Cap-PeléNew Brunswick

Radon is Cap-Pelé’s main hazard: 20% of tested homes in its area top Health Canada’s guideline

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

Flood mapping exists: a study by Service New Brunswick - GeoNB. Seismic risk in Cap-Pelé sits near the middle: $0.036 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Little of the land around Cap-Pelé has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.002% a year.

Cap-Pelé’s health region reports 43% in very good or excellent health, behind the typical Canadian town’s 52%

The region has fewer smokers than New Brunswick, 12% of adults to 14%. On average 18% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, about level with New Brunswick’s towns (18%) and above Canadian towns (17%). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.5, women 83.5 and men 79.5 (2022/2024). Measured from where Cap-Pelé’s residents live, a hospital is 37 km away on average and 100% of them are over 30 km out.

Trips to work from Cap-Pelé are shorter than from New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 19 min on average

More rain and snow fall on Cap-Pelé than on 89% of Canadian towns: 1,203 mm a year

Between the last spring frost, 19 May, and the first in autumn, 2 October, lie 135 days. For the wettest month, look to October: 124 mm on average. Some 310 cm of snow falls in a typical year, near New Brunswick’s towns (310 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). Most of the snow comes in January, about 74 cm.

Cap-Pelé’s grade for safety: a C+

No police detachment reports under Cap-Pelé’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for the Shediac detachment area

Its police area recorded 13.3 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, below New Brunswick’s towns (14.9) but above Canadian towns (12). The violent index for its police area came to 75, below New Brunswick’s towns (82) and Canadian towns (86) alike.

Older residents shape Cap-Pelé: 27% are 65 or over, above New Brunswick’s towns and Canadian towns

The share of residents under 15 is 13%. Immigrants make up 6.9% of residents, above both New Brunswick’s towns (3.7%) and Canadian towns (6.4%).

Rent takes more of local pay in Cap-Pelé than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 22% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 13% of households, between New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (18%). Households that own their home make up 77%.

Expect November days around 6°C in Cap-Pelé, nights around −2°C

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Shediac forecast. Then December: freezing by day, −9°C at night. A normal November brings 109 mm of rain and snow. Across the year, normals run from −13°C nights in January to 25°C afternoons in July.

Dominic LeBlanc took Beauséjour in 2021 by 17,787 votes, more than the margin in 85% of ridings

The riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) covering Cap-Pelé is Beauséjour, and Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal Party of Canada) represents it in the House of Commons.

Cap-Pelé has one public library, Cap-Pelé Public Library

From the centre of Cap-Pelé, it is 1 km away.

43% of the land within 10 km of Cap-Pelé is protected

65 km separate the town from Kouchibouguac National Park, its nearest national park. 11 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. The nearest provincial park, Amherst Shore Provincial Park, is 39 km away. 4 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name.

Cap-Pelé’s teenagers travel 20 km to the nearest high school