CocagneNew Brunswick

Violent crime weighs less where Cocagne is policed than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 31

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Cocagne itself · Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for the Bouctouche detachment area

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 34 over 2023–25, below both New Brunswick’s towns (73) and Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 7.3 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 16.6 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

High radon around Cocagne: 20% of homes tested in the area exceed 200 Bq/m³

Seismic risk in Cocagne sits near the middle: $0.035 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Flood mapping exists: a study by Service New Brunswick - GeoNB. Fire seldom reaches Cocagne: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.002% a year).

Only 43% of adults around Cocagne call their health very good or excellent, below the typical Canadian town’s 52%

Homes here are 24 km from a hospital on average, above both New Brunswick’s towns (11 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). At 12%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 14% for New Brunswick. Lives in the region last 81.5 years on average (2022/2024): 83.5 for women, 79.5 for men. Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Cocagne alone, so this card uses the figure for the Zone 1 (Moncton area).

Only 9% of households in Cocagne spend 30% or more of their income on shelter, against 18% in the typical Canadian town

Owners make up 86% of households, about level with New Brunswick’s towns (86%) and above Canadian towns (74%).

Fewer children live in Cocagne than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 13% are under 15

Visible minorities make up 1.3% of the population, below both New Brunswick’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (15%). 26% of residents have reached 65.

Cocagne has 0.4 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out

Commutes averaged 26 min, above New Brunswick’s towns (21 min) and close to Canadian towns (26 min).

The nearest high school to Cocagne is 14 km away

Boards running schools in the area: 2, above New Brunswick’s towns (1.5) but below Canadian towns (3). From the middle of town, the first elementary school is 2.3 km off, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (1.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

Weather without surprises: Cocagne keeps close to the norm for Canadian towns

Snow totals 310 cm over the year, near New Brunswick’s towns (310 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). Frost usually lifts by 14 May and returns around 3 October: 141 days without it. A normal October brings 106 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Also worth knowing: most of the snow comes in January, about 74 cm.

Expect November days around 6°C in Cocagne, nights around −2°C

About 19 cm of snow falls in a normal November. November normally sees 92 mm of precipitation. Into December, the normals move to freezing and −8°C. Over the year, July is warmest at 25°C by day and January coldest at −13°C by night.

A 17,787-vote win for Dominic LeBlanc made Beauséjour safer in 2021 than 85% of ridings

For local government, Cocagne is a rural community.

No public library stands in Cocagne: the closest, Bibliothèque publique de Saint-Antoine, is 9.2 km away

The next is Gérald Leblanc Public Library (Bouctouche), 14 km away.

Within 10 km of Cocagne, 39% of the land is protected

6 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Kouchibouguac National Park, at 33 km. Amherst Shore Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 68 km. 8 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Bar de Cocagne.