Counties, parishes and shiretowns are delineated in the Territorial Division Act. While no longer administrative divisions, they continue to define regional communities and have many legacy functions and provincial applications. They figure prominently in residents' sense of place and continue as significant threads in the Province of New Brunswick's cultural fabric (i.e., most citizens always know which county they are in). Counties are used as the basis of census divisionsWhen municipalities extend into two counties, the entire municipality is assigned to one census division. by Statistics Canada in the national census, while their parishes are the basis for census subdivisions.
Counties, parishes and shiretowns are delineated in the Territorial Division Act. While no longer administrative divisions, they continue to define regional communities and have many legacy functions and provincial applications. They figure prominently in residents' sense of place and continue as significant threads in the Province of New Brunswick's cultural fabric (i.e., most citizens always know which county they are in). Counties are used as the basis of census divisionsWhen municipalities extend into two counties, the entire municipality is assigned to one census division. by Statistics Canada in the national census, while their parishes are the basis for census subdivisions.