Clarendon Parish, New Brunswick

The parish was named for Clarendon Settlement, which in turn was named in honour of the Earl of Clarendon, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the time of it being laid out.^[8]

Clarendon was erected in 1869 from Lepreau and Pennfield Parishes.^[9]

The area was first laid out for settlement in 1856,^[10] with the Clarendon Settlement being largest. Much of the parish was never surveyed for settlement, most of the surveyed lots were never granted, and many granted lots were later reconveyed to the Crown.^[11]

In 1868 the Clarendon District was created as a polling district taking in the northern part of Lepreau and Pennfield Parishes.^[12]

Clarendon Parish is bounded:^[2][13][14]

• on the north by the Sunbury and Queens County lines;
• on the east by Queens County;
• on the south by a due west line from the southernmost corner of Queens County;
• and on the west by the prolongation of the eastern line of grants that cross Lake Utopia.

The local service district of the parish of Clarendon comprised the entire parish.^[15]

The LSD was established in 1975 to assess for fire protection;^[16] recreational and sport facilities was added in 2008.^[17]

In 2021, the LSD assessed for community & recreation services in addition to the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.^[18] The taxing authority is 507.00 Clarendon.

Communities at least partly within the parish.^[13][14][19] italics indicate a name no longer in official use

• Back Clarendon
• Pleasington

Bodies of water^[a] at least partly within the parish.^[13][14][19]

Islands at least partly within the parish.^[13][14][19]

• Bradt Island (in McDougall Lake)
• Horse Island (in South Oromocto Lake)

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.^[13][14][19]

• Lepreau River Wildlife Management Area^[20]
• Little Tomoowa Lake Protected Natural Area^[21]

Revised census figures based on the 2023 local governance reforms have not been released.

Canada Census Mother Tongue - Clarendon Parish, New Brunswick[25] 2001 & 2006 language data for this area has been suppressed for data quality or confidentiality reasons.
Census		Total		French				English				French & English				Other
Year		Responses		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %		Count	Trend	Pop %
2011		50		50	0.0%	100.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%		0	0.0%	0.00%
1996		50		50	n/a	100.00%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%		0	n/a	0.00%