Richibucto Parish
Richibucto | |
|---|---|
Cap-Lumière | |
Location within Kent County, New Brunswick | |
| Coordinates: 46°37′03″N 64°47′24″W / 46.6175°N 64.79°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| County | Kent County |
| Erected | 1827 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 249.21 km2 (96.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 2,085 |
| • Density | 8.4/km2 (22/sq mi) |
| • Change 2016-2021 | 11.4% |
| • Dwellings | 1,162 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (AST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (ADT) |
| Figures do not include portions within the town of Richibucto, the village of Rexton, and the Indian Island 28 Indian reserve Population change reflects revised 2016 figure | |
Richibucto (originally Liverpool) is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the towns of Beaurivage and Grand-Bouctouche, the village of Five Rivers, and the Kent rural district, all of are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission, and the Indian Island 28 Indian reserve, which is not.
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between the town of Richibucto, the village of Rexton, the Indian Island 28 Indian reserve, and the local service districts of Cap-de-Richibouctou, Sainte-Anne-de-Kent, and the parish of Richibucto. Richibucto and a border area west of it became part of Beaurivage, Rexton and most of the parish LSD part of Five Rivers, Sainte-Anne-de-Kent to Grand-Bouctouche, and Cap-de-Richibouctou to the rural district, with small exceptions along the various new borders.