Grimmer Parish, New Brunswick
# Grimmer Parish, New Brunswick

Grimmer is a civil parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.

For governance purposes it is part of the incorporated rural community of Kedgwick, which is a member of the Restigouche Regional Service Commission.

Before the 2023 governance reform, the local service district (LSD) of White's Brook straddled the eastern boundary of the parish along Route 17. Most of the parish formed the LSD of the parish of Grimmer until its merger with the village of Kedgwick on 1 July 2012 to form the rural community.

## Origin of name

The parish was named in honour of W.C.H. Grimmer, former Surveyor General and Attorney General of New Brunswick.

## History

Grimmer was erected in 1916 from Eldon Parish. Grimmer included Saint-Quentin Parish.

In 1921 Saint-Quentin was erected as its own parish.

## Boundaries

Grimmer Parish is bounded:

* on the north by the Quebec provincial border, running through the Patapedia and Restigouche Rivers;
* on the east by a line beginning at the mouth of Upper Thorn Point Brook and running south-southeasterly through the former Intercolonial Railway station at Whites Brook;
* on the south by a line running along the southern line of a grant to Paul Berube on the eastern side of Route 17, about 3 kilometres north of Chemin 36 No. 1 and its prolongations east to the Eldon Parish line and west to the Restigouche River;
* on the west by a line running due north to the provincial border.

## Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. All communities except Whites Brook are part of the incorporated rural community of Kedgwick. italics indicate a name no longer in official use

* Kedgwick
* Kedgwick River
* Michaud
* Petit-Ouest
* Petite-Réserve
* Quatre-Milles
* Rang-Double-Nord
* Rang-Double-Sud
* Rang-Sept
* Red Bank
* Six-Milles
* Thibault
* Tracy Depot
* Whites Brook

## Bodies of water

Bodies of water at least partly within the parish.

* Little Main Restigouche River
* Patapedia River
* Restigouche River
* Lac à Morin

## Islands

Islands at least partly within the parish.

* Downs Gulch Islands
* Half Mile Island
* Little Cross Point Islands
* Tracy Island
* Whites Brook Islands

## Other notable places

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

* Blueberry Brook Protected Natural Area
* Downs Gulch Aerodrome
* Downs Gulch Protected Natural Area
* Kedgwick Wildlife Management Area
* Stillwater Brook Protected Natural Area
* Upper Thorn Point Brook Protected Natural Area

## Demographics

### Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| - | - | - |
| 1991 | 1,149 | — |
| 1996 | 1,138 | −1.0% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 2001 | 1,163 | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 1,105 | −5.0% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 2011 | 1,096 | −0.8% |

### Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Grimmer Parish, New Brunswick :

| Census | Total | French | French | French | English | English | English | French & English | French & English | French & English | Other | Other | Other |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | Responses | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % | Count | Trend | Pop % |
| 2011 | 1,090 | 1,060 | 1.8% | 97.25% | 25 | 66.7% | 2.29% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% | 5 | n/a% | 0.46% |
| 2006 | 1,095 | 1,080 | 3.6% | 98.63% | 15 | 40.0% | 1.37% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| 2001 | 1,165 | 1,120 | 5.2% | 96.14% | 25 | 0.0% | 2.14% | 20 | 100.0% | 1.72% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| 1996 | 1,100 | 1,065 | n/a | 96.82% | 25 | n/a | 2.27% | 10 | n/a | 0.91% | 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:

