CoverdaleNew Brunswick

Coverdale earns a C− for hazard risk

Fire seldom reaches Coverdale: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.002% a year). One flood study covers the town, by Service New Brunswick - GeoNB. Coverdale doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Region 1 health region.

Wet weather: 1,203 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Coverdale, more than on 89% of Canadian towns

October is the wettest month, with 124 mm of rain and snow on average. Snowfall adds up to 310 cm a year, about level with New Brunswick’s towns (310 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). January is the snowiest month, with 74 cm on average. Frost usually lifts by 19 May and returns around 2 October: 135 days without it.

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

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Zone 1 (Moncton area)

Measured from where Coverdale’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 13 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Smoking is rarer than in the province: just over one in ten adults, against 14% for New Brunswick. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.5 years at birth, 83.5 for women and 79.5 for men. On average 18% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, near New Brunswick’s towns (18%) and higher than Canadian towns (17%).

Coverdale earns a C+ for safety

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Coverdale · Measured across the Shediac detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 75, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (82) and Canadian towns (86). The force’s area logs 13.3 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

9 schools in and around Coverdale: 7 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 school for every grade

Young children have 6.5 km to the nearest elementary school, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (1.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km). Of the 9, one teaches in French (28% of schools in New Brunswick).

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

A normal November brings 109 mm of rain and snow. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near freezing and lows near −9°C. Over the year, July is warmest at 25°C by day and January coldest at −13°C by night. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Moncton forecast, on the Weather page.

Rob Moore (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Fundy Royal, the riding that includes Coverdale

Statistics Canada lists Coverdale as a parish.

Coverdale has no public library of its own; the nearest is Riverview Public Library, 7.6 km away

After it comes Moncton Public Library (Moncton), 11 km away.

Most of Coverdale works elsewhere: the town has 0.1 jobs for each resident in work

The average trip to work took 25 min, above New Brunswick’s towns (21 min) and close to Canadian towns (26 min).

Coverdale is 25 km from Fundy National Park

Count 17 protected areas within 10 km of town. 55 km from town is Cape Chignecto Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 1.9%, below both New Brunswick’s towns (6%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the Dobson Trail.

24% of Coverdale’s residents speak English and French (New Brunswick’s towns: 27%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

Immigrants make up 2.6% of residents, below New Brunswick’s towns (3.7%) and Canadian towns (6.4%) alike. 17% of residents are children under 15. Those 65 and older account for 18% of residents.

Most households in Coverdale own their home: 95%, more than in New Brunswick’s towns and across Canadian towns

Source area for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: the Moncton metro area

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 7% of households, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (18%). Rent took a fifth of household income, in line with New Brunswick’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%).