Moncton Parish, New Brunswick


Moncton is a civil parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the cities of Dieppe and Moncton; the Indian reserves of Metepenagiag 3 Urban Reserve, Metepenagiag 8 Urban Reserve, and Soegao 35; and the local service district of the parish of Moncton, which further includes the special service areas of Calhoun Road, Greater Lakeburn, Irishtown, and Painsec Junction.

History

The parish was established in 1765 as Monckton Township in the province of Nova Scotia and named for Robert Monckton, who was a distinguished soldier and civil servant: established as Moncton Parish in New Brunswick in 1786: part of the Parish of Dorchester was annexed by Moncton Parish in 1835.

Delineation

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

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities .

Population

Language

Mother tongue
LanguagePopulationPct
French only3,00030.6%
English only6,52066.6%
Both English and French1401.5%
Other languages1301.3%

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: