Grand Falls is a geographic parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada; the legal name in French is Grand-Sault, the only parish with different legal English and French names. For governance purposes it is entirely within the town of Grand Falls, which is a member of the Northwest Regional Service Commission. Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the town of Grand Falls was much smaller in area and the remainder of the parish formed the local service district of the parish of Grand Falls. The town of Grand Falls is treated separately from the parish in the Territorial Division Act, the only instance of a municipality being separated from a parish. The town's modern municipal boundaries extend well beyond its description in the TDA.

Origin of name

The parish was named for the waterfall located in the modern town of Grand Falls.

History

Grand Falls was erected in 1853 from all of Andover Parish north of the Aroostook River and all of Perth Parish north of a line due east from the northwest angle of the Tobique Indian Reserve. The parish included all or most of Denmark, Drummond, and Lorne Parishes, as well as parts of Gordon and Saint-André Parishes. In 1862 the boundary with Saint-Léonard Parish was altered. In 1864 part of Grand Falls was included in the newly erected Gordon Parish, which included Lorne Parish. In 1872 all of Grand Falls east of the Saint John River was erected as Drummond Parish. In 1913 Grand Falls Parish was legally separated from the town of Grand Falls.

Boundaries

Grand Falls Parish is bounded:

Communities

Bodies of water

Bodies of water at least partly in the parish:

Demographics

Parish population total does not include portion within Grand Falls

Population

Population trend

Language

Mother tongue (2016)