Acadieville Parish, New Brunswick


Acadieville is a civil parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Rogersville and the local service district of the parish of Acadieville, which further includes the special service area of Acadie Siding.

Delineation

Acadieville Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:

History

Acadieville Parish was founded in 1868 by Acadian settlers who rushed to claim the provincial Crown Lands after it was revealed that the surveyed route for the Intercolonial Railway would pass through the area.
In 1869, the Intercolonial Railway's route was modified and it was constructed approximately 10 kilometres to the west.

Communities

Population

Population trend
CensusPopulationChange
20167094.7%
20117449.9%
200682612.5%
20019446.9%
19961,0141.5%
19911,029N/A

Language

Mother tongue
LanguagePopulationPct
French only61587.23%
English only7510.64%
Both English and French101.42%
Other languages50.71%