BathurstNew Brunswick

On hazards, Bathurst comes out behind 93% of Canadian towns

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Region 6 health region

Service New Brunswick - GeoNB has mapped the flood hazard here: one study on the national inventory. Some 2.2% of the land within 25 km of Bathurst has burned since 1986; at 0.06% a year that is moderate, not high. Also worth knowing: more homes than usual carry radon here, 40% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%.

Bathurst’s Violent Crime Severity Index, 151, runs above New Brunswick’s towns and Canadian towns

The violent crime rate is 32.8 per 1,000 residents a year. Thefts, break-ins and damage came to 37.6 per 1,000 residents a year, above both New Brunswick’s towns (30.9) and Canadian towns (31.2).

Trips to work from Bathurst are shorter than from New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 16 min on average

89% of commuters drove, lower than New Brunswick’s towns (95%) and near Canadian towns (89%).

Home ownership in Bathurst, 60%, runs below New Brunswick’s towns and Canadian towns

17% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than New Brunswick’s towns (9%) yet lower than Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to nearly a quarter of the median household income, above both New Brunswick’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Bathurst doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Bathurst metro area.

6.1% of Bathurst’s residents belong to a visible minority (New Brunswick’s towns: 2.3%; Canadian towns: 15%)

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 3.8% of residents, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (2.8%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Immigrants make up 4.4% of residents, between New Brunswick’s towns (3.7%) and Canadian towns (6.4%).

Few Canadian towns get more snow than Bathurst: about 337 cm a year

Snow peaks in January: 71 cm in a normal year. Winter lows in Bathurst average −16.0°C in January. Frost usually lifts by 20 May and returns around 26 September: 127 days without it. The thermometer drops below freezing on 181 days a year, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (170) and Canadian towns (159).

What November brings in Bathurst: −4°C at night, 5°C by day

Precipitation in November averages 97 mm. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −2°C and lows near −11°C. A typical November adds 22 cm of snow. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Bathurst forecast, on the Weather page.

Bathurst sends Serge Cormier (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Acadie—Bathurst

No provincial riding is named for Bathurst, as no open boundary file exists for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick that we could find.

Bathurst’s public library is Bathurst Public Library

From the centre of Bathurst, it is 1.2 km away.

Protected areas cover 20% of the country around Bathurst

For walks, the Sentier Nepisiguit Mi'gmaq Trail runs within 2 km. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Kouchibouguac National Park, at 85 km. 13 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. 67 km from town is Miguasha National Park (Québec), the nearest provincial park.

The region around Bathurst carries more chronic illness than the typical Canadian town: 20% to 17%

Smoking takes in just over one in ten adults, age-standardised, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (12%). Across the region, nearly half of adults say their health is very good or excellent; New Brunswick as a whole manages 44%. Women in the region live to 82.7 and men to 77.8, 80.2 years taken together (2022/2024). The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Bathurst live 3.5 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km.

In and around Bathurst, 9 schools: 6 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade

Schooling in French is on offer at 4 of 9; in New Brunswick, 28% of schools teach in it.

Bathurst’s past, on the record: 1 historic place