Saint-JosephNew Brunswick

1,641 people call this town in New Brunswick home. It belongs to the Edmundston metropolitan area.

2 places within 19 kmMap →

Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain

Population

1,641

people, 2025 estimate

Median age

48.8

years · New Brunswick’s towns: 46.8

Postsecondary

48%

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 Saint-Joseph a good place to live?

Where it does best is safety (A). Homes are affordable (A). Its weakest subject is walkability (C−). It also trails on hazard risk (D).

An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Saint-Joseph has its subject grades alone.

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.

StrongestASafety ACost of livingWeakestDHazard risk C⁻Walkability

How Saint-Joseph grades

Each subject compares Saint-Joseph 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

An overall grade comes at 2,500 residents for Canadian towns; Saint-Joseph has its subject grades alone.

SafetyVery little crime by comparisonAOpen →Hazard riskIn the bottom fifth of the towns comparedDOpen →Cost of livingGraded on home prices against local incomesAOpen →WalkabilityAmong the hardest places to get around without a carC⁻Open →HealthBehind most towns comparedCOpen →Jobs & incomeAbout average among the towns comparedC⁺Open →

SchoolsWith no open results to compare (the province publishes no results school by school), there’s no schools grade in New Brunswick.–

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Saint-Joseph stand out

The 3 things Saint-Joseph does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Immigrants

Who lives here

1% are immigrants

Midway across Canadian towns: 6%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

1.9 times household income

Against 4.7 for the median of Canadian towns

Median owner’s estimate $140,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Speak English and French

Who lives here

50% speak English and French

Where the typical figure for Canadian towns is 8%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Joseph.

SafetySafety A

The police who cover Saint-Joseph record less serious crime than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 36

36Crime Severity Index

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

For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 9.3 violent incidents are reported each year. Property crime in its police area ran at 13.7 per 1,000 residents a year, below New Brunswick’s towns (30.9) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike.

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202340

202441

202528

2023–2025	Saint-Joseph	New Brunswick	Canada
Property crime per 1,000	13.7	30.9	31.2
Crime Severity Index	36	73	67
Violent Crime Severity Index	45	82	86
Violent crime	9.3	14.9	12

non-violent Crime Severity Index

28%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageSaint-Joseph’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety36 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Saint-Joseph’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Saint-Joseph safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Area behind the Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures: the Clair detachment area

Natural hazardsHazard risk D

High radon around Saint-Joseph: 29% of homes tested in the area exceed 200 Bq/m³

Lowwildfire bandDHazard risk Grade

Seismic risk in Saint-Joseph sits near the middle: $0.049 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Flood mapping exists: a study by Service New Brunswick - GeoNB. Saint-Joseph doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Region 4 health region.

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

Saint-Joseph29%

New Brunswick’s towns20%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Saint-Joseph	New Brunswick	Canada
Radon tests above the guideline	29%	20%	6.6%
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.049	$0.036	$0.030

$0.049

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

Low

wildfire band

flood study on the national inventory

Full pageSaint-Joseph’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Radon29% of tests above the guideline WildfireLow wildfire band · No land burned within 25 km since 1986 FloodOne flood study on record Earthquakes$0.049 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

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

HousingCost of living A

Rent takes less of local pay in Saint-Joseph than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 16% of household income

$140,000median home value, 2021ACost of living Grade

Shared with the rest of the Edmundston metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Owners make up 90% of households, above New Brunswick’s towns (86%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 6% of households, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (18%).

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

Saint-Joseph$140,000

New Brunswick$187,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Saint-Joseph	New Brunswick	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	6%	9%	18%
Rent as a share of income	16%	20%	20%
Households owning their home	90%	86%	74%

$995

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

$600

median monthly shelter cost for owners, 2021

Full pageSaint-Joseph’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$995 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living1.9 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $140,000, against the median household income Owners and renters90% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares.

Climate

Saint-Joseph has colder winters than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −19.1°C

25.0°CJuly afternoons

The most precipitation falls in July: 107 mm in a normal year. The thermometer drops below freezing on 198 days a year, above New Brunswick’s towns (170) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Most of the snow comes in February, about 70 cm.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter−4.8°C

Spring9.0°C

Summer23.7°C

Autumn11.6°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Saint-Joseph	New Brunswick	Canada
Snowfall a year	329 cm	310 cm	141 cm
January night low	−19.1°C	−13.3°C	−13.5°C
Days with frost a year	198	170	159
Precipitation a year	1,012 mm	1,121 mm	883 mm

329 cm

of snow a year

198

days with frost a year

122

days with precipitation a year

Full pageSaint-Joseph’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 25.0°C, January lows −19.1°C Rain and snow1,012 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow329 cm of snow a year Weather station3.6 km to the station · Edmundston

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

HealthHealth C

18% of adults smoke in the health region around Saint-Joseph, against 12% for the typical Canadian town

48%very good or excellent healthCHealth Grade

Measured across the Zone 4 (Edmundston area): health survey and life expectancy

Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 48% very good or excellent, against 44% in New Brunswick. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 15% of the region’s adults on average, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (18%) and Canadian towns (17%). For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 79.1 years at birth, 80.7 for women and 77.3 for men. Measured from where Saint-Joseph’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 9.5 km away, beyond the typical 3.7 km.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Saint-Joseph48%

New Brunswick’s towns43%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Saint-Joseph	New Brunswick	Canada
Smokers	18%	13%	12%
Chronic conditions (average share)	15%	18%	17%
Very good or excellent health	48%	43%	52%
Life expectancy at birth	79.1	80.1	81.5

79.1

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

9.5 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

18%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

8.1 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageSaint-Joseph’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey48% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care9.5 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 8.1 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 80.7, men 77.3 Conditions and habits15% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

Work & commuteJobs & income C⁺

Saint-Joseph has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.2 for each

0%walk, cycle or take transit

Commutes averaged 24 min, higher than New Brunswick’s towns (21 min) yet lower than Canadian towns (26 min). Driving is how 97% of commuters got to work at the census.

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van97%

Census 2021	Saint-Joseph	New Brunswick	Canada
Car or van	97%	95%	89%
Average trip	24 min	21 min	26 min

$73,000

median household income, 2020

worked from home, May 2021

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageSaint-Joseph’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Unemployment10% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%Getting to work0% walk, cycle or take transit Where people commute to445 commuters · The biggest flow out: to Edmundston

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.

Weather

Saint-Joseph in November: highs near 4°C, lows near −5°C

4°Ca normal November afternoon

Rain and snow over a typical November come to 87 mm. December follows at −3°C by day and −13°C by night. Snowfall in a normal November: 25 cm. ECCC’s forecast for Edmundston is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

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

November4°C

December−3°C

January−7°C

February−5°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	−5°C	−17°C	223 mm
Spring	9°C	−4°C	216 mm
Summer	24°C	10°C	294 mm
Autumn	12°C	0°C	279 mm

−5°C

a normal November night

87 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

Full pageSaint-Joseph’s weather pageOpen the full Weather page

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 (Edmundston); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Saint-Joseph’s MP is Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault (Liberal Party of Canada), for Madawaska—Restigouche

Statistics Canada lists Saint-Joseph as a parish.

Full pageSaint-Joseph’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B

The nearest public library to Saint-Joseph is Bibliothèque Rhéa-Larose, 9.1 km away

The next is Edmundston Public Library (Edmundston), 9.9 km away.

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Places to belong1.8 charities per 1,000 residents

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Who lives here

Children make up only 11% of Saint-Joseph, fewer than in New Brunswick’s towns and Canadian towns

48.8median age

People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, about level with New Brunswick’s towns (23%) and above Canadian towns (19%). 1.3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (2.8%) and Canadian towns (2.8%).

Saint-JosephNew BrunswickCanada

New BrunswickCanada

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

22%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree24%

Postsecondary qualification48%

Women and men · all residents

48.2% of Saint-Joseph’s residents are women

By the 2021 count the town had 750 women and 805 men, while Canada has 50.9% women.

Who lives in Saint-Joseph
	Saint-Joseph	New Brunswick	Canada
Under 15	11%	15%	16%
15 to 64	67%	63%	64%
65+	22%	23%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	24%	18%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	48%	50%	56%

Full pageSaint-Joseph’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Ages48.8 median age · 22% are 65 or over Households675 households · 2.3 people per household Immigrants1% are immigrants · 0% belong to a visible minority English and French50% speak French but not English

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

Outdoors

Saint-Joseph has 22 public protected areas within 10 km

5.3%of the land within 10 km protected

20 km from town is Lac-Témiscouata National Park (Québec), the nearest provincial park. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. The protected share within 10 km is 5.3%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. Biggest among them: Dionne Brook, 1,935 ha, 9.8 km off.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Saint-Joseph5.3%

New Brunswick’s towns6%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Saint-Joseph	New Brunswick	Canada
Public protected areas within 10 km	22	7	4
Protected land within 10 km	5.3%	6%	2.3%

20 km

to Lac-Témiscouata National Park (Québec)

beaches within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageSaint-Joseph’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas22 protected areas within 10 km · Dionne Brook National & provincial parks20 km to a provincial park · Lac-Témiscouata National Park (Québec)

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

Schools

2 of the 3 schools around Saint-Joseph teach in French

3schools within 3 km

From the town centre, high school starts 7.6 km away, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (4.5 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km). Its 3 km reach takes in 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school, all of Saint-Joseph’s schooling.

School	Level	Students	System
École communautaire Saint-Joseph FrenchIn Saint-JosephElementary	Elementary	–	French public
Classe alternative (Cité des Jeunes)Nearest secondary school, 2.9 kmSecondary	Secondary	–	English public
École Saint-Jacques FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary	Elementary	–	French public

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

French public2

English public1

Schools within 3 km	Saint-Joseph	New Brunswick	Canada
Nearest secondary school	7.6 km	4.5 km	1.2 km

7.6 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageSaint-Joseph’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

Language2 of 3 teach in French · 28% of schools in New Brunswick Every school3 schools within 3 km · 2 elementary schools and 1 secondary school Questions“What schools are there in Saint-Joseph?”

Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · The schools grade is given only where results are open; in New Brunswick, the province publishes no results school by school.

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Joseph

15pages on Saint-Joseph

The big questions

SafetyACrime Severity Index 36 Housing & costAHomes 1.9 × income Property pricesSchools3 schools within 3 km HealthCLife expectancy 79.1 in its region Work & commuteC⁺57% of adults in work Natural hazardsDWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors5.3% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 25°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 48.8 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

New Brunswick Botanical Garden and 7 more in and around Saint-Joseph

Sights in Saint-Joseph and close by, ordered by how widely each is known.

All attractions →

GardenGardenNew Brunswick Botanical Garden2.8 km outside town, to the southwest

CathedralThe Cathedral of Immaculate Conception4.8 km outside town, to the south

Ski hillMont Farlagne3.9 km outside town, to the southwest MuseumMuseumMusée historique du Madawaska3.1 km outside town, to the southeast MuseumMuseumAntique Automobile Museum2.7 km outside town, to the southwest MuseumMuseumAutomobile Museum2.7 km outside town, to the southwest

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (2)

The Cathedral of Immaculate Conception: Bouchecl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mont Farlagne: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Famous people from around Saint-Joseph

No notable person born in Saint-Joseph is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.

How we find them →

Roch VoisineCanadian singer-songwriter · born in Edmundston · born 1963

Gérard DionneCanadian Roman Catholic bishop · born in Edmundston · 1919–2020

Shawn SawyerCanadian figure skater · born in Edmundston · born 1985

Cédrick DesjardinsCanadian ice hockey goaltender · born in Edmundston · born 1985

Clarence BourqueCanadian physician and politician · born in Edmundston · 1918–2008

Claude RousselCanadian sculptor · born in Edmundston · 1930–2025

Photo credits

Roch Voisine: XIIIfromTOKYO, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Shawn Sawyer: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cédrick Desjardins: davidgsteadman, CC BY 2.0

About Saint-Joseph

Town in New Brunswick

For Saint-Joseph, TownRatings uses Statistics Canada’s census-subdivision boundary in New Brunswick, and every figure on its pages covers that whole area.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 1,641 (people, 2025 estimate)
Province or territory: New Brunswick
Census division: Madawaska
Metro area: Edmundston
Census subdivision: 1313022

Saint-Joseph’s neighbours

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

Saint-JacquesEdmundstonSaint-Joseph

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Saint-Joseph	1,641	—	—	A	A	C
Saint-Jacques	1,763	4.3	—	A⁻	A	C
Edmundston	18,174	8.2	C⁻	B⁻	C	C⁺

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

Questions about Saint-Joseph

Do people in Saint-Joseph speak French?

Many do: 50% are bilingual in English and French (Canadian towns’ median: 8%), and 49.7% speak French only.

What kind of homes are in Saint-Joseph?

Single-detached houses make up 93% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 24% of households are one person, and the average is 2.3.

Has Saint-Joseph grown?

Yes: the census counted 1,538 in 2016 and 1,549 in 2021, a rise of 0.7%, against 4.1% for the median of Canadian towns. The 2025 estimate is 1,641.

Is Saint-Joseph a young town or an old one?

Its median age is 48.8, where Canadian towns sit at 45.2.

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).