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Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-estNew Brunswick

In New Brunswick, this town has 8,138 residents. Its population rose 5% from 2016 to 2021.

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Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0
Shemogue, New Brunswick

Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est, New Brunswick · Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0

Population
8,138
people, 2025 estimate
Median age
50.8
years · New Brunswick’s towns: 46.8
Postsecondary
50%
of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%
Walk, cycle, transit
2%
walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%
TownGrade
C
#1,910 of 2,556

Is Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est a good place to live?

Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est’s overall grade of C puts it better than 30% of Canadian towns, #31 of 59 in New Brunswick. Its weakest subject is walkability (D). Residents’ health trails most towns (C). Buying a home costs less than in most towns (B+).

This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety less sure: no police service names this town, so its crime figure is the nearest police detachment's, shared with a wider area. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.

What makes Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est stand out

The 3 things Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

How Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est grades

Each subject compares Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est.

Natural hazardsHazard risk C−

20% of homes tested in Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est’s area are above the radon guideline

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Region 1 health region

For earthquakes Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est is middling, $0.034 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. Flood mapping exists: a study by Service New Brunswick - GeoNB. Fire seldom reaches Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.002% a year).

Lowwildfire bandC−Hazard risk Grade

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est20%
New Brunswick’s towns20%
Canadian towns6.6%
HazardsBeaubassin East / Beaubassin-estNew BrunswickCanada
Radon tests above the guideline20%20%6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year$0.034$0.036$0.030
Low
wildfire band
19 km
to the nearest land burned since 1986
1
flood study on the national inventory

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

HousingCost of living B+

Renting in Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est costs 17% of household income, less than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns

7% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Owners make up 89% of households.

$200,000median home value, 2021B+Cost of living Grade

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est$200,000
New Brunswick$187,000
Canadian towns$406,000
Census 2021Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-estNew BrunswickCanada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter7%9%18%
Households owning their home89%86%74%
Rent as a share of income17%20%20%
$750
monthly rent for a two-bedroom
$750
median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020.

HealthHealth C

Around Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est, 43% rate their health very good or excellent, against 52% for the typical Canadian town

Measured across the Zone 1 (Moncton area): health survey and life expectancy

What sets Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est apart within its region is distance: 32 km to a hospital on average, over 30 km for just over four in five residents. Smoking is rarer than in the province: just over one in ten adults, against 14% for New Brunswick. Lives in the region last 81.5 years on average (2022/2024): 83.5 for women, 79.5 for men. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 18% of the region’s adults on average, close to New Brunswick’s towns (18%) and above Canadian towns (17%).

43%very good or excellent healthCHealth Grade

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est43%
New Brunswick’s towns43%
Canadian towns52%
HealthBeaubassin East / Beaubassin-estNew BrunswickCanada
Very good or excellent health43%43%52%
Chronic conditions (average share)18%18%17%
Life expectancy at birth81.580.181.5
Smokers12%13%12%
81.5
years of life expectancy, 2022/2024
32 km
from homes to a hospital, on average
12%
of adults smoke, age-standardised
15 km
from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

Climate

More rain and snow fall on Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est than on 89% of Canadian towns: 1,203 mm a year

Rain and snow peak in October, at 124 mm. Snow totals 310 cm over the year, about level with New Brunswick’s towns (310 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). Frost usually lifts by 19 May and returns around 2 October: 135 days without it. Most of the snow comes in January, about 74 cm.

25.1°CJuly afternoons

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−2.0°C
Spring9.0°C
Summer23.7°C
Autumn13.2°C
Normals, 1991–2020Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-estNew BrunswickCanada
Snowfall a year310 cm310 cm141 cm
Precipitation a year1,203 mm1,121 mm883 mm
310 cm
of snow a year
135
frost-free days, 19 May to 2 Oct
129
days with precipitation a year

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Moncton)

SafetySafety C+

Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est is graded a C+ for safety

No police detachment reports under Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own

The violent index for its police area came to 75, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (82) and Canadian towns (86). Its police area records 13.3 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Shediac detachment area.

73Crime Severity Index

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202366
202474
202578
2023–2025Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-estNew BrunswickCanada
Violent Crime Severity Index758286
Violent crime13.314.912
73
non-violent Crime Severity Index
25%
of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 13% are under 15

Retirement age and beyond: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older. Immigrants make up 3.4% of residents, below both New Brunswick’s towns (3.7%) and Canadian towns (6.4%).

50.8median age
Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-estNew BrunswickCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree23%
Postsecondary qualification50%

Women and men · all residents

49.7% of Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est’s residents are women

Women numbered 3,340 and men 3,380 in 2021, next to a 50.9% share of women for Canada.

Who lives in Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est
Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-estNew BrunswickCanada
Under 1513%15%16%
15 to 6463%63%64%
65+24%23%19%
No certificate, diploma or degree23%18%16%
Postsecondary qualification50%50%56%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; New Brunswick and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Schools

Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est has 4 French-language schools among its 4

Measured from the centre, the closest high school lies 15 km off, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (4.5 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km). Its 3 km reach takes in 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, all of Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est’s schooling.

4schools within 3 km
SchoolLevelStudentsSystem
École Père-Edgar-T.-LeBlanc FrenchIn Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-estElementaryElementary–French public
Polyvalente Louis-J.-Robichaud FrenchNearest secondary school, 2.5 kmSecondarySecondary–French public
École Donat-Robichaud FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementaryElementary–French public

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Schools within 3 kmBeaubassin East / Beaubassin-estNew BrunswickCanada
Nearest secondary school15 km4.5 km1.2 km
Nearest elementary school5.4 km1.6 km0.5 km
15 km
to the nearest secondary school
5.4 km
to the nearest elementary school

Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · In New Brunswick, no schools grade. The province publishes no results school by school.

Weather

What November brings in Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est: −2°C at night, 6°C by day

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Shediac forecast, on the Weather page. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near freezing and lows near −9°C. A normal November brings 109 mm of rain and snow. Normal highs peak at 25°C in July; nights bottom out at −13°C in January.

6°Ca normal November afternoon

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November6°C
December0°C
January−4°C
February−3°C
SeasonHighLowRain and snow
Winter−2°C−12°C305 mm
Spring9°C−2°C303 mm
Summer24°C12°C260 mm
Autumn13°C3°C335 mm
−2°C
a normal November night
109 mm
of rain and snow in a normal November

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Moncton); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Dominic LeBlanc won Beauséjour by 17,787 votes in 2021, a wider lead than in 85% of Canada’s ridings

Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick isn’t shown: no open file of the province’s riding boundaries could be found.

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B−

No public library stands in Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est: the closest, Cap-Pelé Public Library, is 5.5 km away

After it comes Bibliothèque publique de Shediac (Shediac), 16 km away.

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

27% of the land within 10 km of Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est is protected

The nearest national park is Fundy National Park, 57 km away. Amherst Shore Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 24 km. 11 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Parlee Beach.

27%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est27%
New Brunswick’s towns6%
Canadian towns2.3%
OutdoorsBeaubassin East / Beaubassin-estNew BrunswickCanada
Protected land within 10 km27%6%2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km474
57 km
to Fundy National Park
24 km
to Amherst Shore Provincial Park
11
beaches within 5 km

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Work & commuteJobs & income B−

Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.3 for each

Commutes averaged 24 min, between New Brunswick’s towns (21 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van95%
Walk2%
Census 2021Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-estNew BrunswickCanada
Average trip24 min21 min26 min
$82,000
median household income, 2020
18%
worked from home, May 2021
19%
of commuters work inside the municipality

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.

Nearby attractions

Homarus Eco-Centre and 2 more in and around Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est

Museums, historic sites, parks, gardens and days out in and near Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est, the best known first.

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Famous people from around Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est

2 notable people were born in Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.

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Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

Cap-PeléShediacShediacCap-PeléShediacShediacBeaubassin East / Beaubassin-est
How the neighbours grade
TownPeoplekmOverallCostSafetyHealth
Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est8,138—CB+C+C
Cap-Pelé3,0925C−C+C+C
Shediac9,84915DC−C+C
Shediac5,69918C+BC+C

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est

Do people in Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est speak French?

77% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns; 5.6% speak French but not English.

Who are the people of Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est?

At the 2021 census, 3% were immigrants and 3% belonged to a visible minority (Canadian towns’ median: 15%). 2% identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit.

Is Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est growing?

Yes: the census counted 6,376 in 2016 and 6,718 in 2021, a rise of 5.4%, against 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 8,138.

About Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est

Town in New Brunswick

Every figure TownRatings gives for Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est covers the municipality as Statistics Canada maps it, one census subdivision in New Brunswick.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population
8,138 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory
New Brunswick
Census division
Westmorland
Census subdivision
1307005

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).