Northfield is a geographic parish in

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. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of

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and the

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of the parish of Northfield, both of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).

Origin of name

William F. Ganong states that the parish was named for its position in the county. The origin may be simpler, as Northfield was the northern polling district of Sheffield Parish before it was erected.

History

Northfield was erected in 1857 from Sheffield Parish.

Boundaries

Northfield Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 106 and 116 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 296, 312, 313, 331, 332, and 352 at same site. * on the northeast by the Northumberland County line, beginning at a point about 2.6 kilometres northwesterly of

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, then running southeasterly; * on the southeast by the Queens County line; * on the southwest by a line beginning on the Queens County line about 2 kilometres southwesterly of the Minto Dump Road, then running north-northwesterly along the prolongation of the eastern line of a grant to S. B. Corey on the northern side of Route 10 in New Zion, passing about 500 metres west of Colwell Street, to the Maugerville Parish line about 300 metres northwesterly of the mouth of Barton Brook; * on the northwest by the prolongation of the southeastern line of a grant to Nathaniel Underhill and D. Palmer Jr. on the Saint John River, about 225 metres upstream of the foot of Middle Island, running northeasterly to the starting point.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; bold indicates an incorporated municipality *

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* Duffys Corner * Hardwood Ridge * Humphrey Corner * New Avon * New England Settlement * New Zion * North Forks *

** North Minto ** Slope Road

Bodies of water

Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish: * North Forks Stream * Doherty Creek * Newcastle Creek * Salmon Creek * Dorsey Lake * Jehu Lake

Demographics

Parish population total does not include portion within

Population

Population trendStatistics Canada:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

census

Language

Mother tongue (2016)

Notes

References

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