Shediac Parish, New Brunswick


Shediac is a civil parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Shediac, the village of Cap-Pelé, the incorporated rural community of Beaubassin East;, and the local service districts of Grande-Digue, Pointe-du-Chêne, Scoudouc, Scoudouc Road, Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, Shediac Cape, and the parish of Shediac.

History

Shediac Parish was established from Dorchester Parish and Sackville Parish, and a small part of Westmorland Parish in 1827: it was the first parish to be given a name of native origin: the name came from a Mi'kmaq.

Delineation

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

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities .

Population

Language

Mother tongue
LanguagePopulationPct
French only2,63054.9%
English only1,99541.6%
Both English and French901.9%
Other languages751.6%

Access routes

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