RextonNew Brunswick

A town in New Brunswick, home to 1,059 people. Its population rose 5% from 2016 to 2021.

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Population

1,059

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

years · New Brunswick’s towns: 46.8

Postsecondary

56%

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 Rexton a good place to live?

Jobs and pay hold up well (B+). Safety is its weak spot (C−). Hazard risk is weaker too (D). Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for cost of living and B for walkability.

Rexton 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 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.

WeakestDHazard risk C⁻Safety

How Rexton grades

Each subject compares Rexton 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

Rexton has subject grades but no overall grade: Canadian towns get one from 2,500 residents.

Hazard riskNear the bottom of the towns comparedDOpen →SafetyGraded on crime per residentC⁻Open →Jobs & incomeIncomes and work beat most townsB⁺Open →WalkabilityBetter than most of the towns comparedBOpen →HealthGraded on how healthy residents areC⁺Open →Cost of livingClose to the middle of the towns comparedBOpen →

SchoolsThe schools grade is left out in New Brunswick, as the province publishes no results school by school.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Rexton stand out

The 3 things Rexton does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Speak English and French

Who lives here

46% speak English and French

Next to 8%, the median among Canadian towns

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

2.7 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $174,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

32% are 65 or over

The midpoint across Canadian towns is 19%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rexton.

Natural hazardsHazard risk D

On hazards, Rexton comes out behind 88% of Canadian towns

Lowwildfire bandDHazard risk Grade

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Region 1 health region

The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Service New Brunswick - GeoNB. Radon is higher than usual: a fifth of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Earthquake risk in Rexton is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.051 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030.

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

Rexton20%

New Brunswick’s towns20%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Rexton	New Brunswick	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	20%	20%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.051	$0.036	$0.030

$0.051

expected earthquake loss a year per $1,000 of buildings

Low

wildfire band

21 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

flood study on the national inventory

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

WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 FloodOne flood study on record Earthquakes$0.051 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Radon20% of tests above the guideline Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

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

SafetySafety C⁻

The police who cover Rexton record more serious crime than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 110

110Crime Severity Index

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Rexton

Violent incidents in its police area came to 24.4 per 1,000 residents a year, above New Brunswick’s towns (14.9) and Canadian towns (12) alike. The violent index for its police area came to 149, above both New Brunswick’s towns (82) and Canadian towns (86). Rexton shares its Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers with the rest of the Richibucto detachment area.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

2023111

202496

2025124

2023–2025	Rexton	New Brunswick	Canada
Violent Crime Severity Index	149	82	86
Violent crime	24.4	14.9	12
Crime Severity Index	110	73	67

non-violent Crime Severity Index

33%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageRexton’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety110 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Rexton’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Rexton safe?”

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

Work & commuteJobs & income B⁺

There are 1.8 jobs in Rexton for every resident in work

4%walk, cycle or take transit

A trip to work takes 21 min on average. 94% of commuters drove to work at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van94%

Walk4%

Census 2021	Rexton	New Brunswick	Canada
Average trip	21 min	21 min	26 min
Car or van	94%	95%	89%

$63,600

median household income, 2020

worked from home, May 2021

30%

of commuters work inside the municipality

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Unemployment17% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work4% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to120 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Richibucto

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.

Climate

Rexton is wetter than nine in ten Canadian towns: 1,240 mm of rain and snow a year

25.8°CJuly afternoons

Snow totals 310 cm over the year, near New Brunswick’s towns (310 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). The most precipitation falls in October: 133 mm in a normal year. A normal January brings 74 cm of snow, the most of any month. Also worth knowing: a July afternoon in Rexton typically reaches 25.8°C.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−2.0°C

Spring9.7°C

Summer24.5°C

Autumn13.2°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Rexton	New Brunswick	Canada
Snowfall a year	310 cm	310 cm	141 cm
Precipitation a year	1,240 mm	1,121 mm	883 mm
July afternoon high	25.8°C	25.1°C	25.5°C
Days with frost a year	176	170	159

310 cm

of snow a year

176

days with frost a year

121

days with precipitation a year

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Rain and snow1,240 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm The yearJuly highs 25.8°C, January lows −14.1°C Snow310 cm of snow a year Weather station17 km to the station · Kouchibougauac

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

Who lives here

More of Rexton’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 8.3%

56median age

Visible minorities make up 5.6% of the population, above New Brunswick’s towns (2.3%) but below Canadian towns (15%). Immigrants make up 6.7% of residents, above New Brunswick’s towns (3.7%) and close to Canadian towns (6.4%).

RextonNew BrunswickCanada

New BrunswickCanada

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

32%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree18%

Postsecondary qualification56%

Women and men · all residents

50.9% of Rexton’s residents are women

Women numbered 445 and men 430 in 2021, next to a 50.9% share of women for Canada.

Who lives in Rexton
	Rexton	New Brunswick	Canada
Under 15	9.7%	15%	16%
15 to 64	58%	63%	64%
65+	32%	23%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	18%	18%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	56%	50%	56%

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Immigrants7% are immigrants · 6% belong to a visible minority Ages56 median age · 32% are 65 or over Households395 households · 2.1 people per household English and French46% speak both · 0% speak French but not English

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

HealthHealth C⁺

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

43%very good or excellent healthC⁺Health Grade

Shared with the rest of the Zone 1 (Moncton area): health survey and life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in the region is 81.5 years, above New Brunswick’s towns (80.1) and close to Canadian towns (81.5). The region has fewer smokers than New Brunswick, 12% of adults to 14%. For Rexton itself the measure is access, and it lags: 12 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Rexton43%

New Brunswick’s towns43%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Rexton	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

12 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

12%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

3.1 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageRexton’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey43% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care12 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 3.1 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

HousingCost of living B

Rexton gets a B for cost of living

$174,000median home value, 2021BCost of living Grade

Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over one in ten households, higher than New Brunswick’s towns (9%) yet lower than Canadian towns (18%). The owner-occupied share of households is 79%.

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

Rexton$174,000

New Brunswick$187,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Rexton	New Brunswick	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	11%	9%	18%
Households owning their home	79%	86%	74%
Rent as a share of income	19%	20%	20%

$655

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$730

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

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Cost of living2.7 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $174,000, against the median household income Renting$655 a month · The median rent at the 2021 census Owners and renters79% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.

Schools

Rexton and its edges hold 5 schools: 2 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools

5schools within 3 km

School	Level	Students	System
Eleanor W. Graham Middle SchoolIn RextonElementary	Elementary	–	English public
Bengals IIIn RextonSecondary	Secondary	–	English public

See all 5 schools →

0.9 km

to the nearest secondary school

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Every school5 schools within 3 km · 2 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools Language0 of 5 teach in French · 28% of schools in New Brunswick Questions“What schools are there in Rexton?”

Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Why no schools grade in New Brunswick? The province publishes no results school by school.

Weather

A normal November in Rexton runs from −3°C to 6°C

6°Ca normal November afternoon

July brings the warmest days, 26°C; January the coldest nights, −14°C. The month after, December, normally sees freezing afternoons and −9°C nights. In November, the normal is 109 mm of rain and snow. Snowfall in a normal November: 19 cm.

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

November6°C

December0°C

January−4°C

February−2°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−2°C	−12°C	330 mm
Spring	10°C	−2°C	300 mm
Summer	25°C	12°C	271 mm
Autumn	13°C	3°C	338 mm

−3°C

a normal November night

109 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

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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 (Kouchibougauac); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Dominic LeBlanc won Beauséjour by 17,787 votes in 2021, a wider lead than in 85% of Canada’s ridings

In the census’s list of municipalities, Rexton is a village.

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Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade C⁺

The nearest public library to Rexton is Bibliothèque publique de Richibucto, 3.9 km away

After it comes Gérald Leblanc Public Library (Bouctouche), 23 km away.

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Places to belong6.6 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Outdoors

A national park 4.2 km from Rexton: Kouchibouguac National Park

24%of the land within 10 km protected

Protected areas cover 24% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. OpenStreetMap shows one beach within 5 km, without a name. Some protected land is inside the town: 3.5% of its area.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Rexton24%

New Brunswick’s towns6%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Rexton	New Brunswick	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	24%	6%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	4	7	4

4.2 km

to Kouchibouguac National Park

beach within 5 km

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Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas7 protected areas within 10 km · Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 22)National & provincial parks4.2 km to a national park · Kouchibouguac National Park

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Rexton

15pages on Rexton

The big questions

SafetyC⁻Crime Severity Index 110 Housing & costBHomes 2.7 × income Property pricesSchools5 schools within 3 km HealthC⁺Life expectancy 81.5 in its region Work & commuteB⁺51% of adults in work Natural hazardsDWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors24% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 26°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 56 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Famous people from Rexton

7 notable people were born in Rexton.

See all 7 →

Bonar LawPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923 · 1858–1923

Shawn GrahamPremier of New Brunswick from 2006 to 2010 · born 1968

Angela VautourCanadian politician · born 1960

William John BowserCanadian politician · 1867–1933

Joan MacAlpine-StilesCanadian politician · born 1953

Allen ElwardAmerican football player and coach, basketball coach, athle… · 1892–1982

About Rexton

Town in New Brunswick

Every figure TownRatings gives for Rexton 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: 1,059 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: New Brunswick
Census division: Kent
Census subdivision: 1308017

Rexton’s neighbours

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

RichibuctoRichibuctoSaint-CharlesRichibucto 15Saint-Louis de KentSaint-LouisRexton

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Rexton	1,059	—	—	B	C⁻	C⁺
Richibucto	1,745	4.4	—	C⁺	C⁻	C⁺
Richibucto	2,457	7.4	—	A	C⁻	C⁺
Saint-Charles	2,189	8.3	—	A⁻	C⁻	C
Richibucto 15	2,126	11	—	—	—	C⁺
Saint-Louis de Kent	1,026	12	—	C⁺	C⁻	C
Saint-Louis	1,830	14	—	A	C⁻	C

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

Questions about Rexton

Do people in Rexton speak French?

Many do: 46% are bilingual in English and French (Canadian towns’ median: 8%), and 0% speak French only.

How old are the people of Rexton?

The median resident is 56 years old, against 45.2 for the median of Canadian towns. 10% are under 15 and 32% are 65 or over.

Who are the people of Rexton?

At the 2021 census, 7% were immigrants and 6% belonged to a visible minority (Canadian towns’ median: 15%). 8% identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit.

What kind of homes are in Rexton?

Single-detached houses make up 75% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 33% of households are one person, and the average is 2.1.

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).