Gordon Parish, New Brunswick

Gordon
Parish

Location within Victoria County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46°50′15″N 67°22′57″W / 46.8375°N 67.3825°W / 46.8375; -67.3825
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Victoria
Established 1863
Area[1]
 • Land 1,431.61 km2 (552.75 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,567
 • Density 1.1/km2 (3/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 12.3%
 • Dwellings 793
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Gordon is a parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.[2] Its population in the 2011 Census was 1,567.

Delineation

Gordon Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] as being bounded:

Southerly and southeasterly by Carleton and York Counties; easterly by Northumberland County; north by a line run true east and west from the foot of Long Island,[lower-alpha 1] in the Tobique River; and westerly by a line commencing at a point where the Royal Road[lower-alpha 2] intersects the line between the counties of Carleton and Victoria; and running along the said Royal Road northerly to a point eight miles north of the Tobique river; thence a course north forty-five degrees east, until it strikes the north boundary of the parish.

Communities

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

Demographics

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2006 1,786 Decrease3.1%
2001 1,844 Decrease6.6%
1996 1,975 Increase1.8%
1991 1,940 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

Language Population Pct (%)
English only 1,680 95.19%
French only 65 3.68%
Other languages 20 1.13%
Both English and French 0 0.00%

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The line now runs from the foot of an unnamed island downriver of Long Island; apparently Long Island has broken into several islands since the parish was erected.
  2. ↑ The Royal Road does not appear on provincial road maps but does appear on cadastral land grant maps.

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Gordon Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Gordon Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Gordon Parish, New Brunswick


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(Carleton County)


Coordinates: 46°50′15″N 67°22′57″W / 46.83750°N 67.38250°W / 46.83750; -67.38250 (Gordon Parish, New Brunswick)

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