[6] Prior to the 2023 governance reform, the parish was divided between Tracadie and the local service districts of Evangéline, Inkerman Centre, Landry Office, Maltempec,[a] and Pokemouche.

[7] The local service district of the same name, which included only part of the parish, was amalgamated into the Regional Municipality of Grand Tracadie–Sheila on July 1, 2014,[8] causing some misunderstanding of its status.

[13] Inkerman Parish is bounded:[2][14][15][16] The Regional Municipality of Tracadie includes the southern part of the parish, the boundary running generally along the rear lines of grants along the Pokemouche River, Cowans Creek, and the South Branch Pokemouche River below McConnell Brook; the barrier islands along the outer edge of Tracadie Bay are also part of the regional municipality.

Established in 1988 from parts of Inkerman Centre and Pokemouche;[20] the corresponding taxing authority was Évangeline.

A small area west of the Indian reserve was isolated from the rest of the LSD and lacked highway access.

Established in 1988,[24] it originally ended near Gliddens Brook; Cowans Creek and the southeastern corner were added in 1989.

[5] Maltempec comprised all grants north of the Pokemouche River and west of the end of Landry Road.

The reserve belongs to the Esgenoopetitj First Nation and was originally much larger, stretching east to Nowlans Brook; there is no highway access.

Rose Settlement, including the communities of Boudreau Road, Gaspereau, Haut-Sainte-Rose, and Sainte-Rose.