Moncton Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the parish. For the city, see Moncton.

Moncton
Parish
Location within Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Location within Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Westmorland County
Established	1835
Area
• Land	579.50 km2 (223.75 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	9,421
• Density	16.3/km2 (42/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	6.3%
• Dwellings	3,766
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Moncton is a Canadian parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.

Delineation

Moncton Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as:

East by Shediac Parish; north by the County line, west by that part of the east line of the grant to Martin Gay and associates, which lies north of Petitcodiac River; and the northerly prolongation thereof, to the County line; southerly by the Petitcodiac River and Dorchester Parish.

— Territorial Division Act

History

The parish was established in 1765 as Monckton Township in the province of Nova Scotia and named for Robert Monckton (1726-1782), who was a distinguished soldier and civil servant: established as Moncton Parish in New Brunswick in 1786: part of the Parish of Dorchester was annexed by Moncton Parish in 1835.

Communities

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

• Allison
• Ammon
• Berry Mills
• Boundary Creek
• Canaan
• Cape Breton
• Dieppe
• Gallagher Ridge
• Greater Lakeburn
• Indian Mountain

• Irishtown
• Lakeville
• LeBlancville
• Lutesville
• McQuade
• Meadow Brook
• Melanson Settlement
• Moncton
• New Scotland
• O'Neil

• Pacific Junction
• Painsec
• Painsec Junction
• Red Oak Subdivision
• Scotch Settlement
• Shaw Brook
• Steeves Mountain
• Stilesville

Demographics

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1991	8,268	—
1996	8,669	+4.9%
2001	8,741	+0.8%
2006	8,861	+1.4%
2011	9,421	+6.3%

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)

Language	Population	Pct (%)
French only		N/A%
English only		N/A%
Both English and French	0	0.00%
Other languages	0	0.00%

Access routes

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

• Highways
  • Route 2 (TCH)
  • Route 11
  • Route 15

• Principal Routes
  • Route 106
  • Route 115
  • Route 126
  • Route 128
  • Route 132
  • Route 134

• Secondary Routes:
  • Route 490

• External Routes:
  • None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick