Shediac Parish, New Brunswick
Shediac is a civil parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Shediac, the village of Cap-Pelé, the incorporated rural community of Beaubassin East;, and the local service districts of Grande-Digue, Pointe-du-Chêne, Scoudouc, Scoudouc Road, Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, Shediac Cape, and the parish of Shediac.History
Shediac Parish was established from Dorchester Parish and Sackville Parish, and a small part of Westmorland Parish in 1827: it was the first parish to be given a name of native origin: the name came from a Mi'kmaq.Delineation
Shediac Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:Communities
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities .
- Batemans Mills
- Beaubassin East
- Chapman Corner
- East Shediac
- Evangeline
- MacDougall
- Malakoff
- Moncton Road
- Ohio-du-Barachois
- Shediac Road
- Petit Pre
- Pointe-du-Chêne
- Saint-Philippe
- Scoudouc
- Scoudouc Road
- Shediac
- Shediac Bridge-Shediac River
- Shediac Cape
- The Bluff
- Westmorland
Demographics
Population
Language
Mother tongue
Language | Population | Pct |
French only | 2,630 | 54.9% |
English only | 1,995 | 41.6% |
Both English and French | 90 | 1.9% |
Other languages | 75 | 1.6% |
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