Dumbarton
Location within Charlotte County.
Location within Charlotte County.
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyCharlotte County
Erected1856
Area
 • Land373.20 km2 (144.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total346
 • Density0.9/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Change 2016-2021
Increase 3.3%
 • Dwellings
182
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Dumbarton is a civil parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada,[4] located inland north of St. George and south of Harvey.

For governance purposes, the entire parish is part of the Southwest rural district,[5] which is a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission.[6]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised a single local service district (LSD), which was a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC).[7]

The Census subdivision of the same name shares the parish's boundaries.[1]

Origin of name

The parish may have been named for the town of Dumbarton, Scotland,[8] although William Francis Ganong considered this uncertain.

History

Dumbarton was erected from northern Saint Patrick Parish in 1856.[9]

It included a small triangle of Saint Croix Parish southwest of the junction of Wilson Road and Route 127 until 1958.[10]

Boundaries

Dumbarton Parish is bounded:[2][11][12]

Local service district

The local service district of the parish of Dumbarton comprised the entire parish.[13]

The LSD was established in 1969 to assess for community services,[14] in this case to provide ambulance service after local funeral homes ceased doing so.[15] Fire protection was added in 1970.[16]

In 2021, the LSD assessed for only the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.[17] The taxing authority is 510.00 Dumbarton.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish.[11][12][18]

Bodies of water

Bodies of water[a] at least partly within the parish.[11][12][18]

Islands

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.[11][12][18]

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Dumbarton community profile
202120162011
Population346 (+3.3% from 2016)335 (-9.0% from 2011)368 (+3.4% from 2006)
Land area373.20 km2 (144.09 sq mi)374.43 km2 (144.57 sq mi)375.08 km2 (144.82 sq mi)
Population density0.9/km2 (2.3/sq mi)0.9/km2 (2.3/sq mi)1.0/km2 (2.6/sq mi)
Median age50.4 (M: 50.0, F: 52.0)51.3 (M: 49.0, F: 52.1)48.4 (M: 47.8, F: 48.6)
Private dwellings182 (total)  158 (occupied)195 (total)  204 (total) 
Median household income$60,800$46,784$.N/A
Notes: 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
References: 2021[19] 2016[20] 2011[21] earlier[22][23]
Historical Census Data - Dumbarton Parish, New Brunswick
YearPop.±%
1991 426—    
1996 447+4.9%
YearPop.±%
2001 430−3.8%
2006 356−17.2%
YearPop.±%
2011 368+3.4%
2016 335−9.0%
[24][25]

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Dumbarton Parish, New Brunswick[24]
Census Total
English
French
English & French
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2011
375
360 Increase 4.2% 96.00% 15 Increase n/a% 4.00% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00% 0 Decrease 100.0% 0.00%
2006
355
345 Decrease 19.8% 97.18% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00% 10 Increase n/a% 2.82%
2001
430
430 Decrease 3.4% 100.00% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00%
1996
445
445 n/a 100.00% 0 n/a 0.00% 0 n/a 0.00% 0 n/a 0.00%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[26]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Not including brooks, ponds or coves.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  4. ^ The Territorial Division Act[2] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of Saint John and Fredericton, and one town of Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act[3] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
  5. ^ "Southwest Regional Service Commission: RD 10". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Communities in each of the 12 Regional Service Commissions (RSC) / Les communautés dans chacune des 12 Commissions de services régionaux (CSR)" (PDF), Government of New Brunswick, July 2017, retrieved 1 February 2021
  8. ^ Ganong, William F. (1896). A Monograph of the Place-Nomenclature of the Province of New Brunswick. Royal Society of Canada. p. 231. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  9. ^ "19 Vic. c. 25 An Act to erect the upper part of the Parish of Saint Patrick, in the County of Charlotte, into a separate Town or Parish.". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick, Passed in the Months of March, April, and May 1856. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1856. pp. 42–43. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  10. ^ "7 Elizabeth II, 1958, c. 56 An Act to Amend the Territorial Division Act". Acts of the Legislature of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1958. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1958. pp. 117–119.
  11. ^ a b c d "No. 145". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 3 July 2021. Remainder of parish on maps 146, 153, 154, and 161 at same site.
  12. ^ a b c d "440" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 3 July 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 441, 455, 456, 468, 469, and 479 at same site.
  13. ^ "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Regulation 69–17 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 69–161)". The Royal Gazette. Fredericton. 127: 149. 12 March 1969.
  15. ^ "St. Stephen – Milltown Ambulance Brigade". The New Brunswick Municipal Monthly. Fredericton, NB: Department of Municipal Affairs. 25 (3): 5. March 1969.
  16. ^ "Regulation 70–63 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 70–385)". The Royal Gazette. Fredericton. 128: 343–344. 17 June 1970.
  17. ^ "2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick" (PDF). Department of Environment and Local Government. p. 55. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  18. ^ a b c "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  19. ^ "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  20. ^ "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  21. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  22. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
  23. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
  24. ^ a b Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
  25. ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census Dumbarton, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  26. ^ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 4, 12



45°23′42″N 67°04′26″W / 45.394954°N 67.073765°W / 45.394954; -67.073765 (Dumbarton Parish, New Brunswick)