Colborne Parish, New Brunswick

Colborne
Parish
Location within Restigouche County. Location within Restigouche County.
Coordinates:
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Restigouche
Established	1839
Area
• Land	754.95 km2 (291.49 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	202
• Density	0.3/km2 (0.8/sq mi)
• Pop 2006-2011	13.7%
• Dwellings	102
Time zone	AST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	ADT (UTC-3)

Colborne is a Canadian parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick.

Delineation

Colborne Parish lies in northwestern New Brunswick and is bordered to the west by Balmoral Parish, Northesk Parish to the south, and to the east by Durham Parish. To the northeast, the parish borders on Chaleur Bay while a small border with Dalhousie Parish exists to the northwest.

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold or italics).

• Benjamin River
• Blackland
• Caribou Depot
• Charlo including:
  • Mountain Brook
  • River Charlo
  • Upper Charlo
• New Mills
• Upper Crossing
• Lorne, New Brunswick - Technically the Northwestern part of Lorne. The Community of Lorne is Divided into 2 Parishes. Anyone from the Colborne part of the community is considered "Colbornian" as an ongoing joke for multiple generations.

Demographics

Population

Historical Census Data - Colborne Parish, New Brunswick
Year Pop. ±% 1991 328 —     1996 295 −10.1%	Year Pop. ±% 2001 270 −8.5% 2006 234 −13.3%	Year Pop. ±% 2011 202 −13.7%

Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Colborne Parish, New Brunswick
Census		Total		English				French				English & French				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		200		160	20.0%	80.00%		35	133.3%	17.50%		0	100.0%	0.00%		5	n/a%	2.50%
2006		235		200	20.0%	85.11%		15	40.0%	6.38%		20	n/a%	8.51%		0	0.0%	0.00%
2001		275		250	22.0%	90.91%		25	44.4%	9.09%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		250		205	n/a	82.00%		45	n/a	18.00%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%

Access Routes

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

• Highways
  • Route 11

• Principal Routes
  • Route 134
  • Route 180

• Secondary Routes:
  • None

• External Routes:
  • None

See also

• List of parishes in New Brunswick