Elgin Parish, New Brunswick


Elgin is a civil parish in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the local service districts of Elgin and the parish of Elgin; their corresponding Taxing Authorities are called Elgin Centre and Elgin Parish.

Delineation

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

History

Located 4.3 km ENE of Goshen: Elgin Parish, Albert County: PO from 1852: in 1866 Elgin was a farming settlement with about 36 families: in 1871 Elgin had a population of 250: in 1898 Elgin was a station on the Elgin, Petitcodiac and Havelock Railway with 1 post office, 6 stores, 3 hotels, 1 sawmill, 1 grist mill, 1 tannery, 1 carriage shop, 1 cheese factory and 2 churches.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities .

Population

Language

Mother tongue language
LanguagePopulationPct
French only353.9%
English only82592.7%
Both English and French00.0%
Other languages303.4%

Access routes

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