Huskisson is a geographic parish in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes the northern part of the parish is within the village of Five Rivers while most belongs to the Kent rural district; both are members of the Kent Regional Service Commission.
Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was part of the local service district of the parish of Harcourt. References to an LSD of Huskisson on provincial governance reforms maps are erroneous.
Origin of name The parish was named in honour of William Huskisson, President of the Board of Trade at the time of its erection and one of the plenipotentiaries of boundary negotiations with the United States in 1826.
Addington Parish was named at the same time for the other British plenipotentiary, Henry Unwin Addington.
History In 1827 Huskisson was erected from unassigned territory north of the Richibucto River, comprising a shallower area than it has today.
In 1850 the southern boundary was altered to run due west from its starting point. Book was poorly proofread, resulting in title typo and reuse of page numbers 145–152. to include an area annexed by the county in 1845.
Boundaries Huskisson Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 87, 88, 97, and 98 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 250, 265–267, and 281–283 at same site.
on the west and northwest by the Northumberland County line; on the east by a line running north 22º west, based on the magnet of 1867, from a point on the Westmorland County line west of the northern tip of Shediac Island; on the south by a line running due east and west from the mouth of Jimmy Graham Fork on the Richibucto River.
Communities Communities at least partly within the parish; Mortimer
Bodies of water Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish:
Kouchibouguacis River Richibucto River Sabbies River Big Forks Stream Little Forks Stream Hector Fork Jimmy Graham Fork Johnny Graham Fork North Forks South Forks Big Forks Lake Despres Lake Lake Francis McLain Lake Meadow Lake Sabbies Lake
Demographics
Population Population trendStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census Census Population Change (%) 2021 5 66.7% 2016 15 40.0% 2011 25 49.0% 2006 49 390.0% 2001 10 44.4% 1996 18 0.0% 1991 18 N/A
Language Mother tongue language (2006)2006 Statistics Canada Community Profile: Huskisson Parish, New Brunswick Language Population Pct (%) English only 40 72.73% French only 15 27.27% Both English and French 0 0.00% Other languages 0 0.00%
See also List of parishes in New Brunswick
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