PetitcodiacNew Brunswick

Household incomes in Petitcodiac are lower than in 72% of Canadian towns

The average trip to work took 27 min, higher than New Brunswick’s towns (21 min) and near Canadian towns (26 min). At the census, 93% of commuters went by car.

High radon around Petitcodiac: 20% of homes tested in the area exceed 200 Bq/m³

NRCan expects $0.026 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Petitcodiac, near the typical $0.030. Fire seldom reaches Petitcodiac: since 1986, 0.4% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.01% a year). No flood study for Petitcodiac is on the national inventory.

Petitcodiac’s health region reports 43% in very good or excellent health, behind the typical Canadian town’s 52%

The region has fewer smokers than New Brunswick, just over one in ten adults to 14%. Life expectancy in the region is 81.5 years (83.5 for women, 79.5 for men, 2022/2024). Chronic conditions run at 18% of adults, age-standardised, about level with New Brunswick’s towns (18%) and above Canadian towns (17%). Closer to home, a hospital is 33 km from the average resident of Petitcodiac, and 100% live more than 30 km away.

Petitcodiac gets a C for safety

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Petitcodiac itself · Measured across the Sussex detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 86 over 2023–25, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (73) and Canadian towns (67). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 16.7 per 1,000 people a year. On top of that, the force’s area logs 36.2 thefts, break-ins and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year.

Precipitation in Petitcodiac tops that of 84% of Canadian towns: 1,152 mm a year

Snow peaks in January: 66 cm in a normal year. A normal January brings 116 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. Also worth knowing: some 248 cm of snow falls in a typical year, below New Brunswick’s towns (310 cm) but above Canadian towns (141 cm). Frost usually lifts by 20 May and returns around 26 September: 128 days without it.

Petitcodiac gets a B for cost of living

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 7% of households, below New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Just over three quarters of households are owner-occupiers.

2 schools in and around Petitcodiac: 1 secondary school and 1 school for every grade

In Petitcodiac, November normally means 7°C afternoons and −2°C nights

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Moncton forecast, on the Weather page. Into December, the normals move to 1°C and −8°C. About 14 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Expect about 112 mm of rain and snow over November.

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

The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick’s ridings aren’t published as open data we could find, so Petitcodiac isn’t placed in one.

Petitcodiac’s public library is Petitcodiac Public Library

The library is 0.7 km from the centre of Petitcodiac.

A national park 27 km from Petitcodiac: Fundy National Park

0.7% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). The largest is 4037900: 359 ha, 5.3 km from the edge of town. Cape Chignecto Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 57 km.

Visible minorities make up less of Petitcodiac than of New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 1%

Both official languages: 14% of residents, lower than New Brunswick’s towns (27%) yet higher than Canadian towns (7.5%). 4.4% of residents have an Indigenous identity, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (2.8%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Before 1961: 37% of the homes in Petitcodiac