Grand FallsNew Brunswick

The police who cover Grand Falls record more serious crime than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 164

No police detachment reports under Grand Falls’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own · Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Perth Andover detachment area

Property crime in its police area ran at 55.3 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (30.9) and Canadian towns (31.2). The force’s area logs 28.2 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Grand Falls is graded a D for hazard risk

Service New Brunswick - GeoNB has mapped the flood hazard here: one study on the national inventory. Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in 29% of homes, above both New Brunswick’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Earthquake risk in Grand Falls is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.046 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030.

More smokers around Grand Falls: 18% of adults, where the typical Canadian town has 12%

Chronic conditions run at 15% of adults, age-standardised, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). Women in the region live to 80.7 and men to 77.3, 79.1 years taken together (2022/2024). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 48%, ahead of the 44% for New Brunswick. Closer to home, a hospital is 12 km from the average resident of Grand Falls, further than the usual 3.7 km.

Grand Falls has colder winters than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −17.9°C

A normal year brings 1,128 mm of precipitation, near New Brunswick’s towns (1,121 mm) and higher than Canadian towns (883 mm). Frost usually lifts by 21 May and returns around 15 September: 116 days without it. Expect July highs of around 24.2°C in Grand Falls. Snow peaks in February: 70 cm in a normal year.

Schools in and around Grand Falls

The closest elementary school is 11 km away, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (1.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km). The nearest secondary school is 12 km away, above both New Brunswick’s towns (4.5 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

Grand Falls is graded a B for cost of living

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 14% of households, between New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (18%). The owner-occupied share of households is 82%.

With 0.5 jobs for each resident in work, most of Grand Falls commutes out

The car took 98% of commuters, near New Brunswick’s towns (95%) and higher than Canadian towns (89%). The average trip to work takes 21 min.

Expect November days around 4°C in Grand Falls, nights around −5°C

Into December, the normals move to −3°C and −12°C. A normal November brings 92 mm of rain and snow. About 25 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Grand Falls forecast, on the Weather page.

Grand Falls sends Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Madawaska—Restigouche

The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick’s ridings aren’t published as open data we could find, so Grand Falls isn’t placed in one.

Grand Falls has no public library of its own; the nearest is Grand Falls Library, 11 km away

The next is Perth-Andover Public Library (Perth-Andover), 23 km away.

The International Appalachian Trail New-Brunswick passes Grand Falls

Count 4 protected areas within 10 km of town. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Big Flat. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. 0.1% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).

Fewer of Grand Falls’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 1.9%

Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, about level with Canadian towns (19%) and below New Brunswick’s towns (23%). The share of residents under 15 is 16%.