Canning Parish, New Brunswick


Canning is a civil parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Minto, New Brunswick and the local service district of the parish of Canning.

History

Canning Parish set off from Waterborough Parish in 1827, and was named for the Right Honourable George Canning, who was prime minister of the United Kingdom. It included part of Chipman Parish until 1835.

Delineation

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

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities .
Rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish include:

Population

Population trend
CensusPopulationChange
2016924 2.9%
2011952 0.2%
2006950 2.8%
2001924

Language

Mother tongue
LanguagePopulationPct
English only86594.0%
French only454.9%
Both English and French00.00%
Other languages101.1%

Access Routes

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