Dundas Parish, New Brunswick
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Dundas is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.[4]
Dundas | |
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Coordinates: 46.27°N 64.86°W / 46.27; -64.86 | |
Country | Canada |
Province | New Brunswick |
County | Kent |
Erected | 1827 |
Area | |
• Land | 172.32 km2 (66.53 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 4,332 |
• Density | 25.1/km2 (65/sq mi) |
• Change 2016-2021 | 10.7% |
• Dwellings | 2,569 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Figures do not include portion within the rural community of Cocagne |
For governance purposes it is divided between the towns of Champdoré and Grand-Bouctouche and the rural communities of Beausoleil[5] and Maple Hills;[6] Maple Hills is a member of the Southeast Regional Service Commission, while the others belong to the Kent RSC.[7]
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of Saint-Antoine, the rural community of Cocagne and the local service districts of Grande-Digue, Grand Saint-Antoine, Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, the parish of Dundas, and (through its Saint-Grégoire special service area) the parish of Wellington.[8] Cocagne, Grande-Digue, and Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, and most of the Dundas Parish LSD are now part of Beausoleil, Saint-Antoine and Grand Saint-Antoine part of Champdoré, while the community of Dundas in the western end of the parish is part of Maple Hills.
The parish LSD was informally referred to as Notre-Dame after one its communities.