AtholvilleNew Brunswick

Very good or excellent health for just 36% of adults around Atholville; the typical Canadian town: 52%

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Zone 5 (Campbellton area)

The region has more smokers than New Brunswick, 15% of adults to 14%; what’s more, on average 24% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, above New Brunswick’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%) alike. Women in the region live to 82.3 and men to 75.3, 79.0 years taken together (2022/2024). For Atholville itself the measure is access, and it lags: 7.0 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Around Atholville, 24% of tested homes have radon above the guideline

Measured across the Region 5 health region: radon tests

Burn scars are few around Atholville, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.002% a year). The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Service New Brunswick - GeoNB.

Renting in Atholville costs 18% of household income, less than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns

9% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, near New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and lower than Canadian towns (18%). The owner-occupied share of households is 85%.

Atholville has lower household incomes than 83% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work takes 21 min. The car took 94% of commuters, about level with New Brunswick’s towns (95%) and above Canadian towns (89%).

For the force that serves Atholville, the Crime Severity Index is 89, above New Brunswick’s towns and Canadian towns

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Atholville itself · Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Campbellton detachment area

The force’s area logs 19.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 100, above both New Brunswick’s towns (82) and Canadian towns (86).

Atholville has cooler summers than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: July highs of 23.8°C

July is the wettest month, with 104 mm of rain and snow on average. A normal winter brings 337 cm of snow, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (310 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). The frost-free season runs from 18 May to 1 October, 135 days. The coldest nights come in January, when Atholville averages a low of −16.2°C.

Protected land around Atholville beats 9 in 10 Canadian towns

One named trail is close: the International Appalachian Trail New-Brunswick. The largest named area nearby is 4010701, 16,175 ha, 9.2 km away. Count 24 protected areas within 10 km of town. National parks are all over 100 km off.

Children make up only 12% of Atholville, fewer than in New Brunswick’s towns and Canadian towns

7.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (2.8%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Those 65 and older account for 25% of residents.

3 boards run the schools in and around Atholville

Counting a 3 km margin, Atholville has 4 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools. Teenagers have 8.5 km to go to the closest secondary school, above New Brunswick’s towns (4.5 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike. Schooling in French is on offer at 3 of 7; in New Brunswick, 28% of schools teach in it.

In Atholville, November normally means 4°C afternoons and −4°C nights

July brings the warmest days, 24°C; January the coldest nights, −16°C. Snowfall in a normal November: 22 cm. A normal December brings highs of −3°C, lows of −11°C. November normally sees 87 mm of precipitation.

Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault (Liberal Party of Canada) represents Atholville in Ottawa as MP for Madawaska—Restigouche

Across New Brunswick, 6 of the 10 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada.

Raymond Lagacé Public Library is Atholville’s public library

The library is 6.1 km from the centre of Atholville.