Saint-Léolin was originally established around the 1800s.
At the time, people were beginning to leave the coast to settle inland. We can say that it was an extension of the religious parish of St-Simon & St-Judes de Grande-Anse.
From memory, the first inhabitant was Joseph Bertin with his son Gustave, who was followed during the 1800s by the Clément, Godin, Colton, Poirier, Landry, Robichaud, Thériault, Blanchard, Downing and other families.
These were followed in the early 1900s by the Collin, Boudreau, Battah, Haché, Mazerolle, St-Pierre and Roy families.
Following all these displacements and having at this point as much population as the village of Grande-Anse, capital at the time of the Parish of St-Simon & St-Judes, the small community constituted a village and gave itself the name of Saint-Joseph during the year 1900.
Until August 1903, the new village was called “Village de Saint-Joseph”.
On September 1, 1903, due to the fact that in the province of New Brunswick, there were at that time three (3) villages that bore the name of Saint-Joseph and that this caused problems in the delivery of mail and in communications, we had to change the name of Saint-Joseph to the temporary name of “Pepère”.
This name was in force until June 1, 1904. On this date, the name of “Pepère” was changed to that of “Saint-Léolin”, a name which was probably found from a liturgical calendar of the time.
With the expansion experienced by the municipality after the Second World War, it did not take long for Saint-Léolin to be recognized in the region as an active and dynamic community where mutual aid and volunteering are an integral part of life. daily.
On October 1, 1978, the village was incorporated as a municipality of New Brunswick. The first municipal council was elected.
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