Saint-André () is a geographic parish in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada.
For governance purposes it is entirely within the town of Grand Falls, which is a member of the Northwest rural district.
Before the 2023 governance reform, a small area along the Saint John River was part of the town of Grand Falls, with the remainder forming the incorporated rural community of Saint-André, itself formed in 2006 by the merger of the village of St. André and the local service district of the parish of Saint-André.
Origin of name The parish takes its name from the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish.
History Saint-André was erected from Saint-Léonard Parish in 1907.
Boundaries Saint-André Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on map 54 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 161, 162, 177, and 178 at same site.
on the east, beginning at a point on the Victoria County line about 35.4 kilometres south of the Restigouche County line, then running generally southerly along the Victoria County line to the Saint John River, about 75 metres west of the mouth of Little River; on the south by the Saint John River, running upriver along first the Victoria County line and then the international border; on the northwest, beginning in the Saint John on the prolongation of Bourgoin Road, then running along the prolongation and Bourgoin Road to the rear line of grants along the Saint John, which coincides with Route 2 in this area, then southeasterly along Route 2 about 650 metres to the rear line of the tier of grants along Bourgoin Road in Saint-Léonard Parish, then generally northeasterly along the rear line of the Bourgoin Road grants to the end of the tier and then along its prolongation to Route 255, then northeasterly and northwesterly along the rear line and northeastern line of the southeastern tier of the Coombes Road Settlement in Saint-Léonard Parish, then northeasterly and northwesterly along the southeastern and northeastern lines of the northwestern tier of Coombes Road Settlement to its northernmost corner, about 1 kilometre northeast of the bend of Route 17, then northeasterly along the prolongation of the northwestern line of the northwestern tier to the starting point.
Communities Communities at least partly within the parish;
Comeau Ridge Levesque Settlement Martin Siding McManus Siding Poitras Siding
Powers Creek Saint-Amand Saint-André Woodville
Bodies of water Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly in the parish: Little River Saint John River Powers Creek Castonguay Lake
Demographics Parish population total does not include Grand Falls or the former incorporated village of St. AndréThe rural community CSD is actually the former incorporated village of St. André, which was relabelled the rural community CSD after the merger.
Population Population trendStatistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006 census Census Population Change (%) 2016 1,129 0.4% 2011 1,134 5.2% 2006 1,196 (adjusted) 2006 1,660 6.2% 2001 1,769 7.0% 1996 1,902 0.2% 1991 1,905 N/A
Language Mother tongue (2016) Language Population Pct (%) French only 1,000 93.0% English only 70 6.5% Other languages 0 0.0% Both English and French 5 0.5%
See also List of parishes in New Brunswick
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