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New Maryland Parish, New Brunswick

New Maryland
Parish
Location within York County, New Brunswick. map incorrectly includes Fredericton in New Maryland
Coordinates: 45°41′33″N 66°48′45″W / 45.6925°N 66.8125°W / 45.6925; -66.8125
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	York
Erected	1850
Area [1]
• Land	375.02 km2 (144.80 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	2,806
• Density	7.5/km2 (19/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	7.7%
• Dwellings	1,057
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)
Figures do not include portion within the village of New Maryland

New Maryland is a geographic parishinYork County, New Brunswick, Canada.^[2]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, for governance purposes it was divided between the village of New Maryland the local service district of the parish of New Maryland,^[3] both of which were members of Capital Region Service Commission (RSC11).^[4] The LSD further includes the special service areas of Howorth and Nasonworth.

Origin of name[edit]

The parish probably came from members of the Maryland Loyalists Battalion who settled in the area. Ganong states that the name came from the settlement of Maryland.^[5]

History[edit]

New Maryland was erected in 1850 from Kingsclear Parish and unassigned territory.^[6]

Boundaries[edit]

New Maryland Parish is bounded:^[2][7][8]

• on the northeast by the city of Fredericton;
• on the southeast by the Sunbury County line;
• on the south by the Charlotte County line;
• on the northwest by a line beginning on the Charlotte County line about 3.6 kilometres west of Big Kedron Lake and about 4 kilometres east of Route 3 and running northeasterly parallel to the Sunbury County line until it reaches Fredericton.

Communities[edit]

Communities at least partly within the parish.^[7][8][9] bold indicates an incorporated municipality

Bodies of water[edit]

Bodies of water^[a] at least partly within the parish.^[7][8][9]

Islands[edit]

Islands at least partly within the parish.^[7][8][9]

• Camp Jersey Island

Other notable places[edit]

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.^[7][8][9]

• University of New Brunswick Wildlife Refuge^[10]

Demographics[edit]

Parish population total does not include village of New Maryland

Population[edit] Population trend[11][12][13][14] Census Population Change (%) 2016 2,606 5.7% 2011 2,466 5.0% 2006 2,348 2.7% 2001 2,286 4.2% 1996 2,193 18.0% 1991 1,858 N/A

Language[edit] Mother tongue (2016)[14] Language Population Pct (%) English only 2,300 88.5% French only 240 9.2% Other languages 40 1.5% Both English and French 20 0.8%

See also[edit]

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

45°41′33″N 66°48′45″W / 45.69250°N 66.81250°W / 45.69250; -66.81250 (New Maryland Parish, New Brunswick)