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Grand Manan is a geographic parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada,[2] comprising one village and part of a rural district; the rural district portion was formerly a local service district (LSD); both of which are members of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC).[3] The parish includes Grand Manan Island and numerous lesser islands, only one of which has permanent year-round inhabitants.
Grand Manan Parish
Paroisse de Grand Manan | |
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![]() Location within Charlotte County, New Brunswick | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
County | Charlotte |
Erected | 1816 |
Area | |
• Land | 5.96 km2 (2.30 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 139 |
• Density | 23.3/km2 (60/sq mi) |
• Change 2016-2021 | ![]() |
• Dwellings | 106 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
Figures do not include the village of Grand Manan, which includes all of the parish other than White Head Island |
Confusion is sometimes caused by other uses of the name: epenthesis of Grand Manan Island to Grand Manan; the village of Grand Manan; the census subdivision of Grand Manan Parish, which includes only White Head Island; and the assumption of an LSD with the name of Grand Manan, which never existed.
The parish takes its name from Grand Manan Island, which is often shortened to Grand Manan. Ganong gives the origin of the island's name as Mun-aa-nook', his transcription of the locative form of the Passamaquoddy word for island, combined with the French adjective grand used on some early French maps of the area.[4]
The parish was erected in 1816 from West Isles Parish as Grand-Manan, to include "Grand-Manan with its appurtenances".[5]
The hyphen was dropped from the name in 1850[6] and appurtenances was clarified in 1877,[7] implicitly adding Machias Seal Island to the parish.[lower-alpha 1]
Grand Manan Parish includes the main island and all islands to the south and west.[2][8][9]
The village of Grand Manan was formed in 1995[10] and includes all of the parish except White Head Island.[11]
White Head Island comprised only that island.[12]
The LSD was established in 1979 to assess for fire protection,[13] making it the last inhabited part of the parish to become part of a village or LSD.
In 2021, the LSD assessed for only the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[14] The taxing authority was 521.00 White Head Island.
Since the beginning of 2023, it forms part of the Southwest rural district.[15]
Before 1995 Grand Manan Island comprised three villages and two LSDs. Running clockwise from the northern end of the island, these were:
Communities within the parish.[8][9][16] all communities except White Head are part of the village of Grand Manan
Bodies of water[lower-alpha 2] within the parish.[8][9][16]
Islands within the parish.[8][9][16]
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places within the parish.[8][9][16][17][18]
Population totals do not include the village of Grand Manan
2021 | 2016 | 2011 | |
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Population | 139 (-4.1% from 2016) | 145 (-10.5% from 2011) | 162 (-14.7% from 2006) |
Land area | 5.96 km2 (2.30 sq mi) | 6.05 km2 (2.34 sq mi) | 6.20 km2 (2.39 sq mi) |
Population density | 23.3/km2 (60/sq mi) | 24.0/km2 (62/sq mi) | 26.1/km2 (68/sq mi) |
Median age | 49.2 (M: 53.6, F: 44.8) | 52.5 (M: 50.2, F: 56.5) | 49.0 (M: 45.5, F: 52.0) |
Private dwellings | 106 (total) 68 (occupied) | 103 (total) | 100 (total) |
Median household income | $80,640 | $.N/A |
Canada Census Mother Tongue - Grand Manan Parish, New Brunswick[24] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Census | Total | English |
French |
English & French |
Other | |||||||||||||
Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | |||||
2011 |
170 |
160 | ![]() |
94.12% | 5 | ![]() |
2.94% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 5 | ![]() |
2.94% | |||||
2006 |
195 |
195 | ![]() |
100.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | |||||
2001 |
190 |
180 | ![]() |
94.74% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
0.00% | 10 | ![]() |
5.26% | |||||
1996 |
130 |
130 | n/a | 100.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% |
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