HardwickeNew Brunswick

Radon is Hardwicke’s main hazard: 29% of tested homes in its area top Health Canada’s guideline

Earthquake risk in Hardwicke 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. One flood study covers the town, by Service New Brunswick - GeoNB. Little of the land around Hardwicke has burned: 0.5% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.01% a year.

Rent takes less of local pay in Hardwicke than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 15% of household income

89% of households own their home, about level with New Brunswick’s towns (86%) and above Canadian towns (74%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for 7% of households, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (18%).

The share of 15-to-64s with a job in Hardwicke trails that of 86% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 26 min, above New Brunswick’s towns (21 min) and close to Canadian towns (26 min).

The force covering Hardwicke records more serious violence than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns, at 183

No police detachment reports under Hardwicke’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 Neguac detachment area

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 125 over 2023–25, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (73) and Canadian towns (67). The force’s area logs 32.5 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Property crime in the area its police cover: 43.1 per 1,000 people a year.

Only 43% of adults around Hardwicke call their health very good or excellent, below the typical Canadian town’s 52%

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Zone 1 (Moncton area)

Lives here run to 81.5 years on average, about level with Canadian towns (81.5) and above New Brunswick’s towns (80.1). Smoking is rarer than in the province: just over one in ten adults, against 14% for New Brunswick. Closer to home, a hospital is 39 km from the average resident of Hardwicke, and 100% live more than 30 km away.

Within 3.1 km of Hardwicke: Kouchibouguac National Park

Inside the town itself, nearly a quarter of the land is protected. 3.0 km out lies the largest, Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 22), at 285,278 ha. Parks and reserves take up 59% of the ground within 10 km, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (6%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). The 10 km around town hold 36 protected areas.

Precipitation in Hardwicke tops that of 91% of Canadian towns: 1,240 mm a year

Summer highs average 25.8°C in July, above New Brunswick’s towns (25.1°C) and close to Canadian towns (25.5°C). A normal October brings 133 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. February is the snowiest month, with 84 cm on average.

Fewer children live in Hardwicke than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 8.8% are under 15

9.5% of residents have an Indigenous identity, above both New Brunswick’s towns (2.8%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Over-65s are 28% of the population.

Expect November days around 6°C in Hardwicke, nights around −3°C

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Point Escuminac forecast. Then December: freezing by day, −9°C at night. Expect about 109 mm of rain and snow over November. Snow is normal by November, about 19 cm over the month.

Miramichi—Grand Lake, which takes in Hardwicke, is held by Mike Dawson (Conservative Party of Canada)

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

Hardwicke has no public library of its own; the nearest is Chatham Public Library, 35 km away

After it comes Bibliothèque publique de Richibucto (Richibucto), 41 km away.

2 schools in and around Hardwicke: 1 elementary school and 1 school for every grade

Hardwicke has 2 historic places on the registers

The oldest dated place, Lighttower; Point Escuminac, goes back to 1965. On the list: a provincial or municipal listing and a Recognized Federal Heritage Building. Older housing, built before 1961, accounts for 16% of homes, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (18%).