Burton Parish, New Brunswick
Burton is a civil parish in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Oromocto, the Indian reserve of Oromocto 26, CFB Gagetown, and the local service district of the parish of Burton.History
Burton Parish was first established in 1765 as a Nova Scotia township, and was named for Brigadier General Ralph Burton who served at the capture of Fort Louisbourg in 1758 and the capture of Québec in 1759. Burton became a parish in New Brunswick in 1786, when it included part of Blissville Parish until 1834.Delineation
Burton Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:Communities
Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities :
- Babbitt
- Burpees Corner
- Burton
- French Lake
- Geary
- Goan
- Haneytown
- Hersey Corner
- Lower Burton
- McGowans Corner
- Oromocto
- Sheffield
- Swan Creek
- Waterville
- Woodside
This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish
- Oromocto River
Demographics
Population
Population trend
| Census | Population | Change |
| 2016 | 5,119 | 5.6% |
| 2011 | 5,421 | 8.0% |
| 2006 | 5,019 | 0.4% |
| 2001 | 5,000 | |
Language
Mother tongue
| Language | Population | Pct |
| English only | 4,595 | 90.0% |
| French only | 400 | 7.8% |
| Both English and French | 45 | 0.9% |
| Other languages | 65 | 1.3% |
Access Routes
Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:
- Highways
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- Principal Routes
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- Secondary Routes:
- *None
- External Routes:
- *None
