West Isles
Deer Island | |
|---|---|
 Location within Charlotte County. | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Province |  New Brunswick |
| County | Charlotte County |
| Erected | 1786 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 38.32 km2 (14.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 718 |
| • Density | 18.7/km2 (48/sq mi) |
| • Change 2016-2021 |  9.9% |
| • Dwellings | 475 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
West Isles is a geographic parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.[5]
For governance purposes, it is part of the Southwest rural district,[6] which is a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission.[7]
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).[8]
The parish comprises dozens of offshore islands but only the largest, Deer Island, is inhabited. There are no bridges and only Deer Island has ferry service.
- ^ "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
cp2011-1302006was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ The Territorial Division Act[3] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of Saint John and Fredericton, and one town of Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act[4] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
- ^ "Southwest Regional Service Commission: RD 10". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "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