RichibuctoNew Brunswick

Renting in Richibucto costs 15% of household income, less than in both New Brunswick’s towns and Canadian towns

The owner-occupied share of households is 92%. 9% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, close to New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and below Canadian towns (18%).

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

The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Service New Brunswick - GeoNB. Earthquake risk in Richibucto is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.042 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030.

Violent crime weighs more where Richibucto is policed than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: a violent severity index of 149

Violent crime in the area its police cover: 24.4 per 1,000 people a year. The index for the force that serves it came to 110, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (73) and Canadian towns (67).

Richibucto has 0.5 jobs for every resident in work, so most leave town for work

A trip to work takes 23 min on average.

More of Richibucto’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 12%

Just over a quarter of residents have reached 65. Visible minorities make up 4.8% of the population, higher than New Brunswick’s towns (2.3%) yet lower than Canadian towns (15%).

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

Source area for health survey and life expectancy: the Zone 1 (Moncton area)

A child born in the region can expect 81.5 years, about level with Canadian towns (81.5) and above New Brunswick’s towns (80.1). Smoking is rarer than in the province: just over one in ten adults, against 14% for New Brunswick. Closer to home, a hospital is 10 km from the average resident of Richibucto, further than the usual 3.7 km.

Richibucto and its edges hold 7 schools: 4 elementary schools and 3 secondary schools

Elementary school is 6.1 km away at the nearest, above New Brunswick’s towns (1.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km) alike. Within 3 km, 2 boards share the schools, higher than New Brunswick’s towns (1.5) yet lower than Canadian towns (3).

Weather without surprises: Richibucto keeps close to the norm for Canadian towns

Snowfall adds up to 310 cm a year, near New Brunswick’s towns (310 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). Frost usually lifts by 14 May and returns around 3 October: 141 days without it. A normal October brings 106 mm of precipitation, more than any other month. January is the snowiest month, with 74 cm on average.

In Richibucto, November normally means 6°C afternoons and −2°C nights

Into December, the normals move to freezing and −8°C. A typical November adds 19 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 92 mm of rain and snow. Across the year, normals run from −13°C nights in January to 25°C afternoons in July.

In 2021, Dominic LeBlanc carried Beauséjour by 17,787 votes, a margin wider than 85% of Canada’s ridings

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

Richibucto has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bibliothèque publique de Richibucto, 8.6 km away

The next is Gérald Leblanc Public Library (Bouctouche), 18 km away.

Within 0.6 km of Richibucto: Kouchibouguac National Park

18 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Dune Richibucto Sud. Parks and reserves take up 26% of the ground within 10 km, above both New Brunswick’s towns (6%) and Canadian towns (2.3%). 95 km from town is Amherst Shore Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park.