EdmundstonNew Brunswick

Around Edmundston, 29% of tested homes have radon above the guideline

Earthquake risk in Edmundston is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.049 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Service New Brunswick - GeoNB. Edmundston shares its radon tests numbers with the rest of the Region 4 health region.

Edmundston gets a C for safety

Violence reaches 22.2 per 1,000 residents a year. Its violent severity index came to 102, above both New Brunswick’s towns (82) and Canadian towns (86).

Edmundston has colder winters than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −19.1°C

The thermometer drops below freezing on 198 days a year, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (170) and Canadian towns (159). A normal February brings 70 cm of snow, the most of any month. For the wettest month, look to July: 107 mm on average.

Smoking runs high around Edmundston: 18% of adults, the typical Canadian town 12%

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Zone 4 (Edmundston area)

In the health survey, 48% of adults in the region rated their health very good or excellent, above New Brunswick’s towns (43%) but below Canadian towns (52%). For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 79.1 years at birth, 80.7 for women and 77.3 for men. Measured from where Edmundston’s residents live, a hospital is 3.7 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see.

French first: 90% of the people of Edmundston grew up speaking it

3.9% of residents belong to a visible minority, higher than New Brunswick’s towns (2.3%) yet lower than Canadian towns (15%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.5% of residents, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (2.8%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Commuters in Edmundston have a short way to work, 14 min on average, less than in both New Brunswick’s towns and Canadian towns

The car took 94% of commuters, near New Brunswick’s towns (95%) and higher than Canadian towns (89%).

What November brings in Edmundston: −5°C at night, 4°C by day

Snow is normal by November, about 25 cm over the month. Into December, the normals move to −3°C and −13°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 87 mm. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Edmundston forecast, on the Weather page.

Madawaska—Restigouche, which takes in Edmundston, is held by Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault (Liberal Party of Canada)

No provincial riding is named for Edmundston, as no open boundary file exists for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick that we could find.

Edmundston Public Library and Bibliothèque Rhéa-Larose are Edmundston’s two public libraries

Without open library statistics in New Brunswick, the page names Edmundston’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.

Only 0.6% of the land within 10 km of Edmundston is protected

For a provincial park, Lac-Témiscouata National Park (Québec) lies 24 km off. Quisibis River (708 ha) is the biggest, 8.7 km from town. Also worth knowing: 3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. National parks are all over 100 km off.

Fewer households own their home in Edmundston than in New Brunswick’s towns or across Canadian towns: 65%

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 15% of households, higher than New Brunswick’s towns (9%) yet lower than Canadian towns (18%). Rent took a fifth of household income, near both New Brunswick’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Figures for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom are published for the Edmundston metro area as a whole, not for Edmundston alone.

6 of the 8 schools around Edmundston teach in French

In or within 3 km of Edmundston: 5 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade.

6 historic places on the heritage registers in Edmundston

Go back to 1927 and you reach The Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, the oldest of them. The record has 3 provincial or municipal listings, 2 heritage railway stations and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.