Saint-Joseph Parish, New Brunswick

This article is about the geographic parish, former local service district, and census subdivision. For the community in this parish, see Saint-Joseph-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick. For the community in Kent County, see Saint-Joseph, New Brunswick.

Saint-Joseph
Parish
Location within Madawaska County map erroneously includes northeastern portions of Madawaska and Saint-Jacques Parishes in Saint-Joseph
Location within Madawaska County
map erroneously includes northeastern portions of Madawaska and Saint-Jacques Parishes in Saint-Joseph
Coordinates: 47°32′33″N 68°18′18″W / 47.5425°N 68.305°W / 47.5425; -68.305
Country Canada
Province New Brunswick
CountyMadawaska
Erected1930
Area
[1]
 • Land321.42 km2 (124.10 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
1,549
 • Density4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
 • Change 2016-2021
Increase 0.7%
 • Dwellings
723
Time zoneUTC-4 (AST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-3 (ADT)

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

For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Edmundston[5] and the Northwest rural district,[6] both members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC).[7] Before the 2023 governance reforms, the local service district of the parish of Saint-Joseph shared the parish's boundaries.[8]

Saint-Joseph bisects Madawaska and Saint-Jacques Parishes, the only area in the province where parishes are discontiguous.

  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.