Saint-CharlesNew Brunswick

On hazards, Saint-Charles comes out behind 87% of Canadian towns

Burn scars are few around Saint-Charles, with 0.2% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.005% a year). In Health Canada’s survey, 20% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). One flood study covers the town, by Service New Brunswick - GeoNB.

The force covering Saint-Charles records more serious violence than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns, at 149

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

The force’s area logs 24.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Across the area its police cover, the Crime Severity Index averaged 110 over 2023–25, above New Brunswick’s towns (73) and Canadian towns (67) alike. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Richibucto detachment area, Saint-Charles included.

Renting in Saint-Charles costs 17% of household income, less than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns

Owners put the median home at $150,000, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns ($187,000) and Canadian towns ($406,000). Households that own their home make up 87%.

Most of Saint-Charles works elsewhere: the town has 0.1 jobs for each resident in work

The average trip to work took 23 min, above New Brunswick’s towns (21 min) but below Canadian towns (26 min).

Only 43% of adults around Saint-Charles call their health very good or excellent, below the typical Canadian town’s 52%

For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 81.5 years at birth, 83.5 for women and 79.5 for men. The region has fewer smokers than New Brunswick, 12% of adults to 14%. On average 18% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, near New Brunswick’s towns (18%) and higher than Canadian towns (17%). Measured from where Saint-Charles’ residents live, the nearest hospital is 20 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km.

More rain and snow fall on Saint-Charles than on 91% of Canadian towns: 1,240 mm a year

Snow totals 310 cm over the year, near New Brunswick’s towns (310 cm) and higher than Canadian towns (141 cm). For the wettest month, look to October: 133 mm on average. January is the snowiest month, with 74 cm on average. Summer highs in Saint-Charles reach 25.8°C in July.

More of Saint-Charles’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 15%

28% of residents have reached 65. Visible minorities make up 0.5% of the population, below both New Brunswick’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (15%). Children under 15 make up 11% of residents.

What November brings in Saint-Charles: −3°C at night, 6°C by day

Next comes December, with normal highs of freezing and lows of −9°C. Expect around 19 cm of snow in November. November normally sees 109 mm of precipitation. At the extremes, July afternoons reach 26°C and January nights −14°C.

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

Saint-Charles is a parish by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities.

No public library stands in Saint-Charles: the closest, Bibliothèque publique de Richibucto, is 7.5 km away

The next is Gérald Leblanc Public Library (Bouctouche), 31 km away.

Kouchibouguac National Park reaches Saint-Charles

Within 10 km of the town, 26% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. 13 protected areas lie within 10 km. Swimmers have 14 beaches within 5 km, Dune Richibucto Nord the nearest.

Teaching in French: 2 of Saint-Charles’s 3 schools

Young children have 4.8 km to the nearest elementary school, above both New Brunswick’s towns (1.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km). Taken together, Saint-Charles and its 3 km edge hold 1 elementary school, 1 secondary school and 1 school for every grade.