New Brunswick Local Service District Boundaries And Names

Local service district polygons represent administrative boundaries defined under New Brunswick's Municipalities Act. The dataset includes polygon geometry and associated place name attributes. It is provided by the Government of New Brunswick via Socrata and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Map service district boundaries using the Polygon geometry column for spatial visualization.
• Join demographic data to districts using the Name column as a key for regional analysis.
• Calculate the area of each district using the Shape_area column for resource allocation planning.
• Analyze district boundary changes over time using the Date column, if it contains historical records.

Strengths

• Contains polygon geometry for spatial analysis.
• Includes both English (Name) and French (Fre_Name) place name attributes.

Limitations

• Sample data unavailable to verify data quality and completeness.
• Dataset size and row count are unknown, limiting assessment of scope.

Provenance

Source

Government of New Brunswick (gnb.socrata.com).

Collection Method

Derived from legal definitions in the Local Service Districts Regulation.

Freshness

Last updated April 2026.

Geography

Province of New Brunswick, Canada.