Acadieville Parish

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and census subdivision. For the community, see Acadieville, New Brunswick.

Acadieville is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.^[4]

Acadieville
Parish
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 46.73°N 65.265°W / 46.73; -65.265
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Kent County
Erected	1876
Area [1]
• Land	332.08 km2 (128.22 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	752
• Density	2.3/km2 (6/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	6.1%
• Dwellings	381
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include the portion within the village of Rogersville

For governance purposes it is almost entirely within the village of Nouvelle-Arcadie,^[5] with a small area on the eastern boundary part of the Kent rural district,^[a] both of which are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission.^[6]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of Rogersville^[7] and the local service district of the parish of Acadieville, which included an area with reduced services named Acadie Siding.^[8]

Origin of name

William F. Ganong considered the name's origin to be obviously from Acadie.^[9]

History

Acadieville was erected in 1876 from Carleton Parish.^[10]

Acadieville Parish was first settled in 1868 by Acadian settlers who rushed to claim the provincial Crown Lands after it was revealed that the surveyed route for the Intercolonial Railway would pass through the area.

In 1869, the Intercolonial Railway's route was modified and it was constructed approximately 10 kilometres to the west.

Boundaries

Acadieville Parish is bounded:^{[2][11][12][13]}

• on the northwest by the Northumberland County line;
• on the east by the eastern line of a grant in Saint-Luc prolonged southerly to the Saint-Louis Parish line and northerly to the Northumberland County line;
• on the southeast by a line running south 75º 30' west^[b] from the corner of a grant west of Route 11 near Saint-Théodule in Saint-Louis Parish to the northern line of Weldford Parish, at a point about 3.25 kilometres west of Route 126;
• on the south by the northern line of Weldford Parish, which is a line due west from the northernmost corner of the Richibucto 15 Indian reserve;
• on the west by a line running north 22º west, based on the magnet of 1867,^[c] from a point on the Westmorland County line twenty miles (32.2 kilometres) west of the northern tip of Shediac Island.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish;^[11][12][13] bold indicates a municipality

• Acadie Siding
• Acadieville
• Barrieau
• Block 14
• Centre-Acadie
• Noinville
• Pineau
• Richard-Village
• Rogersville
• Saint-Athanase
• Saint-Luc
• Vautour
• Village-Saint-Jean
• Village-Saint-Pierre

Bodies of water

Bodies of water^[d] at least partly in the parish:^[11][12][13]

• Barnaby River
• Bay du Vin River
• Kouchibouguac River

Demographics

Population totals do not include the village of Rogersville. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Population Population trend[16] Census Population Change (%) 2016 709 4.7% 2011 744 9.9% 2006 826 12.5% 2001 944 6.9% 1996 1,014 1.5% 1991 1,029 N/A

Language Mother tongue (2016)[17] Language Population Pct (%) French only 615 87.23% English only 75 10.64% Both English and French 10 1.42% Other languages 5 0.71%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. Map of Nouvelle-Arcadie still visible as a thumbnail shows the current and previous governance boundaries.^[5]
2. By the magnet of 1857,^[14] when declination in the area was between 21º and 22º west of north.^[15]
3. When declination in the area was about 21º west of north.^[15]
4. Not including brooks, ponds or coves.