Dundas Parish, New Brunswick
Dundas is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Dundas | |
|---|---|
Parish | |
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick. | |
| Coordinates: 46.27°N 64.86°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Kent |
| Erected | 1827 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 172.32 km2 (66.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 4,332 |
| • Density | 25.1/km2 (65/sq mi) |
| • Change 2016-2021 | 10.7% |
| • Dwellings | 2,569 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Figures do not include portion within the rural community of Cocagne | |
For governance purposes it is divided between the towns of Champdoré and Grand-Bouctouche and the rural communities of Beausoleil and Maple Hills; Maple Hills is a member of the Southeast Regional Service Commission, while the others belong to the Kent RSC.
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the village of Saint-Antoine, the rural community of Cocagne and the local service districts of Grande-Digue, Grand Saint-Antoine, Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, the parish of Dundas, and (through its Saint-Grégoire special service area) the parish of Wellington. Cocagne, Grande-Digue, and Shediac Bridge-Shediac River, and most of the Dundas Parish LSD are now part of Beausoleil, Saint-Antoine and Grand Saint-Antoine part of Champdoré, while the community of Dundas in the western end of the parish is part of Maple Hills.
The parish LSD was informally referred to as Notre-Dame after one its communities.