MintoNew Brunswick
Its census division is Queens. This town in New Brunswick has a population of 2,349.
Is Minto a good place to live?
Homes are affordable (B). Its weakest is jobs & income (D−). Health is a weak point (D). It also trails on safety (C).
Minto has subject grades but no overall grade: Canadian towns get one from 2,500 residents.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety is the police detachment's figure, shared with the towns and countryside around it. 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.
How Minto grades
Each subject compares Minto with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
Minto has subject grades but no overall grade: Canadian towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Minto stand out
The 3 things Minto does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Minto.
Trips to work from Minto take longer than from New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 31 min on average
Driving is how 94% of commuters got to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Minto | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 31 min | 21 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 94% | 95% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Census day was in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so commuting and work figures carry the lockdowns’ mark.
Health in Minto trails 88% of Canadian towns
The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 80.1, with women at 81.9 and men at 78.2. Smoking is commoner than in the province: 15% of adults, against 14% for New Brunswick. The survey finds 45% of adults in very good or excellent health, higher than New Brunswick’s towns (43%) yet lower than Canadian towns (52%). For Minto itself, the measure is access: 41 km to the nearest hospital on average, with 100% of homes beyond 30 km. Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for Minto alone, so this card uses the figure for the Zone 3 (Fredericton area).
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Minto | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Very good or excellent health | 45% | 43% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 80.1 | 80.1 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
17% of homes tested in Minto’s area are above the radon guideline
Shared with the rest of the Region 3 health region: radon tests
One flood study covers the town, by Service New Brunswick - GeoNB. NRCan expects $0.037 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Minto, near the typical $0.030.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Minto | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 17% | 20% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.037 | $0.036 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Violent crime weighs more where Minto is policed than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 112
Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Minto detachment area
For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 17.8 violent incidents are reported each year. The index for the force that serves it came to 83, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (73) and Canadian towns (67).
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Minto | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 112 | 82 | 86 |
| Violent crime | 17.8 | 14.9 | 12 |
| Crime Severity Index | 83 | 73 | 67 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Minto is graded a B for cost of living
Shelter took 30% or more of income for 13% of households, above New Brunswick’s towns (9%) but below Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 77% of households.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Minto | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 13% | 9% | 18% |
| Households owning their home | 77% | 86% | 74% |
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.
An older town: 31% of people in Minto are 65 or over, more than in both New Brunswick’s towns and Canadian towns
Children under 15 make up 12%, below both New Brunswick’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (16%). 11% speak both English and French, below New Brunswick’s towns (27%) but above Canadian towns (7.5%).
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 50.6% of Minto
1,105 men and 1,130 women lived here in 2021, against a share of women of 50.9% for Canada.
| Minto | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 15% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 56% | 63% | 64% |
| 65+ | 31% | 23% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 29% | 18% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 38% | 50% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; New Brunswick and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
July afternoons in Minto reach 25.9°C (New Brunswick towns 25.1°C, Canadian towns 25.5°C)
A normal October brings 106 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Snow totals 241 cm over the year, lower than New Brunswick’s towns (310 cm) yet higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). Frost usually lifts by 14 May and returns around 27 September: 135 days without it. January is the snowiest month, with 64 cm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Minto | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 241 cm | 310 cm | 141 cm |
| July afternoon high | 25.9°C | 25.1°C | 25.5°C |
| Precipitation a year | 1,022 mm | 1,121 mm | 883 mm |
| January night low | −14.6°C | −13.3°C | −13.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Fredericton (Airport))
The 2 schools of Minto: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minto Elementary Middle SchoolIn MintoElementary | Elementary | – | English public |
| Minto Memorial High SchoolIn MintoSecondary | Secondary | – | English public |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · In New Brunswick, no schools grade. The province publishes no results school by school.
In Minto, November normally means 6°C afternoons and −3°C nights
Looking ahead to December, expect highs near freezing and lows near −10°C. Expect about 97 mm of rain and snow over November. Snow is normal by November, about 13 cm over the month. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Chipman forecast, on the Weather page.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −2°C | −13°C | 242 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −1°C | 245 mm |
| Summer | 25°C | 12°C | 243 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 2°C | 293 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Fredericton (Airport)); the forecast is on the Weather page
Miramichi—Grand Lake, which takes in Minto, is held by Mike Dawson (Conservative Party of Canada)
Across New Brunswick, 6 of the 10 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Minto has one public library, Minto Public Library
The library is 2.3 km from the centre of Minto.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Few places match Minto for protected land nearby: more than nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns
83 km separate the town from Fundy National Park, its nearest national park. The nearest provincial park, Mactaquac Provincial Park, is 62 km away. OpenStreetMap shows 2 unnamed beaches within 5 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Minto | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 10% | 6% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 8 | 7 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Older housing stands out in Minto: 42% predates 1961
| Heritage | Minto | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 42% | 18% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Minto
Minto Museum and 2 more in and around Minto
A first look at Minto’s museums, historic sites and days out, and a few just outside town.
Famous people from around Minto
2 notable people were born in Minto; with them, the best known born in the towns around it.
About Minto
Town in New Brunswick
Minto is a municipality in New Brunswick, read by TownRatings as Statistics Canada draws it: one census subdivision, so its figures cover the whole municipality.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 2,349 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- New Brunswick
- Census division
- Queens
- Census subdivision
- 1304022
Minto’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
Questions about Minto
Who are the people of Minto?
Visible minorities are 1% of the population, where the middle of Canadian towns is 15%. Immigrants make up 4%, and Indigenous people 2%.
Do people in Minto speak French?
11% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns; 0% speak French but not English.
What kind of homes are in Minto?
Single-detached houses make up 80% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 35% of households are one person, and the average is 2.1.
Is Minto growing?
No: the census counted 2,305 in 2016 and 2,234 in 2021, 3.1% fewer, against growth of 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 2,349.
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).