Grand Falls Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the town, see Grand Falls, New Brunswick.

Grand Falls is a geographic parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada;^[2] the legal name in French is Grand-Sault,^[3] the only parish with different legal English and French names.^[a]

Grand Falls
Parish
Location within Victoria County, New Brunswick. map shows pre-1913 boundaries
Coordinates: 46.935°N 67.74°W / 46.935; -67.74
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Victoria
Erected	1853
Area [1]
• Land	158.09 km2 (61.04 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	1,077
• Density	6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	2.9%
• Dwellings	488
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the town of Grand Falls

For governance purposes it is entirely within the town of Grand Falls,^[4] which is a member of the Northwest Regional Service Commission.^[5]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the town of Grand Falls was much smaller in area and the remainder of the parish formed the local service district of the parish of Grand Falls.^[6]

The town of Grand Falls is treated separately from the parish in the Territorial Division Act,^[2] the only instance of a municipality being separated from a parish. The town's modern municipal boundaries extend well beyond its description in the TDA.^[7]

Origin of name

The parish was named for the waterfall located in the modern town of Grand Falls.^[8]

History

Grand Falls was erected in 1853 from all of Andover Parish north of the Aroostook River and all of Perth Parish north of a line due east from the northwest angle of the Tobique Indian Reserve.^[9] The parish included all or most of Denmark, Drummond, and Lorne Parishes, as well as parts of Gordon and Saint-André Parishes.

In 1862 the boundary with Saint-Léonard Parish was altered.^[10]

In 1864 part of Grand Falls was included in the newly erected Gordon Parish, which included Lorne Parish.^[11]

In 1872 all of Grand Falls east of the Saint John River was erected as Drummond Parish.^[12]

In 1913 Grand Falls Parish was legally separated from the town of Grand Falls.^[13]

Boundaries

Grand Falls Parish is bounded:^{[2][14][15][16]}

• on the northeast and east by the Saint John River;
• on the south by the Aroostook River;
• on the west by the American border;
• excluding Grand Falls Town.^[b] Grand Falls Town has much smaller boundaries than the municipality of Grand Falls,^[17] containing only the Town Plat of Colebrook, which has Everard H. Daigle Boulevard and Harley Hill Street as its northern and southern boundaries and extends almost as far west as the end of Nowlan Street, and the Stewart Grant, which goes north about twice the distance between Everard H. Daigle Boulevard and Avenue 5ième and extends as far back as the junction of Caswell and Coldbrook Streets.

Communities

• Argosy
• Costigan
• Four Falls
• Gillespie Settlement
• Grand Falls Portage
• Limestone
• Lower California
• Lower Portage
• McCluskey
• Morrell
• Ortonville
• Upper California
• Grand Falls
  • Colebrooke West

Bodies of water

Bodies of water^[c] at least partly in the parish:^[14][15][16]

• Aroostook River
• Saint John River
  • Rapide de Femme
• Four Falls Stream
• Limestone Stream
• Costigan Lake
• McCullion Lake
• Mud Lake
• Piries Lake
• Round Lake

Demographics

Parish population total does not include portion within Grand Falls

Population Population trend[18][19][20] Census Population Change (%) 2016 1,109 5.4% 2011 1,172 1.3% 2006 1,188 4.0% 2001 1,238 2.2% 1996 1,211 4.4% 1991 1,160 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016)[20] Language Population Pct (%) English only 700 63.4% French only 385 34.8% Both English and French 20 1.8% Other languages 0 0%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. Sainte-Marie Parish in Kent County is often written Saint Mary in English but this is not its legal form.
2. This is the only instance in the Territorial Division Act where a town is legally separate from its parish.
3. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

1. "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
2. "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
3. "Chapitre T-3: Loi sur la division territoriale" (in French). Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
4. "Northwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 1". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
5. "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
6. "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
7. "Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
8. Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. pp. 236–237. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
9. "15 Vic. c. 35 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Andover, the County of Victoria, into a separate Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Year 1852. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1852. p. 55. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
10. "25 Vic. c. 46 An Act to alter the Boundary Line between the Parishes of Grand Falls and Saint Leonard, in the County of Victoria.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in March and April 1862. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1862. p. 117. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
11. "26 Vic. c. 44 An Act to erect parts of the Parishes of Grand Falls, Perth, and Saint Leonard, in the County of Victoria, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Month of April, 1863. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1863. p. 101. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
12. "35 Vic. c. 34 An Act to erect part of the Parish of Grand Falls in the County of Victoria, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Month of April 1872. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1872. pp. 67–68. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
13. "2 Geo. V c. 4 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the division of the province into counties, towns and parishes, so far as relates to the County of Victoria.". New Brunswick Acts of the Legislative Assembly Passed in the Months of March and April, 1912. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1912. pp. 22–24.
14. "No. 54". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 63 and 72 at same site.
15. "178" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 23 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 193, 208, and 223 at same site.
16. "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
17. "New Brunswick Regulation 85-6 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 85-45)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
18. Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
19. 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Grand Falls Parish, New Brunswick
20. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Grand Falls, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

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