# Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick

Saint-Quentin (French pronunciation: ) is a geographic parish in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is divided between the town of Saint-Quentin, the incorporated rural community of Kedgwick, and the Northwest rural district, both members of the Northwest Rural Service Commission.
Before the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between a much smaller town of Saint-Quentin and local service districts of St. Martin de Restigouche and the parish of Saint-Quentin. In the reform, St. Martin de Restigouche was annexed by Saint-Quentin while the parish LSD was divided by the town, rural community, and rural district.

## Origin of name

The parish was named for the Battle of St. Quentin, an Allied victory during the First World War.

## History

Saint-Quentin was erected in 1921 from Grimmer Parish.

## Boundaries

Saint-Quentin Parish is bounded:
* on the north by the Quebec provincial border;
* on the east by a line beginning on the Patapedia River at a point due north of where the southern boundary of Grimmer Parish strikes the Restigouche River slightly upstream of the mouth of Seven Mile Brook, then running due south to Restigouche River, then running easterly along the prolongation of 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, the Berube grant, and the prolongation easterly to a point about 4.9 kilometres east of Range 9 & 10 Road, then south-southeasterly along a line running from the mouth of Upper Thorn Point Brook on the Restigouche through the former Intercolonial Railway station in Whites Brook and to the Victoria County line;
* on the southwest by the Victoria and Madawaska County lines;
* on the west by Quebec.

## Communities

Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality
* Five Fingers
* Hazen
* Rang-Cinq-et-Six
* Rang-Dix
* Rang-Dix-Huit
* Rang-Douze-Nord
* Rang-Douze-Sud
* Rang-Quatorze
* Rang-Seize
* Rang-Sept-et-Huit
* Rapids Depot
* Saint-Quentin
* Saint-Martin-de-Restigouche
** Limerick

## Bodies of water

Bodies of water at least partly within the parish.
* Little Main Restigouche River
* McDougall Lake Branch
* Northwest Upsalquitch River
* Patapedia River
* Pemouet Branch
* States Lake Branch
* Wild Goose Branch
* Gin Creek
* Clearwater Lake
* County Line Lake
* Eightmile Lake
* Gounamitz Lake
* Miller Lake
* Mud Lake
* States Lake
* Tardif Lake
* Trout Lake
* Wild Goose Lake
* Gounamitz River
** North Branch Gounamitz River
** West Branch Gounamitz River
* Green River (French Rivière Verte)
** Little Forks Branch Green River
** Right Hand Branch Green River
* Kedgwick River
** Belle Kedgwick River
** Fire Trail Branch
** North Branch Kedgwick River
** South Branch Kedgwick River

## Other notable places

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
* Bells Brook Protected Natural Area
* Belone Brook Protected Natural Area
* Big Cedar Brook Protected Natural Area
* Connors Brook Protected Natural Area
* Dionne Brook Protected Natural Area
* Eight Mile Brook Protected Natural Area
* Five Mile Brook Protected Natural Area
* Jardine Brook Protected Natural Area
* Kedgwick Wildlife Management Area
* Little Cedar Brook Protected Natural Area
* MacFarlane Brook Protected Natural Area
* Moose Valley Hill Protected Natural Area
* Patapedia River Protected Natural Area
* Pollard Brook Protected Natural Area
* Quigley Brook Protected Natural Area
* South Kedgwick River Protected Natural Area

## Demographics

Parish population total does not include the town of Saint-Quentin

### Population

| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1991 | 1,543 | — |
| 1996 | 1,554 | +0.7% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 2001 | 1,557 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,578 | +1.3% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 2011 | 1,489 | −5.6% |
| 2016 | 1,532 | +2.9% |

### Language

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Saint-Quentin 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 % |
| 2016 | 1,520 | 1,495 | | 98.4% | 15 | | 1.0% | 5 | | 0.3% | 5 | | 0.3% |
| 2011 | 1,480 | 1,450 | 1.0% | 97.97% | 20 | 71.4% | 1.35% | 5 | n/a% | 0.34% | 5 | 93.8% | 0.34% |
| 2006 | 1,585 | 1,435 | 6.2% | 90.54% | 70 | n/a% | 4.42% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% | 80 | n/a% | 5.05% |
| 2001 | 1,540 | 1,530 | 1.0% | 99.35% | 0 | 100.0% | 0.00% | 10 | n/a% | 0.65% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| 1996 | 0 | 1,515 | n/a | 0.00% | 35 | n/a | 0.00% | 0 | n/a | 0.00% | 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: