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Dufferin
Parish
Location within Charlotte County.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte County
Erected	1873
Area
• Land	12.34 km (4.76 sq mi)
Population
• Total	565
• Density	45.8/km (119/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	1.4%
• Dwellings	265
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

Dufferin is a geographic parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada, located east of St. Stephen.

For governance purposes, the entire parish is part of the town of the Municipal District of St. Stephen, which is a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission.

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).

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

Origin of name

The parish was named for the Earl of Dufferin, who was Governor General of Canada at time.

History

Dufferin was erected in 1873 from Saint Stephen Parish.

Boundaries

Dufferin Parish is bounded:

• on the north by the rear line of the tier of grants fronting on the St. Croix River and Pagans Cove;
• on the east by the mouth of Oak Bay;
• on the south by the St. Croix River;
• on the west by the Old Bay Road and Dennis Stream.

Local service district

The local service district of the parish of Dufferin comprised the entire parish.

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

In 2021, the LSD assesses for only the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control. The taxing authority is 509.00 Dufferin.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish.

• Champlain
• Crocker Hill
• The Ledge

Bodies of water

Bodies of water at least partly within the parish.

• St. Croix River
  • The Narrows
• Oak Bay

Demographics

Population

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Dufferin Parish, New Brunswick
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		575		545	3.7%	94.78%		15	33.3%	2.61%		0	0.0%	0.00%		15	n/a%	2.61%
2006		535		525	1.9%	98.13%		10	60.0%	1.87%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	100.0%	0.00%
2001		550		515	16.5%	93.64%		25	20.0%	4.54%		0	0.0%	0.00%		10	n/a%	1.82%
1996		450		430	n/a	95.56%		20	n/a	4.44%		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:

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes

1. Often cited as the 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, a title he didn't hold until 1888.
2. 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 5 June 2023.
3. "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
4. The Territorial Division Act divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of Saint John and Fredericton, and one town of Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
5. "Southwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 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. "36 Vic. c. 75 An Act to erect a part of the Parish of Saint Stephen, 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 1873. Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1873. pp. 253–254. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
10. ^ "No. 160". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 3 July 2021. Remainder of parish on map 161 at same site.
11. ^ "478" (PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 3 July 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 488 and 489 at same site.
12. "New Brunswick Regulation 84-168 under the Municipalities Act (O.C. 84-582)". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
13. "Regulation 69–17 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 69–161)". The Royal Gazette. 127. Fredericton: 149. 12 March 1969.
14. "St. Stephen – Milltown Ambulance Brigade". The New Brunswick Municipal Monthly. 25 (3). Fredericton, NB: Department of Municipal Affairs: 5. March 1969.
15. "Regulation 70–63 under the Municipalities Act (O. C. 70–385)". The Royal Gazette. 128. Fredericton: 343–344. 17 June 1970.
16. "2020 Local Government Statistics for New Brunswick" (PDF). Department of Environment and Local Government. p. 55. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
17. ^ "Search the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB)". Government of Canada. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
18. "2021 Community Profiles". 2021 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
19. "2016 Community Profiles". 2016 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
20. "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
21. ^ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census
22. "Census Profile, 2016 Census: Dufferin, Parish [Census subdivision], New Brunswick". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
23. Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7 Pages 4, 12

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45°10′46″N 67°12′37″W / 45.179496°N 67.210236°W / 45.179496; -67.210236 (Dufferin Parish, New Brunswick)

• Parishes of Charlotte County, New Brunswick
• Local service districts of Charlotte County, New Brunswick