Grand Falls / Grand-SaultNew Brunswick

Grand Falls / Grand-Sault earns a D for hazard risk

Measured across the Region 4 health region: radon tests

NRCan expects $0.048 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Grand Falls / Grand-Sault, near the typical $0.030. Flood mapping exists: a study by Service New Brunswick - GeoNB. 29% of radon tests in the survey area came in above the guideline, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (6.6%).

Winter nights bite in Grand Falls / Grand-Sault: January lows of −17.9°C, colder than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns

The frost-free season runs from 21 May to 15 September, 116 days. There are 192 days of frost in a typical year, above New Brunswick’s towns (170) and Canadian towns (159) alike. The warmest afternoons come in July, at around 24.2°C in Grand Falls / Grand-Sault. Most of the snow comes in February, about 70 cm.

Trips to work from Grand Falls / Grand-Sault are shorter than from New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 15 min on average

90% of commuters drove, below New Brunswick’s towns (95%) and close to Canadian towns (89%).

Home ownership in Grand Falls / Grand-Sault, 63%, runs below New Brunswick’s towns and Canadian towns

Rent took just over a fifth of household income, above both New Brunswick’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 16% of households, between New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (18%).

3.3% of Grand Falls / Grand-Sault’s residents belong to a visible minority (New Brunswick’s towns: 2.3%; Canadian towns: 15%)

3.6% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, close to New Brunswick’s towns (3.7%) and below Canadian towns (6.4%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 4% of residents, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (2.8%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Smoking runs high around Grand Falls / Grand-Sault: 18% of adults, the typical Canadian town 12%

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

A hospital lies 1.3 km from the typical home, below New Brunswick’s towns (11 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. Women in the region live to 80.7 and men to 77.3, 79.1 years taken together (2022/2024). In the health survey, 48% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, more than New Brunswick’s 44%.

A normal November in Grand Falls / Grand-Sault runs from −5°C to 4°C

November usually brings some 25 cm of snow. Expect about 92 mm of rain and snow over November. Next comes December, with normal highs of −3°C and lows of −12°C. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Grand Falls.

Grand Falls / Grand-Sault’s MP is Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault (Liberal Party of Canada), for Madawaska—Restigouche

Across New Brunswick, 6 of the 10 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada.

Grand Falls / Grand-Sault has one public library, Grand Falls Library

It sits 0.4 km from the centre of Grand Falls / Grand-Sault.

Grand Falls / Grand-Sault is on the Trans Canada Trail (NB)

No national park lies within 100 km. 68 km from town is Mount Carleton Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park.

Grand Falls / Grand-Sault earns a B− for safety

Its police area recorded 16.9 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, above New Brunswick’s towns (14.9) and Canadian towns (12) alike. Across its police area, there are 27.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

3 of the 5 schools around Grand Falls / Grand-Sault teach in French

The 3 km around Grand Falls / Grand-Sault counts 2 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 1 school for every grade.

Grand Falls / Grand-Sault’s past, on the record: 1 historic place

Older housing, built before 1961, accounts for 23% of homes, above both New Brunswick’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (18%). A further one sits a short way past the edge of town.