Clair Parish, New Brunswick

Clair
Parish
Location within Madawaska County.
Coordinates: 47°17′42″N 68°40′12″W / 47.295°N 68.67°W / 47.295; -68.67
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Madawaska
Established	1900
Area[1]
• Land	44.18 km2 (17.06 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	297
• Density	6.7/km2 (17/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	5.3%
• Dwellings	121
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Clair is a Canadian parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick.^[2]

Delineation

Clair Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act^[3] as being bounded:

Beginning in the International Boundary at a point where it is intersected by the southern prolongation of the east limit of lot No. 9 Range Two granted to Joseph Nadeau thence along the said prolongation, said limit and its northern prolongation to the northern limit of Range Three north of the St. John River, thence in a westerly direction along said northern limit to a point where it is intersected by the western limit of Range Five west of Baker Lake, thence in a northwesterly direction along said limit to the northwest angle of lot No. 26 in said Range Five, thence northeasterly along the northern limit of last mentioned lot to the west limit of Range Four thence northwesterly along last mentioned limit to the northwest angle of lot No. 43 in Range Four, thence, northeasterly along the northern limit of said lot No. 43 to the west limit of Range Three thence northwesterly along said limit or to the northwest angle of lot No. 42 in Range Three thence in a northeasterly direction along the north west limit of said lot No. 42 to the west limit of Range Two, thence southeasterly along said west limit of said Range Two to the west limit of lots in the Second Tier west of Caron Brook thence along the said western limit to the northwest angle of lot No. 15 granted to Joseph Souci and thence easterly along the north limit of said lot No. 15, lot Letter “I” granted to George Carriveau and the northern limit of the lots fronting on the St. John River to the northwest angle of lot No. 83 granted to Augustine Daigle, thence in a southerly direction along the west limit of said lot No. 83 and its southern prolongation to the International Boundary, thence westerly along the said International Boundary to the place of beginning.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold) and communities within their respective boundaries (in italics).

• Caron Brook
• Clair
• Concession-des-Lang
• Concession-des-Vasseur
• Crockett
• Les Rapides

Demographics

Population

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Clair Parish, New Brunswick[6]
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		280		250	12.0%	89.29%		25	50.0%	8.93%		5	66.7%	1.78%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2006		285		220	18.5%	77.19%		50	80.0%	17.54%		15	33.3%	5.26%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2001		290		270	8.5%	93.10%		10	33.3%	3.45%		10	n/a%	3.45%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		310		295	n/a	95.16%		15	n/a	4.84%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick

References

		Lac-Baker Parish
	Saint-François Parish		Baker Brook Parish
		Clair Parish
		Aroostook County, Maine  United States

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Coordinates: 47°17′42″N 68°40′12″W / 47.29500°N 68.67000°W / 47.29500; -68.67000 (Clair Parish, New Brunswick)