Richibucto Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and rural census subdivision. For the community, see Richibucto.

Richibucto
Parish
Cap-Lumière
Cap-Lumière
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 46°37′03″N 64°47′24″W / 46.6175°N 64.79°W / 46.6175; -64.79
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyKent County
Erected1827
Area
[1]
 • Land249.21 km2 (96.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total2,085
 • Density8.4/km2 (22/sq mi)
 • Change 2016-2021
Increase 11.4%
 • Dwellings
1,162
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the town of Richibucto, the village of Rexton, and the Indian Island 28 Indian reserve
Population change reflects revised 2016 figure

Richibucto (originally Liverpool) is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.[4]

For governance purposes it is divided between the towns of Beaurivage and Grand-Bouctouche, the village of Five Rivers,[5] and the Kent rural district,[6] all of are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission,[7] and the Indian Island 28 Indian reserve, which is not.

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the town of Richibucto, the village of Rexton,[8] the Indian Island 28 Indian reserve, and the local service districts of Cap-de-Richibouctou, Sainte-Anne-de-Kent, and the parish of Richibucto.[9] Richibucto and a border area west of it became part of Beaurivage, Rexton and most of the parish LSD part of Five Rivers, Sainte-Anne-de-Kent to Grand-Bouctouche, and Cap-de-Richibouctou to the rural district, with small exceptions along the various new borders.

  1. ^ a b "Census Profile". Statistics Canada. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Chapter T-3 Territorial Division Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 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. ^ "Kent Regional Service Commission: RSC 6". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Kent Regional Service Commission: RD 6". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Municipalities Order - Municipalities Act". Governmentof New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.