Lorne Parish, New Brunswick

Lorne
Parish

Location within Victoria County, New Brunswick.
Coordinates: 47°07′03″N 67°07′12″W / 47.1175°N 67.12°W / 47.1175; -67.12
Country  Canada
Province  New Brunswick
County Victoria
Established 1871
Area[1]
 • Land 1,640.36 km2 (633.35 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 518
 • Density 0.3/km2 (0.8/sq mi)
 • Pop 2006-2011 Decrease 16.0%
 • Dwellings 434
Time zone AST (UTC-4)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-3)

Lorne is a Canadian parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick.[2]

Its population in the 2011 Census was 518.

Delineation

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

Northeasterly and northerly by Northumberland and Restigouche Counties; south by Gordon Parish; and northwesterly by the prolongation to the county of Restigouche of the line forming the northwesterly boundary of Gordon Parish, which runs a course north forty-five degrees east from the point on the Royal Road[lower-alpha 1] eight miles north of the Tobique River.

Communities

  • Blue Mountain Bend
  • Burntland Brook
  • Enterprise
  • Everett
  • Haley Brook
  • Mapleview
  • Nictau

Demographics

Population

Population trend[4]

Census Population Change (%)
2011 518 Decrease0.16%
2006 617 Decrease0.8%
2001 622 Decrease9.5%
1996 687 Decrease2.3%
1991 703 N/A

Language

Mother tongue language (2011)[1]

Language Population Pct (%)
English only 446
French only 65
Both English and French 5
Other languages 5

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Royal Road does not appear on provincial highway maps but does appear on cadastral land grant maps.

References

  1. 1 2 3 2011 Statistics Canada Census Profile: Lorne Parish, New Brunswick
  2. ↑ New Brunswick Provincial Archives - Lorne 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: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census


 Saint-Quentin Parish
(Restigouche County)		 Eldon Parish
(Restigouche County)		 Northesk Parish
(Northumberland County)
Denmark Parish Southesk Parish
(Northumberland County)
   Lorne Parish  
Gordon Parish


Coordinates: 47°07′03″N 67°07′12″W / 47.11750°N 67.12000°W / 47.11750; -67.12000 (Lorne Parish, New Brunswick)

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