Dorchester Parish, New Brunswick
Dorchester is a civil parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Dieppe; the villages of Dorchester and Memramcook; the Indian reserve of Fort Folly 1; and the local service district of the parish of Dorchester, which further includes the special services area of Calhoun Road.History
The parish was established in 1787 and named for Sir Guy Carleton, 1st Baron of Dorchester and the governor-in-chief of British North America: included most of Shediac Parish until 1827.Delineation
Dorchester Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:Communities
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities :
- Calhoun
- Cherry Burton
- Dorchester
- Dorchester Cape
- Fort Folly 1
- Memramcook
- Middleton
- Taylor Village
- Upper Dorchester
Demographics
Population
Language
Mother tongue
| Language | Population | Pct |
| English only | 345 | 81.2% |
| French only | 75 | 17.6% |
| Both English and French | 0 | 0% |
| Other languages | 5 | 1.2% |
Access routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:
- Highways
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- Principal Routes
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- Secondary Routes:
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- External Routes:
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