Allardville is a geographic parish in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada, It is divided for governance purposes into the town of Hautes-Terres in the east and the Chaleur rural district in the west. Hautes-Terres is a member of the Acadian Peninsula Regional Service Commission and the Chaleur RD is a member of the Chaleur RSC. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the Hautes-Terres portion formed the local service district of Saint-Sauveur, while the Chaleur RD portion formed the LSD of the parish of Allardville.

Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of Monsignor Jean-Joseph-Auguste Allard, who brought new settlers from the East Bathurst area in 1932.

History

Allardville was erected in 1947 from parts of Bathurst, Saint-Isidore, and Saumarez Parishes. This was the last new parish to be erected in New Brunswick.

Boundaries

Allardville Parish is bounded:

Former governance

The parish's two LSDs sat side-by-side, with the boundary running northwesterly along grant lines about 8.1 kilometres easterly of the junction of Route 134 and Route 160 and prolongated northwesterly and southeasterly to the parish line. Both LSDs assessed for street lighting and community & recreation services in addition to basic LSD services. Saint-Sauveur (established 1985) was the eastern LSD, taking its name from its westernmost community. The population in 2016 was 673. Allardville (established 1999) was the western LSD. This LSD actually extends north to included part of Bathurst Parish; census data does not profile the extended area. Allardville was formed by merging three previous entities:

Governance reform

Governance reforms planned for 2023 would move Saint-Sauveur to the Acadian Peninsula Regional Service Commission, where it would form a local government entity with the villages of Paquetville and Saint-Isidore and the LSDs of the parish of Paquetville and the parish of Saint-Isidore. Allardville would remain part of the Chaleur RSC and be included in its rural district. These reforms are scheduled to take effect in 2023.

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish; (brackets) indicate the LSD; italics indicate a name not used on modern provincial government maps

Bodies of water

Bodies of water at least partly within the parish.

Conservation areas

Parks, historic sites, and related entities at least partly within the parish.

Demographics

Population

Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

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