FrederictonNew Brunswick

High radon around Fredericton: 17% of homes tested in the area exceed 200 Bq/m³

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Region 3 health region

Shaking is about as much of a worry in Fredericton as in most places, at $0.039 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Service New Brunswick - GeoNB has mapped the flood hazard here: one study on the national inventory. Fire reaches the land around Fredericton now and then: 2.2% within 25 km since 1986 (0.09% a year), below the high band.

Rent takes more of local pay in Fredericton than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 24% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for a fifth of households, above both New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (18%). The median home value was $250,000, between New Brunswick’s towns ($187,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000).

Trips to work from Fredericton are shorter than from New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 17 min on average

85% of commuters drove to work at the census.

Fredericton is graded a C for safety

Violent incidents came to 17.6 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (14.9) and Canadian towns (12). Property crime accounts for 42.6 incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Fredericton’s health region reports 45% in very good or excellent health, behind the typical Canadian town’s 52%

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Zone 3 (Fredericton area)

Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 18% of the region’s adults on average, close to New Brunswick’s towns (18%) and above Canadian towns (17%). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 15% of adults, against 14% for New Brunswick. A baby born in the region can expect 80.1 years, 81.9 for a girl and 78.2 for a boy (2022/2024). The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Fredericton live 4.0 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km.

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

People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, below New Brunswick’s towns (23%) but above Canadian towns (19%). The share of residents under 15 is 14%.

July highs in Fredericton: 25.9°C, against 25.1°C in New Brunswick’s towns and 25.5°C in Canadian towns

Counting rain and snow alike, 1,022 mm falls in a year, below New Brunswick’s towns (1,121 mm) but above Canadian towns (883 mm). Snow peaks in January: 64 cm in a normal year. October is the wettest month, with 106 mm of rain and snow on average. Between the last spring frost, 14 May, and the first in autumn, 27 September, lie 135 days.

What November brings in Fredericton: −3°C at night, 6°C by day

Snow is normal by November, about 13 cm over the month. A normal November brings 97 mm of rain and snow. Then December: freezing by day, −10°C at night. Across the year, normals run from −15°C nights in January to 26°C afternoons in July.

Fredericton sends David Myles (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Fredericton—Oromocto

Of the 10 Commons seats from New Brunswick, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 6.

7 public library branches serve Fredericton

Among them: Bibliothèque Dre-Marguerite-Michaud, Fredericton Public Library, Harriet Irving Library and 4 more.

Mactaquac Provincial Park is 7.2 km from Fredericton

Count 26 protected areas within 10 km of town. No national park lies within 100 km. 4.3% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). 5.8 km out lies the largest, Grand Lake, at 10,465 ha.

24 schools in and around Fredericton: 20 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 schools for every grade

Measured from the centre, the closest high school lies 2.3 km off, below New Brunswick’s towns (4.5 km) but above Canadian towns (1.2 km).

Fredericton keeps a building from 1691: Fort Nashwaak (Naxoat)

Inside the town the registers count 17 historic places; 12 are top designations. On the list: 3 provincial or municipal listings, a heritage railway station and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building.