GlenelgNew Brunswick

Glenelg is graded a D− for health

The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Glenelg’s is long: 19 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. At 20%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 14% for New Brunswick. What’s more, the three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 21% of adults, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 47%, ahead of the 44% for New Brunswick. Glenelg shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the Zone 7 (Miramichi area).

29% of homes tested in Glenelg’s area are above the radon guideline

Source area for radon tests: the Region 7 health region

Fire reaches the land around Glenelg now and then: 2.9% within 25 km since 1986 (0.07% a year), below the high band. Service New Brunswick - GeoNB has mapped the flood hazard here: one study on the national inventory.

The police who cover Glenelg record less serious crime than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 45

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Glenelg · Measured across the Rogersville 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 56, below New Brunswick’s towns (82) and Canadian towns (86) alike. The force’s area logs 11.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Property crime in the area its police cover: 17.4 per 1,000 people a year.

Glenelg is 3.1 km from Kouchibouguac National Park

Count 43 protected areas within 10 km of town. Parks and reserves take up just over a fifth of the ground within 10 km, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (6%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). Inside the town itself, 11% of the land is protected.

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

Workers spend 23 min getting to work, on average.

Glenelg’s teenagers travel 18 km to the nearest high school

Young children have 10 km to the nearest elementary school, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (1.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

Glenelg is graded a B for cost of living

Nearly nine in ten households are owner-occupiers. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 6% of households, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Winter nights bite in Glenelg: January lows of −15.3°C, colder than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns

A normal winter brings 312 cm of snow, close to New Brunswick’s towns (310 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). The frost-free season runs from 23 May to 5 October, 133 days. Snow peaks in January: 82 cm in a normal year. For the wettest month, look to October: 113 mm on average.

15% of Glenelg’s residents speak English and French (New Brunswick’s towns: 27%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

Retirement age and beyond: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or older. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 5.2% of residents, above New Brunswick’s towns (2.8%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. 16% of residents are children under 15.

Glenelg in November: highs near 6°C, lows near −3°C

In November, the normal is 93 mm of rain and snow. A normal December brings highs of −1°C, lows of −10°C. November usually brings some 24 cm of snow. The year peaks in July (26°C) and bottoms out in January (−15°C).

Glenelg sends Mike Dawson (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Miramichi—Grand Lake

From New Brunswick come 10 MPs, 6 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada.

The nearest public library to Glenelg is Chatham Public Library, 17 km away

After it comes Newcastle Public Library (Miramichi), 24 km away.