Saint-Basile Parish, New Brunswick

Saint-Basile
St. Basil, St. Basile
Location within Madawaska County.
Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47°21′36″N 68°15′18″W / 47.36°N 68.255°W / 47.36; -68.255
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyMadawaska
Erected1850
Area
 • Land129.96 km2 (50.18 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total736
 • Density4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)
 • Change 2016-2021
Decrease 24.3%
 • Dwellings
342
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portions within the city of Edmundston and the St. Basile 10 Indian reserve

Saint-Basile is a geographic parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.[4]

For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Edmundston,[5] the St. Basile 10 Indian Reserve, and the Northwest rural district;[6] the city and rural district are members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission.[7]

Before the 2023 governance reform, the area now in the rural district formed the local service district of the parish of Saint-Basile.[8]

  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 24 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Chapter I-13 Interpretation Act". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 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. ^ "Northwest Regional Service Commission: RSC 1". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Northwest Regional Service Commission: RD 1". Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Regions Regulation – Regional Service Delivery Act". Government of New Brunswick. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Local Service Districts Regulation - Municipalities Act". Government of New Brunswick. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2023.