This article is about the geographic parish, rural census subdivision, and former local service district. For the former village, see
Clair, New Brunswick.
on the northeast and north, running entirely along grant lines, starting at a point about 1.35 kilometres northwest of Chemin des Long,[a] on the northeastern line of Range Three of the Baker Lake Settlement, which is two tiers inland of the western side of
Lac Baker, then running southeasterly to the northwestern corner of a triangular grant on Brown Road, then easterly and northeasterly along two Brown Road grants, then easterly along the
Saint John River grants to a point about 1.2 kilometres east of
Route 120;
on the east by the eastern line of a grant to John C. Ouellet and its prolongation to the
international border in the Saint John River;
on the south by the international border;
on the west and northwest by a line beginning in the Saint John River on the prolongation of the western line of a grant to Edward Levasseur in Range Two, the Levasseur lot being on the western side of Levasseur Road at its northern end, then northerly along the prolongation through Range One (the river grants), the grant line, and the northerly prolongation to the northern line of Range Three, afterwards running entirely on grant lines, westerly along Range 3 to the southwestern line of Range Five of Baker Lake Settlement, then northwesterly along Range Five about 1.3 kilometres, then northeasterly to the southwestern line of Range Four, then northwesterly along Range Four about 2 kilometres, then northeasterly across Range Four and Range Three to the starting point.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish;[10][11][12]bold indicates an incorporated municipality; italics indicate a name no longer in official use
Parish population total does not include former village of
Clair. 2016 is the last census the parish was profiled in. Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.
Population
Canada census – Clair Parish, New Brunswick community profile
^"Clair Parish". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^"63 Vic. c. 18 An Act to amend an Act intituled 'An Act to revise and codify an Act to provide for the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the County of Madawaska.'". Acts of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of New Brunswick. Passed in the Months of March and April, 1900.
Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1900. pp. 97–100. Available as a free ebook from Google Books.
^"1 Geo. V c. 46 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of The Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed in the Month of April, 1911.
Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1911. pp. 167–170.
^"2 Geo. V c. 16 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Consolidated Statutes, 1903, respecting the Division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, so far as relates to the County of Madawaska.". New Brunswick Acts of the Legislative Assembly Passed in the Months of March and April, 1912.
Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1912. pp. 131–132.
^"10 Geo. VI. c. 95 An Act to amend Chapter 2 of the Revised Statutes, 1927, respecting the division of the Province into Counties, Towns and Parishes, in so far as it relates to the County of Madawaska.". Acts of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Passed During the Session of 1946.
Fredericton: Government of New Brunswick. 1946. pp. 321–339.
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abc"No. 32". Provincial Archives of New Brunswick. Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
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abc"118"(PDF). Transportation and Infrastructure. Government of New Brunswick. Retrieved 16 June 2021. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 119, 140, and 141 at same site.