Lac Baker Parish, New Brunswick

Lac-Baker
Parish


Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47°22′N 68°41′W / 47.36°N 68.68°W / 47.36; -68.68
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Madawaska
Established 1938
Area[1]
  Land 24.29 km2 (9.38 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 5
  Density 0.2/km2 (0.5/sq mi)
  Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 83.3%
  Dwellings 4
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
  Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Lac Baker is a Canadian parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick.[2]

Delineation

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

Beginning at a point in the New Brunswick-Quebec Boundary line where it is intersected by the northwesterly prolongation of the west limit of Range Three west of Baker Lake thence southeasterly along said prolongation and said limit of Range Three to the southwest angle of lot No. 40 in Range Three, thence in a northeasterly direction along the southwest limit of said lot No. 40 to the western limit of Range Two thence southeasterly along said western limit of Range Two to the western limit of lots in the Second Tier west of Caron Brook thence along the said western limit to the northwest angle of lot No. 15 granted to Joseph Souci and thence easterly along the northern limit of said lot No. 15, lot Letter “I” granted to George Carriveau and the northern limit of the lots fronting on the St. John River to the southeast angle of lot No. 1 east side of Caron Brook, thence northerly along the east limit of lots fronting on the east side of Caron Brook to the northeast angle of lot No. 9 granted to Louis Lavoie, thence westerly along the north limit of said lot No. 9 to the northeast limit of lot No. 10 E thence northwesterly along said limit of said lot No. 10 E to the southwest angle of lot letter “D” granted to Thomas Ouellette thence northeasterly along the southeast limit of said lot Letter “D” and lot Letter “C” to the eastern limit of Range Four Val-Nadeau[lower-alpha 1] thence northwesterly along said limit of Range Four, to the northeast angle of lot No. 17 in Range Four, thence southwesterly along the northwest limit of lot No. 17 to the east limit of Range Five, thence northwesterly along said limit of Range Five to the northeast angle of lot No. 33 in Range Five, thence southwesterly along the northwest limit of said lot No. 33 to the east limit of lots fronting on the east side of Baker Lake, thence northwesterly along the said limit to the New Brunswick-Quebec Boundary line thence westerly along the said boundary line to the place of beginning.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold) and communities within their respective boundaries (in italics).

Demographics

Population

Canada census – Lac Baker Parish, New Brunswick community profile
2011 2006 2001
Population: 5 (-83.3% from 2006) 566 (+16.0% from 2001) 488 (+3.4% from 1996)
Land area: 24.29 km2 (9.38 sq mi) 57.38 km2 (22.15 sq mi) 57.38 km2 (22.15 sq mi)
Population density: 0.2/km2 (0.52/sq mi) 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi) 8.5/km2 (22/sq mi)
Median age: N/A (M: , F: ) 50.3 (M: 50.5, F: 50.2) 44.0 (M: 43.9, F: 44.2)
Total private dwellings: 4 444 447
Median household income: $.N/A $53,676 $33,724
Notes: 2011 income data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons. – References: 2011[1] 2006[4] 2001[5]
Historical Census Data - Lac-Baker Parish, New Brunswick[6]
YearPop.±%
1991 508    
1996 472−7.1%
YearPop.±%
2001 488+3.4%
2006 566+16.0%
YearPop.±%
2006A 30−94.7%
2011 5−83.3%
(A) adjustment due to boundary change.

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Lac-Baker Parish, New Brunswick
2011 language data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.[6]
Census Total
French
English
French & English
Other
Year Responses Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop % Count Trend Pop %
2011
n/a
n/a Steady 0.0% 0.00% n/a Steady 0.0% 0.00% n/a Steady 0.0% 0.00% n/a Steady 0.0% 0.00%
2006
570
520 Increase 9.6% 0.00% 50 Increase 70.0% 0.00% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00%
2001
485
470 Increase 1.1% 96.91% 15 Increase 33.3% 3.09% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00% 0 Steady 0.0% 0.00%
1996
475
465 n/a 97.89% 10 n/a 2.11% 0 n/a 0.00% 0 n/a 0.00%

See also

Footnotes

  1. Actually Nadeau Settlement; the confusion is caused by the community of Val-Nadeau which is within that settlement.

References

  1. 1 2 3 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Lac-Baker Parish, New Brunswick
  2. New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Lac-Baker Parish
  3. "Territorial Division Act (R.S.N.B. 1973, c. T-3)". Government of New Brunswick website. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  5. "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  6. 1 2 Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census



Coordinates: 47°21′36″N 68°40′48″W / 47.36000°N 68.68000°W / 47.36000; -68.68000 (Lac-Baker Parish, New Brunswick)

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