Kingston Parish, New Brunswick


Kingston is a civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it forms the local service district of the parish of Kingston.

History

Kingston Parish established in 1786: named for Kingston, Long Island, New York, and to express loyalty to the Crown: included Greenwich Parish, Norton Parish and part of Hampton Parish until 1795, and Kars Parish until 1859.

Delineation

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

Governance

The entire parish forms the local service district of the parish of Kingston, established in 1968 to assess for fire protection. Non-fire related rescue was added in 2015. First aid and ambulance services was formerly included.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities .
This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

Population

Population trend
CensusPopulationChange
20162,9131.3%
20112,9522.2%
20062,8882.5%
20012,8170.0%
19960.0%
1991N/A

Language

Mother tongue
LanguagePopulationPct
French only702.4%
English only2,78596.2%
Both English and French00%
Other languages401.4%

Access Routes

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