Brighton Parish, New Brunswick

Brighton
Parish

Location within Carleton County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46°21′18″N 67°21′36″W / 46.355°N 67.36°W / 46.355; -67.36
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Carleton
Established 1830
Area[1]
 • Land 508.34 km2 (196.27 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,764
 • Density 3.5/km2 (9/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 3.8%
 • Dwellings 807
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Brighton is a Canadian parish in Carleton County, New Brunswick.[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 1,764.

Delineation

Brighton Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[3] as being bounded:

South-east by the County line; south by Northampton Parish; westerly by the Saint John River, and northerly and northwesterly by a line commencing at the upper line of lot number sixty-one, granted to John Flanagan in the grant to William Turner and others, and its easterly prolongation, until it meets the rear line of the first tier of lots on the north side of the Becaguimec River; thence along the said rear line and its prolongation north-easterly to the Cold Stream; and thence following the centre of the same up stream to the southerly boundary of Aberdeen Parish; and thence easterly along the boundary of Aberdeen Parish to the County line.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold):

  • East Cloverdale
  • Esdraelon
  • Hartland
  • Howard Brook
  • Jericho
  • Lower Brighton
  • Lower Windsor
  • Mainstream
  • Mountain View
  • Pole Hill
  • Shewan
  • Simonds
  • South Knowlesville
  • Windsor

Demographics

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2006 1,834 Decrease3.0%
2001 1,891 Decrease1.4%
1996 1,918 Increase1.8%
1991 1,885 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

Language Population Pct (%)
English only 1,820 100.00%
French only 0 0.00%
Both English and French 0 0.00%
Other languages 0 0.00%

See also

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Brighton Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Brighton Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ 2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Brighton Parish, New Brunswick


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   Brighton Parish  
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Southampton Parish (York County)


Coordinates: 46°21′18″N 67°21′36″W / 46.35500°N 67.36000°W / 46.35500; -67.36000 (Brighton Parish, New Brunswick)

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