Dufferin is a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in
Charlotte County,
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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, located east of
St. Stephen.
For governance purposes, the entire parish is part of the town of the Municipal District of St. Stephen,
which is a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission.
Prior to the
2023 governance reform, it comprised a single
local service district (LSD), which was a member of the
Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC).
The
Census subdivision
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of the same name shares the parish's boundaries.
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Origin of name
The parish was named for the Earl of Dufferin,[Often cited as the 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, a title he didn't hold until 1888.] who was Governor General of Canada
The governor general of Canada (french: gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the . The is head of state of Canada and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, but resides in oldest and most populous realm, ...
at time.
History
Dufferin was erected in 1873 from Saint Stephen Parish.
Boundaries
Dufferin Parish is bounded:[ Remainder of parish on map 161 at same site.][ Remainder of parish on mapbooks 488 and 489 at same site.]
* on the north by the rear line of the tier of grants fronting on the St. Croix River and Pagans Cove;
* on the east by the mouth of Oak Bay
Oak Bay is a municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of thirteen member municipalities of the Capital Regional District, and is bordered ...
;
* on the south by the St. Croix River;
* on the west by the Old Bay Road and Dennis Stream.
Local service district
The local service district of the parish of Dufferin comprises the entire parish.
The LSD was established in 1969 to assess for community services, in this case to provide ambulance service after local funeral homes ceased doing so. Fire protection was added in 1970.
Today the LSD assesses for only the basic LSD services of fire protection
Fire protection is the study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of potentially destructive fires. It involves the study of the behaviour, compartmentalisation, suppression and investigation of fire and its related emergencies, as we ...
, police services, land use planning
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, emergency measures, and dog control. The taxing authority is 509.00 Dufferin.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish.
Bodies of water
Bodies of water[Not including brooks, ponds or coves.] at least partly within the parish.Oak Bay
Oak Bay is a municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of thirteen member municipalities of the Capital Regional District, and is bordered ...
Demographics
Population
Language
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas Pages 4, 12]
*Highways
**None
*Principal Routes
**None
*Secondary Routes:
**None
*External Routes:
**None
See also
*List of parishes in New Brunswick
The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided by the ''Territorial Division Act'' into 152 parishes, units which had political significance as subdivisions of counties until the Municipalities Act of 1966. Parishes still exist in law and inclu ...
Notes
References
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Parishes of Charlotte County, New Brunswick
Local service districts of Charlotte County, New Brunswick