Wickham Parish, New Brunswick


Wickham is a civil parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the village of Cambridge-Narrows and the local service district of the parish of Wickham.

History

Wickham Parish was established in 1786: possibly named for William Spry, a prominent settler who came from the town of Wickham, Hampshire County, England: Wickham Parish included Johnston Parish until 1839 and part of Cambridge Parish until 1852.

Delineation

Wickham Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act as being bounded:

Communities

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities .
This is a list of rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, marshes and Islands that are at least partially in this parish

Population

Population trend
CensusPopulationChange
2016427 0.2%
2011426 7.4%
2006460 14.2%
2001402

Language

Mother tongue
LanguagePopulationPct
English only41095.3%
French only51.2%
Both English and French51.2%
Other languages102.3%

Access Routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits: