Devon 30New Brunswick
This First Nations reserve in New Brunswick has a population of 1,105. It sits within the Fredericton census metropolitan area.
Is Devon 30 a good place to live?
Devon 30’s best grade is for walkability (A). Jobs & income is its weak spot (C−). It lags on health as well (C). Hazards are a real consideration (C).
Reserves such as Devon 30 stay out of the grades and the ranked lists. Statistics Canada publishes too little of their data, and what it does publish can’t be weighed fairly against other towns.
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. No Safety Grade: no police service publishes a crime rate for this place on its own. 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. A First Nations reserve: subject grades only, with no overall grade and no place in ranked lists.
How Devon 30 grades
Each subject compares Devon 30 with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Reserves such as Devon 30 stay out of the grades and the ranked lists. Statistics Canada publishes too little of their data, and what it does publish can’t be weighed fairly against other towns.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Devon 30 stand out
The 3 things Devon 30 does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Devon 30.
Trips to work from Devon 30 are shorter than from New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 14 min on average
The car took 84% of commuters, below New Brunswick’s towns (95%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Devon 30 | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 14 min | 21 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 84% | 95% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
Radon is Devon 30’s main hazard: 17% of tested homes in its area top Health Canada’s guideline
Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Region 3 health region
One flood study covers the town, by Service New Brunswick - GeoNB. Earthquake risk in Devon 30 is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.030 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. Fire seldom reaches Devon 30: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.002% a year).
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Devon 30 | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 17% | 20% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.030 | $0.036 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
More of Devon 30’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 84%
3.3% speak both English and French, below both New Brunswick’s towns (27%) and Canadian towns (7.5%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 49.8% of Devon 30
Census 2021 put women at 530 and men at 535; women are 50.9% of Canada.
| Devon 30 | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 15% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 65% | 63% | 64% |
| 65+ | 9.3% | 23% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 29% | 18% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 35% | 50% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; New Brunswick and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Fewer adults feel healthy around Devon 30: 45% say very good or excellent (52% for the typical Canadian town)
Shared with the rest of the Zone 3 (Fredericton area): health survey and life expectancy
Measured from where people live, the nearest hospital is 5.8 km away, between New Brunswick’s towns (11 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). At 15%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 14% for New Brunswick. People in the region live to 80.1 on average: 81.9 for women and 78.2 for men in 2022/2024.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Devon 30 | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Very good or excellent health | 45% | 43% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 80.1 | 80.1 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
July afternoons in Devon 30 reach 25.9°C (New Brunswick towns 25.1°C, Canadian towns 25.5°C)
For the wettest month, look to October: 106 mm on average. A normal winter brings 241 cm of snow, below New Brunswick’s towns (310 cm) but above Canadian towns (141 cm). Frost usually lifts by 14 May and returns around 27 September: 135 days without it. January is the snowiest month, with 64 cm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Devon 30 | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 241 cm | 310 cm | 141 cm |
| July afternoon high | 25.9°C | 25.1°C | 25.5°C |
| Precipitation a year | 1,022 mm | 1,121 mm | 883 mm |
| January night low | −14.6°C | −13.3°C | −13.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Fredericton (Airport))
Expect November days around 6°C in Devon 30, nights around −3°C
A normal November brings 97 mm of rain and snow. Into December, the normals move to freezing and −10°C. Snow is normal by November, about 13 cm over the month. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Fredericton forecast, on the Weather page.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −2°C | −13°C | 242 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −1°C | 245 mm |
| Summer | 25°C | 12°C | 243 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 2°C | 293 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Fredericton (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page
David Myles (Liberal Party of Canada) represents Devon 30 in Ottawa as MP for Fredericton—Oromocto
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
The nearest public library to Devon 30 is Nashwaaksis Library, 1.4 km away
The next is Fredericton Public Library (Fredericton), 2 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
From Devon 30, Mactaquac Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (19 km)
4 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Killarney Lake Beach. 9.0 km out lies the largest, Grand Lake, at 10,465 ha. Protected areas cover 4.2% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. Within 100 km there is no national park.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Devon 30 | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 4.2% | 6% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 7 | 7 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
In and around Devon 30, 9 schools: 8 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, higher than New Brunswick’s towns (1.5) yet lower than Canadian towns (3). Of the 9, one teaches in French (28% of schools in New Brunswick).
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| École Les Éclaireurs FrenchNearest elementary school, 1 kmElementary | Elementary | – | French public |
| Leo Hayes High SchoolNearest secondary school, 0.2 kmSecondary | Secondary | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Devon 30 | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 2 | 1.5 | 3 |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Towns in New Brunswick aren’t in the schools rankings: the province publishes no results school by school.
Everything we know about Devon 30
Beaverbrook Art Gallery and 14 more in and around Devon 30
A first look at Devon 30’s museums, historic sites and days out, and a few just outside town.
Art galleryBeaverbrook Art Gallery1.2 km outside town, to the south · 25K visitors a year
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral1.5 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumScience East1.4 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumYork Sunbury Museum1.1 km outside town, to the southGardenGardenFredericton Botanic Garden4.2 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumSchool Days Museum1.1 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- Beaverbrook Art Gallery: Vascobattuta at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christ Church Cathedral: Vascobattuta at en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Famous people from around Devon 30
No notable person born in Devon 30 is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Photo credits
Catharine Pendrel: Sapin88, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Anna Silk: Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0 · Jake Allen: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0 · Charles G. D. Roberts: Credit: Library and Archives Canada / C-006718, Public domain · Bliss Carman: Photographer unattributed, Public domain
About Devon 30
First Nations reserve in New Brunswick
Devon 30 is a First Nations reserve in New Brunswick, counted by Statistics Canada as its own census subdivision.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,105 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- New Brunswick
- Census division
- York
- Metro area
- Fredericton
- First Nation
- Saint Mary's
- The community’s own name
- St. Mary's First Nation
- Census subdivision
- 1310034
Devon 30’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon 30 | 1,105 | — | — | — | — | C |
| Fredericton | 74,655 | 2.5 | C− | C− | C | C |
| New Maryland | 4,455 | 10 | B+ | A | B− | C |
| Maugerville | 1,808 | 11 | — | B | B− | C |
| Saint Marys | 5,701 | 11 | C+ | B | B− | C− |
| Starlight Village | 5,108 | 14 | B | A− | B− | C |
| Douglas | 6,840 | 14 | C | B− | B− | C− |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Devon 30
What kind of homes are in Devon 30?
Mostly 93% single-detached houses (the median of Canadian towns: 64%), with 0% of homes in buildings of five or more storeys. Households hold 3 people on average, and 23% have just one.
Is Devon 30 a young town or an old one?
The typical resident is 32.8 (Canadian towns: 45.2), with seniors at 9% of the population and under-15s at 25%.
Do people in Devon 30 speak French?
3% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns; 0% speak French but not English.
Is Devon 30 growing?
It grew from 1,038 people in 2016 to 1,070 in 2021, up 3.1%; the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 1,105.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · 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).