After provincewide consultations on local governance reform in New Brunswick, the 77 local governments and 12 rural districts which have been established now have proposed names.
Nature, regions and history have figured prominently in the names.
One example of nature is Valley Waters, which includes Norton and portions of five surrounding local service districts (LSD).
Fundy Shores is the name being proposed for the Musquash LSD and part of the Lepreau LSD.
Eastern Charlotte encompasses Blacks Harbour, St. George, and parts of five local service districts in the area.
Fundy-St. Martins is the proposed name for St. Martins and portions of three surrounding local service districts.
The Municipality of Grand Lake includes Chipman, Minto, and parts of five neighbouring local service districts.
Arcadia will include Cambridge-Narrows, Gagetown, and portions of five local service districts.
Many local governments will keep their existing names — or similar iterations — even though they are expanding or joining with other municipalities.
- Sussex: Town of Sussex; Village of Sussex Corner; portion of Sussex LSD.
- Hampton: Town of Hampton; LSD of Hampton; portions of Upham, Norton, Kingston LSDs.
- Grand Bay-Westfield: Town of Grand Bay-Westfield; portion of Westfield LSD.
- Saint Andrews: Town of Saint Andrews; LSDs of Bayside and Chamcook.
- Municipal District of St. Stephen: Town of St. Stephen; LSDs of St. Stephen, Dufferin and Dennis Weston; portions of Western Charlotte, Saint David, Saint James, Saint Croix LSDs.
- Harvey: Village of Harvey; portions of Manners Sutton, Dumfries, Prince William, Kingsclear, New Maryland LSDs.
The names of the communities in which people reside and their mailing addresses are not changing. The new names are for the local government administrative body.
“We know how much New Brunswickers identify with the areas they call home,” said Local Government and Local Governance Reform Minister Daniel Allain.
“I will always be from Lewisville and people from Irishtown will always be from Irishtown. Local governance reform is taking what we value and ensuring it is there for our children and grandchildren.”
Section 60 of the Local Governance Act will allow for a local government to change its name in the future if it chooses to do so.
The proposed names become official when adopted in the legislature which is expected by September.
A complete list of the proposed names can be found HERE.
With files from Brad Perry.
