Kingston Parish, New Brunswick

Kingston
Parish

Location within Kings County, New Brunswick.
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Kings County
Established 1786
Area[1]
 • Land 200.63 km2 (77.46 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 2,952
 • Density 14.7/km2 (38/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Increase 2.2%
 • Dwellings 1,549
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Kingston is a Canadian parish in Kings County, New Brunswick.[2]

History

Kingston Parish established in 1786: named for Kingston, Long Island, New York, and to express loyalty to the Crown: included Greenwich Parish, Norton Parish and part of Hampton Parish until 1795, and Kars Parish until 1859.

Delineation

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

Northwest by Belleisle Bay and Long Reach; southwest by Westfield Parish; southeast by the Kennebecasis Bay and River until it meets the line dividing lots numbered twelve and thirteen in the Kingston grant; thence northerly along said line and easterly along the rear of the said grant to the line between the lots numbered thirty-three and thirty-four therein; thence northwesterly along the prolongation of said line to the Springfield Parish line; thence southwesterly and northerly along said Springfield Parish line to Belleisle Bay, including Long Island, in the Kennebecasis River.

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Kingston, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. Non-fire related rescue was added in 2015. First aid and ambulance services (1976–2015) was formerly included.

Communities

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

  • Grey Mills
  • Kingston
  • Kingston Corner
  • Kingston Creek
  • Long Reach
  • Lower Kingston
  • Moss Glen
  • Perry Point
  • Renforth
  • Shampers
  • The Cedars
  • Waltons Lake
  • Whitehead
  • Whites Mills

Bodies of water & Islands

This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

Demographics

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2011 N/A
2006 2888 Decrease2.5%
2001 2817 Increase0.0%
1996 Decrease0.0%
1991 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2006)[5]

Language Population Pct (%)
French only %
English only %
Both English and French 0 0.00%
Other languages 0 0.00%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[6]

  • Highways
    • None
  • Principal Routes
    • None

  • External Routes:
    • None

See also

References

  1. 1 2 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Kingston Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Kingston Parish
  3. ↑ "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2001, 2006 census
  5. ↑ Profile: Kingston Parish, New Brunswick
  6. ↑ Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas ISBN 978-1-55368-618-7


 Greenwich Parish Kars Parish Springfield Parish
Norton Parish
   Kingston Parish  
Westfield Parish Rothesay Parish Hampton Parish


Coordinates: 45°30′13″N 65°59′34″W / 45.50358°N 65.992813°W / 45.50358; -65.992813 (Kingston Parish, New Brunswick)

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