NigadooNew Brunswick

The police who cover Nigadoo record less serious crime than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 25

Violence across its police area runs at 9.3 per 1,000 residents a year. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 35, below New Brunswick’s towns (82) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Its police area records 9.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Nobody publishes Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 for Nigadoo alone, so this card uses the figure for the BNPP Regional service area.

High radon around Nigadoo: 40% of homes tested in the area exceed 200 Bq/m³

The radon tests numbers here cover the Region 6 health region

One flood study covers the town, by Service New Brunswick - GeoNB. Earthquake risk in Nigadoo is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.040 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030.

Working-age people in Nigadoo are less likely to have a job than in 90% of Canadian towns

On average, the journey to work lasts 20 min. 94% of commuters drove, about level with New Brunswick’s towns (95%) and above Canadian towns (89%).

Nigadoo is graded a B for cost of living

Shared with the rest of the Bathurst metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 8% of households, below both New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (18%). Home ownership covers 84% of households.

Winter nights bite in Nigadoo: January lows of −16.0°C, colder than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns

Rain and melted snow add up to 1,118 mm a year, near New Brunswick’s towns (1,121 mm) and higher than Canadian towns (883 mm). Between the last spring frost, 20 May, and the first in autumn, 26 September, lie 127 days. January is the snowiest month, with 71 cm on average. October is the wettest month, with 120 mm of rain and snow on average.

More long-term illness in Nigadoo’s health region: 20% on the three conditions, the typical Canadian town 17%

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Zone 6 (Bathurst area)

Measured from where Nigadoo’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 10 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 11% of adults, against 14% for New Brunswick. The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 49%, ahead of the 44% for New Brunswick. Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 80.2, women 82.7 and men 77.8 (2022/2024).

Fewer children live in Nigadoo than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 13% are under 15

Over-65s are 25% of the population. First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1% of residents, below New Brunswick’s towns (2.8%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.

In Nigadoo, November normally means 5°C afternoons and −4°C nights

Snow is normal by November, about 22 cm over the month. By December, a normal day reaches −2°C and a night falls to −11°C. Precipitation in November averages 97 mm. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Bathurst forecast.

Nigadoo sends Serge Cormier (Liberal Party of Canada) to the Commons from Acadie—Bathurst

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

Nigadoo has no public library of its own; the nearest is Petit-Rocher Public Library, 4.6 km away

After it comes Smurfit-Stone Public Library (Bathurst), 14 km away.

22% of the land within 10 km of Nigadoo is protected

For a swim, Beresford Beach is the nearest of 8 beaches within 5 km. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. The closest provincial park is Miguasha National Park (Québec), 59 km from the edge of town.