Dumbarton Parish, New Brunswick

Dumbarton
Location within Charlotte County.
Location within Charlotte County.
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyCharlotte County
Erected1856
Area
 • Land373.20 km2 (144.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
346
 • Density0.9/km2 (2/sq mi)
 • Change 2016-2021
Increase 3.3%
 • Dwellings
182
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

Dumbarton is a geographic parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada,[4] located inland north of St. George and south of Harvey.

For governance purposes, the entire parish is part of the Southwest rural district,[5] which is a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission.[6]

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).[7]

The Census subdivision of the same name shares the parish's boundaries.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  4. ^ The Territorial Division Act[2] divides the province into 152 parishes, the cities of Saint John and Fredericton, and one town of Grand Falls. The Interpretation Act[3] clarifies that parishes include any local government within their borders.
  5. ^ "Southwest Regional Service Commission: RD 10". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  7. ^ "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