de Grande-Digue
• Town of Shediac