Lepreau is a geographic parish in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada,^[4] west of Saint John.

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Lepreau Parish
Parish
Location within Charlotte County.
Country	Canada
Province	New Brunswick
County	Charlotte
Erected	1857
Government
• Type	Local service district
Area [1]
• Land	209.52 km2 (80.90 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	803
• Density	3.8/km2 (10/sq mi)
• Change 2016-2021	13.6%
• Dwellings	492
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-3 (ADT)

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For governance purposes, the southern part of the parish is part of the incorporated rural community of Fundy Shores,^[5] while the north is part of the Southwest rural district,^[6] both of which are members of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission.^[7]

Prior to the 2023 governance reform, it comprised a single local service district (LSD), which was a member of the Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC).^[8]

The Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station is the parish's most notable feature and is located near its eastern border.

The Census subdivision of Lepreau Parish shares the parish's borders.^[1]

Historian William Francis Ganong states that the name of the parish comes from Point Lepreau, the name being a corruption of French Pte. aux Napraux.^[9]

The parish's official spelling has varied:

• LePreau in 1857,^[10]
• Lepreaux in 1868,^[11] 1869,^[12] 1903,^[13] 1927,^[14] and 1952^[15]
• Le Preaux in 1877^[16] and 1896^[17]
• Lepreau since 1973^[18]

Lepreau Parish was erected from eastern Pennfield Parish in 1857.^[10] It originally included the eastern part of Clarendon Parish.

Lepreau is bounded:^[2][19][20]

• on the north by a line running due west from the southernmost corner of Queens County;
• on the east by a line running true north from Point Lepreau;
• on the south by Maces Bay and the Bay of Fundy;
• on the west by true north from the mouth of the Pocologan River;
• including any islands within 2 miles (3.2 km) of the shore.

The local service district of the parish of Lepreau comprised the entire parish.^[21]

The LSD was established in 1970 to assess for fire protection;^[22] first aid & ambulance services were added in 1978.^[23]

In 2021, the LSD assesses for only the basic LSD services of fire protection, police services, land use planning, emergency measures, and dog control.^[24]

Communities at least partly within the parish.^[19][20][25] italics indicate a name no longer in official use.

Bodies of water^{[lower-alpha 1]} at least partly within the parish.^[19][20][25]

Islands at least partly within the parish.^[19][20][25] italics indicates a name no longer in official use

Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.^{[19][20][25][26][27]}

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:^[36]

• Route 1
• Route 780
• Route 795