HillsboroughNew Brunswick

In New Brunswick, this town has 1,569 residents. Its population rose 7% from 2016 to 2021.

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Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain

Population

1,569

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

48.8

years · New Brunswick’s towns: 46.8

Postsecondary

47%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Hillsborough a good place to live?

Crime is low (B). Jobs & income is its weak spot (D−). It lags on walkability as well (D−). Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C).

An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Hillsborough has its subject grades alone.

Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: no police service names this town, so its crime figure is the nearest police detachment's, shared with a wider area. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.

WeakestD⁻Walkability D⁻Jobs & income

How Hillsborough grades

Each subject compares Hillsborough with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Hillsborough has its subject grades alone.

WalkabilityAmong the weakest of the towns comparedD⁻Open →Jobs & incomeGraded on incomes, poverty and employmentD⁻Open →Hazard riskMore exposed to natural hazards than mostCOpen →HealthBehind most towns comparedCOpen →Cost of livingGraded on home prices against local incomesC⁺Open →SafetyAbout average among the towns comparedBOpen →

SchoolsIn New Brunswick, there’s no schools grade: the province publishes no results school by school.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Hillsborough stand out

The 3 things Hillsborough does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

2.3 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $150,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Immigrants

Who lives here

3% are immigrants

Midway across Canadian towns: 6%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Walkability

Behind 98%

of Canadian towns on walkability

Its walkability grade: D−.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hillsborough.

Work & commuteJobs & income D⁻

Commuters in Hillsborough travel further than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns, 36 min on average

0%walk, cycle or take transit

The car took 95% of commuters, close to New Brunswick’s towns (95%) and above Canadian towns (89%).

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van95%

Census 2021	Hillsborough	New Brunswick	Canada
Average trip	36 min	21 min	26 min
Car or van	95%	95%	89%

$66,500

median household income, 2020

12%

worked from home, May 2021

10%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageHillsborough’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment16% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work0% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to265 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Moncton

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.

Natural hazardsHazard risk C

Radon is Hillsborough’s main hazard: 20% of tested homes in its area top Health Canada’s guideline

Lowwildfire bandCHazard risk Grade

Measured across the Region 1 health region: radon tests

Service New Brunswick - GeoNB has mapped the flood hazard here: one study on the national inventory. NRCan expects $0.022 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Hillsborough, near the typical $0.030. Wildfire is rare near Hillsborough: 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.002% a year.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Hillsborough20%

New Brunswick’s towns20%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Hillsborough	New Brunswick	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	20%	20%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.022	$0.036	$0.030

Low

wildfire band

8.5 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood study on the national inventory

Full pageHillsborough’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Radon20% of tests above the guideline WildfireLow wildfire band · 0.1% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 FloodOne flood study on record Earthquakes$0.022 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory

HealthHealth C

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

43%very good or excellent healthCHealth Grade

Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 81.5, women 83.5 and men 79.5 (2022/2024). The region has fewer smokers than New Brunswick, just over one in ten adults to 14%. The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 18% of adults, close to New Brunswick’s towns (18%) and above Canadian towns (17%). The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Hillsborough’s is long: 21 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the Zone 1 (Moncton area) as a whole, not for Hillsborough alone.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Hillsborough43%

New Brunswick’s towns43%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Hillsborough	New Brunswick	Canada
Very good or excellent health	43%	43%	52%
Chronic conditions (average share)	18%	18%	17%
Life expectancy at birth	81.5	80.1	81.5
Smokers	12%	13%	12%

81.5

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

21 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

12%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

6.5 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageHillsborough’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey43% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care21 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 6.5 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 83.5, men 79.5 Conditions and habits18% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

Climate

Wet weather: 1,203 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Hillsborough, more than on 89% of Canadian towns

25.1°CJuly afternoons

Rain and snow peak in October, at 124 mm. A normal winter brings 310 cm of snow, near New Brunswick’s towns (310 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). Gardeners get 135 frost-free days, from 19 May to 2 October. Snow peaks in January: 74 cm in a normal year.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−2.0°C

Spring9.0°C

Summer23.7°C

Autumn13.2°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Hillsborough	New Brunswick	Canada
Snowfall a year	310 cm	310 cm	141 cm
Precipitation a year	1,203 mm	1,121 mm	883 mm

310 cm

of snow a year

135

frost-free days, 19 May to 2 Oct

129

days with precipitation a year

Full pageHillsborough’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

Rain and snow1,203 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm The yearJuly highs 25.1°C, January lows −13.3°C Snow310 cm of snow a year Weather station18 km to the station · Moncton

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Moncton)

HousingCost of living C⁺

Rent takes more of local pay in Hillsborough than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 27% of household income

$150,000median home value, 2021C⁺Cost of living Grade

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 9% of households, near New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and lower than Canadian towns (18%). 95% of households own their home. Hillsborough shares its rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers with the rest of the Moncton metro area.

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Hillsborough$150,000

New Brunswick$187,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Hillsborough	New Brunswick	Canada
Rent as a share of income	27%	20%	20%
Households owning their home	95%	86%	74%
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	9%	9%	18%

$1,452

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$650

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageHillsborough’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$1,452 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living2.3 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $150,000, against the median household income Owners and renters95% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Home values are owners’ own estimates at the May 2021 census, and incomes are for 2020.

Outdoors

Hillsborough is 16 km from Fundy National Park

6.3%of the land within 10 km protected

The closest provincial park is Cape Chignecto Provincial Park, 42 km from the edge of town. 6.3% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). On top of that, the 10 km around town hold 69 protected areas. Within 5 km are 2 beaches; Seawall Beach is the nearest.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Hillsborough6.3%

New Brunswick’s towns6%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Hillsborough	New Brunswick	Canada
Public protected areas within 10 km	17	7	4
Protected land within 10 km	6.3%	6%	2.3%

16 km

to Fundy National Park

42 km

to Cape Chignecto Provincial Park

beaches within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageHillsborough’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas69 protected areas within 10 km · Caledonia Gorge National & provincial parks16 km to a national park · Fundy National Park Footpaths & routes1 named route · Dobson Trail

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

SafetySafety B

Hillsborough is graded a B for safety

58Crime Severity Index

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Hillsborough itself

The force’s area logs 19.2 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Its police area recorded 10.8 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, below both New Brunswick’s towns (14.9) and Canadian towns (12). Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the Sackville detachment area, with Hillsborough one part of it.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202384

202427

202564

2023–2025	Hillsborough	New Brunswick	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	19.2	30.9	31.2
Crime Severity Index	58	73	67
Violent crime	10.8	14.9	12

non-violent Crime Severity Index

28%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageHillsborough’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety58 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Hillsborough’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Hillsborough safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Weather

Hillsborough in November: highs near 6°C, lows near −2°C

6°Ca normal November afternoon

The month after, December, normally sees freezing afternoons and −9°C nights. November normally sees 109 mm of precipitation. The year peaks in July (25°C) and bottoms out in January (−13°C). ECCC’s forecast for Moncton is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November6°C

December0°C

January−4°C

February−3°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−2°C	−12°C	305 mm
Spring	9°C	−2°C	303 mm
Summer	24°C	12°C	260 mm
Autumn	13°C	3°C	335 mm

−2°C

a normal November night

109 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageHillsborough’s weather pageOpen the full Weather page

Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest January

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Moncton); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Fundy Royal, which takes in Hillsborough, is held by Rob Moore (Conservative Party of Canada)

Without an open map of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick’s ridings, this page can’t say which one Hillsborough is in.

Full pageHillsborough’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Who runs itParish

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C⁺

Hillsborough has no public library of its own; the nearest is Hillsborough Public Library, 3.7 km away

After it comes Dorchester Memorial Public Library (Dorchester), 14 km away.

Full pageHillsborough’s library & civic life pageOpen the full Library & civic life page

Places to belong5.7 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Who lives here

Children make up only 13% of Hillsborough, fewer than in New Brunswick’s towns and Canadian towns

48.8median age

21% of residents are 65 or over, between New Brunswick’s towns (23%) and Canadian towns (19%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1.4% of residents, below both New Brunswick’s towns (2.8%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

HillsboroughNew BrunswickCanada

New BrunswickCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

21%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree18%

Postsecondary qualification47%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 47.1% of Hillsborough

Women numbered 660 and men 740 in 2021, next to a 50.9% share of women for Canada.

Who lives in Hillsborough
	Hillsborough	New Brunswick	Canada
Under 15	13%	15%	16%
15 to 64	66%	63%	64%
65+	21%	23%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	18%	18%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	47%	50%	56%

Full pageHillsborough’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Ages48.8 median age · 21% are 65 or over Households610 households · 2.3 people per household Immigrants3% are immigrants · 0% belong to a visible minority English and French13% speak both · 0% speak French but not English

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; New Brunswick and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Schools

In and around Hillsborough, 3 schools: 2 elementary schools and 1 school for every grade

3schools within 3 km

Elementary school is 2.8 km away at the nearest, above both New Brunswick’s towns (1.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

School	Level	Students	System
Riverside Consolidated SchoolIn HillsboroughElementary	Elementary	–	English public
Caledonia Regional High SchoolNearest secondary school, 1.4 kmAll grades	All grades	–	English public

See all 3 schools →

Schools within 3 km	Hillsborough	New Brunswick	Canada
Nearest elementary school	2.8 km	1.6 km	0.5 km
Nearest secondary school	2.8 km	4.5 km	1.2 km

2.8 km

to the nearest elementary school

Full pageHillsborough’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Every school3 schools within 3 km · 2 elementary schools and 1 school for every grade Language0 of 3 teach in French · 28% of schools in New Brunswick Questions“What schools are there in Hillsborough?”

Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Source note: the province publishes no results school by school, so there’s no schools grade in New Brunswick.

History

The registers record 1 historic place in Hillsborough

1historic place

Historic places by designation · inside the town

Highest designations0

Other federal designations0

Provincial and local listings1

Among them

Albert Mines Site

30%

of homes built before 1961 · Canadian towns 18%

Heritage	Hillsborough	New Brunswick	Canada
Homes built before 1961	30%	18%	18%

Full pageHillsborough’s history pageOpen the full History page

On the registersOne historic place inside the town Older homes30% built before 1961 · Canadian towns: 18%Questions“How many historic places does Hillsborough have?”

Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Hillsborough

15pages on Hillsborough

The big questions

SafetyBCrime Severity Index 58 Housing & costC⁺Homes 2.3 × income Property pricesSchools3 schools within 3 km HealthCLife expectancy 81.5 in its region Work & commuteD⁻50% of adults in work Natural hazardsCWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors6.3% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 25°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 48.8 HistoryOne place on the heritage registers Town hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

New Brunswick Railway Museum and 2 more in and around Hillsborough

What there is to see in Hillsborough and within a short drive, starting with the places most people have heard of.

All attractions →

MuseumNew Brunswick Railway Museum1.7 km outside town, to the east

MuseumAlbert County Museum2 km outside town, to the southeast

MuseumSteeves House1.9 km outside town, to the east

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (3)

New Brunswick Railway Museum: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Albert County Museum: Verne Equinox, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Steeves House: Verne Equinox at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around Hillsborough

One notable person was born in Hillsborough; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.

Their page →

Claude D. TaylorCanadian politician · 1911–1970

Roméo LeBlancCanadian politician · born in Memramcook · 1927–2009

Forbes KennedyCanadian ice hockey player · born in Dorchester · 1935–2026

Ginette Petitpas TaylorCanadian politician · born in Dieppe · born 1965

William SteevesCanadian politician · born in Hillsborough · 1814–1873

Alex DesRochesCanadian basketball player · born in Dieppe · born 1988

Photo credits

Roméo LeBlanc: United Press International, Public domain · Ginette Petitpas Taylor: AllianceON, CC BY 3.0 · Alex DesRoches: Sandy Chase, CC BY 2.0

About Hillsborough

Town in New Brunswick

Every figure TownRatings gives for Hillsborough covers the municipality as Statistics Canada maps it, one census subdivision in New Brunswick.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 1,569 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: New Brunswick
Census division: Albert
Metro area: Moncton
Census subdivision: 1306011

Hillsborough’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

HillsboroughMemramcookCoverdaleDorchesterRiverviewDieppeHillsborough

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Hillsborough	1,569	—	—	C⁺	B	C
Hillsborough	1,414	2.7	—	C⁺	B	C
Memramcook	5,616	10	C⁺	B⁻	B	C
Coverdale	5,167	11	C⁻	B⁻	C⁺	C⁺
Dorchester	1,130	14	—	B⁻	B	C⁺
Riverview	22,614	15	C⁺	B⁻	C⁻	B⁻
Dieppe	35,986	16	C⁺	B⁻	C⁻	B⁻

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Questions about Hillsborough

What kind of homes are in Hillsborough?

94% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 0% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more.

Do people in Hillsborough speak French?

Many do: 13% are bilingual in English and French (Canadian towns’ median: 8%), and 0% speak French only.

Is Hillsborough growing?

It grew from 1,308 people in 2016 to 1,397 in 2021, up 6.8%; the median of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. StatCan’s 2025 estimate is 1,569.

How old are the people of Hillsborough?

The median resident is 48.8 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 13% are under 15 and 21% are 65 or over.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).