Wellington Parish, New Brunswick
Wellington is a civil parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Bouctouche, Buctouche 16 Indian reserve, and the local service districts of Sainte-Anne-de-Kent and the parish of Wellington, which in turn includes the special service areas of Bouctouche Cove, Desroches, Dixon Point-Route 134, and Saint-Grégoire.
Its population in the 2016 Census was 3,079.Delineation
Wellington Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:Communities
- Buctouche Baie
- Buctouche-Sud
- Caissie-Village
- Chockpish
- Cocagne
- Collette-Village
- Grand Saint-Antoine
- Maria-de-Kent
- McIntosh Hill
- McKees Mills
- Saint-David
- Sainte-Anne-de-Kent
- Saint-Édouard-de-Kent
- Saint-François-de-Kent
- Saint-Gabriel-de-Kent
- Saint-Grégoire
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste
- Saint-Joseph-de-Kent
- Saint-Maurice
- Saint-Pierre-de-Kent
- Saint-Thomas-de-Kent
- St. Gabriel-de-Kent
- Ste. Anne De Kent
- Upper Saint-Maurice
- Village Ste. Croix
- Village-des-Arsenault
- Village-Sainte-Croix
- Village-Saint-Irénée
- Ward Corner
- Wellington
Demographics
Population
Population trend
Census | Population | Change |
2016 | 3,079 | 7.5% |
2011 | 3,327 | 4.5% |
2006 | 3,484 | 1.3% |
2001 | 3,440 | 4.3% |
1996 | 3,595 | 1.7% |
1991 | 3,657 | N/A |
Language
Mother tongue
Language | Population | Pct |
French only | 2,530 | 82.3% |
English only | 465 | 15.1% |
Other languages | 35 | 1.1% |
Both English and French | 45 | 1.5% |