RichmondNew Brunswick

Richmond gets a C− for hazard risk

Shared with the rest of the Region 3 health region: radon tests

Shaking is about as much of a worry in Richmond as in most places, at $0.049 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). No one has filed a flood map for Richmond on the national inventory.

Around Richmond, 45% rate their health very good or excellent, against 52% for the typical Canadian town

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Zone 3 (Fredericton area)

Expected years of life at birth: 80.1, about level with New Brunswick’s towns (80.1) and below Canadian towns (81.5). Smoking is commoner than in the province: 15% of adults, against 14% for New Brunswick. For Richmond itself the measure is access, and it lags: 22 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical.

Most households in Richmond own their home: 91%, more than in New Brunswick’s towns or across Canadian towns

13% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, higher than New Brunswick’s towns (9%) yet lower than Canadian towns (18%). A year’s rent came to 17% of the median household income, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (20%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Richmond has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.1 for each

The car took 98% of commuters, above New Brunswick’s towns (95%) and Canadian towns (89%) alike. The average trip to work takes 24 min.

Richmond gets a C for safety

No police detachment reports under Richmond’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own

The index for the force that serves it came to 82, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (73) and Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 14.5 violent incidents are reported each year.

Richmond has colder winters than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −15.3°C

Rain and snow peak in December, at 115 mm. Frost comes on 180 days a year, above New Brunswick’s towns (170) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Gardeners get 126 frost-free days, from 18 May to 22 September. A normal January brings 69 cm of snow, the most of any month.

A normal November in Richmond runs from −3°C to 5°C

Looking ahead to December, expect highs near −2°C and lows near −10°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 101 mm. Normal highs peak at 25°C in July; nights bottom out at −15°C in January. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Woodstock forecast, on the Weather page.

Richard Bragdon (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Richmond in Ottawa as MP for Tobique—Mactaquac

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

Richmond has no public library of its own; the nearest is L. P. Fisher Public Library, 14 km away

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The outdoors around Richmond

5.7 km out lies the largest, 4009800, at 1,050 ha. The tally of protected areas open to the public within 10 km is 23, above both New Brunswick’s towns (7) and Canadian towns (4). No national park lies within 100 km. The protected share within 10 km is 3.8%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.

Children make up 20% of Richmond, above New Brunswick’s towns and Canadian towns

10% speak both English and French, lower than New Brunswick’s towns (27%) yet higher than Canadian towns (7.5%).