Place:Saint Léonard (parish), Madawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canada

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NameSaint Léonard (parish)
Alt namesSaint Leonard (parish)source: alternate English spelling
Coombes Roadsource: small settlement in parish
Grand Ruisseausource: small settlement in parish
Martin Sidingsource: small settlement in parish
Poitrassource: small settlement in parish
Rang des Bourgoinsource: small settlement in parish
TypeParish
Coordinates47.235°N 67.8°W
Located inMadawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canada     (1873 - )
Also located inVictoria, New Brunswick, Canada     (1850 - 1873)
See alsoMadawaska (parish), Madawaska (county), New Brunswick, Canadaparish from which it was formed in 1850
Saint Léonard Parish was created in 1850 from Madawaska Parish when the area was still part of Victoria County, New Brunswick. The parish originally included Drummond Parish and Lorne Parish in present-day Victoria County and part of Sainte Anne Parish until 1877 when Madawaska County was established. (Source:Place Names of New Brunswick)
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

The parishes of Rivière Verte, Sainte Anne and Notre Dame de Lourdes were part of Saint Basile and Saint Léonard parishes and not separated into individual units until the 20th century.

The current area of the parish is 343.97 km2 (132.81 sq mi) and the population in 2011 was 1,052, an increase of 1.3% from 2006. There were 400 dwellings counted. The population density was calculated at 3.1/km2 (8/sq mi). In 2006 the population was 93.6% French-speaking.

'Wikipedia lists the following settlements in Saint Léonard Parish parish. Only Saint Léonard is an incorporated village. Those in italics are small and redirected here. The others have their own pages in WeRelate. Each settlement has a page in Place Names of New Brunswick.		 Image:Madawaska County NB PMJ.png
Bellefleur (Saint Léonard)Poitras
Coombes RoadRang des Bourgoin
Cyr JunctionSaint Léonard
Grand RuisseauSaint Léonard Parent
Martin Siding
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  • New Brunswick Provincial Archives. This is the introductory page. The tabs will lead you to more precise material.
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  • New Brunswick GenWeb. A round-up of a lot of genealogical information at the province, county and parish level. Lists of cemeteries and monumental inscriptions can be found here.
  • The Provincial Archives website titled The Placenames of New Brunswick has maps of all of its parishes and descriptions of some communities within them. This site contains "cadastral" maps for each parish illustrating the grantee’s name for land granted by the province. These maps are cumulative, showing all grants regardless of date.
  • Microfilm images of all Canadian censuses 1851-1911 are online at Library and Archives Canada, as well as at FamilySearch and Ancestry. The 1921 census appears to be available only at Ancestry.
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