Saint-Joseph is a geographic parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Edmundston and the Northwest rural district, both members of the Northwest Regional Service Commission (NWRSC). Before the 2023 governance reforms, the local service district of the parish of Saint-Joseph shared the parish's boundaries. Saint-Joseph bisects Madawaska and Saint-Jacques Parishes, the only area in the province where parishes are discontiguous.

Origin of name

The parish probably takes its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish.

History

Saint-Joseph was erected in 1930 from Madawaska and Saint-Jacques Parishes; the name was spelt without a hyphen. Saint-Joseph was affected by the major reorganisation of Madawaska County parish boundaries. In 1973 the hyphen was added to the legal name of the parish.

Boundaries

Saint-Joseph Parish is bounded:

Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. italics indicates a name no longer in official use

Bodies of water

Bodies of water at least partly in the parish.

Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly in the parish.

Demographics

Population

Language