Saint-Quentin St. Quentin
Parish
Location within Restigouche County.
Coordinates: 47°45′36″N 67°50′33″W / 47.76°N 67.8425°W / 47.76; -67.8425
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Restigouche
Erected	1921
Area [1]
• Land	2,474.01 km2 (955.22 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	1,504
• Density	0.6/km2 (2/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	1.8%
• Dwellings	688
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the town of Saint-Quentin

Saint-Quentin is a civil parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.^[4]

For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Saint-Quentin,^[5] the incorporated rural community of Kedgwick,^[5] and the Northwest rural district,^[6] both members of the Northwest Rural Service Commission.^[7]

Before the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between a much smaller town of Saint-Quentin and local service districts of St. Martin de Restigouche and the parish of Saint-Quentin.^[8] In the reform, St. Martin de Restigouche was annexed by Saint-Quentin while the parish LSD was divided by the town, rural community, and rural district.

Origin of name

The parish was named for the Battle of St. Quentin, an Allied victory during the First World War.^[9]

History

Saint-Quentin was erected in 1921 from Grimmer Parish.^[10]

Boundaries

Saint-Quentin Parish is bounded:^[2][11][12]

• on the north by the Quebec provincial border;
• on the east by a line beginning on the Patapedia River at a point due north^[a] of where the southern boundary of Grimmer Parish strikes the Restigouche River slightly upstream of the mouth of Seven Mile Brook, then running due south to Restigouche River, then running easterly along the prolongation of the southern line of a grant to Paul Berube on the eastern side of Route 17, about 3 kilometres north of Chemin 36 No. 1, the Berube grant, and the prolongation easterly to a point about 4.9 kilometres east of Range 9 & 10 Road, then south-southeasterly along a line running from the mouth of Upper Thorn Point Brook on the Restigouche through the former Intercolonial Railway station in Whites Brook and to the Victoria County line;
• on the southwest by the Victoria and Madawaska County lines;
• on the west by Quebec.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish.^[11][12][13] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Bodies of water

Bodies of water^[b] at least partly within the parish.^[11][12][13]

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.^{[11][12][13][14]}

Demographics

Parish population total does not include the town of Saint-Quentin

Population

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick[21][22]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2016		1,520		1,495		98.4%		15		1.0%		5		0.3%		5		0.3%
2011		1,480		1,450	1.0%	97.97%		20	71.4%	1.35%		5	n/a%	0.34%		5	93.8%	0.34%
2006		1,585		1,435	6.2%	90.54%		70	n/a%	4.42%		0	100.0%	0.00%		80	n/a%	5.05%
2001		1,540		1,530	1.0%	99.35%		0	100.0%	0.00%		10	n/a%	0.65%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		0		1,515	n/a	0.00%		35	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:^[23]