Saint-LouisNew Brunswick

Rent takes less of local pay in Saint-Louis than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 15% of household income

Households that own their home make up 94%. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 4% of households, below New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

On hazards, Saint-Louis comes out behind 85% of Canadian towns

Radon tests for the Region 1 health region

A fifth of radon tests in the survey area came in above the guideline, near New Brunswick’s towns (20%) and higher than Canadian towns (6.6%). Burn scars are few around Saint-Louis, with 0.2% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.004% a year). Flood mapping exists: a study by Service New Brunswick - GeoNB.

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

These figures come from the closest detachment: none reports for Saint-Louis itself

Its police area records 24.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents 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).

With 0.3 jobs for each resident in work, most of Saint-Louis commutes out

The car took 97% of commuters, close to New Brunswick’s towns (95%) and above Canadian towns (89%). Getting to work takes 26 min on average.

Saint-Louis’ 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)

Women in the region live to 83.5 and men to 79.5, 81.5 years taken together (2022/2024). The region has fewer smokers than New Brunswick, 12% of adults to 14%. The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 18% of adults, near New Brunswick’s towns (18%) and higher than Canadian towns (17%). What sets Saint-Louis apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 26 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical).

Wet weather: 1,240 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Saint-Louis, more than on 91% of Canadian towns

The warmest afternoons come in July, at around 25.8°C in Saint-Louis. The thermometer drops below freezing on 176 days a year, near New Brunswick’s towns (170) and higher than Canadian towns (159). Rain and snow peak in October, at 133 mm. Most of the snow comes in January, about 74 cm.

Children make up only 9.9% of Saint-Louis, fewer than in New Brunswick’s towns and across Canadian towns

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up just over one in ten residents, above both New Brunswick’s towns (2.8%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Retirement age and beyond: 30% of residents are 65 or older.

Saint-Louis borders Kouchibouguac National Park

Protected areas open to the public, within 10 km of the town: 15, above New Brunswick’s towns (7) and Canadian towns (4) alike, and on top of that the protected share within 10 km is 30%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. 24% of the town lies within a protected area. Named trails close by number 2, the Sentier de la rivière Kouchibouguac and Major Kollock Creek Trial among them.

In Saint-Louis, November normally means 6°C afternoons and −3°C nights

At the extremes, July afternoons reach 26°C and January nights −14°C. A normal December brings highs of freezing, lows of −9°C. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 109 mm. Expect around 19 cm of snow in November.

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

No provincial riding is named for Saint-Louis, as no open boundary file exists for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick that we could find.

No public library stands in Saint-Louis: the closest, Bibliothèque publique de Richibucto, is 13 km away

After it comes Gérald Leblanc Public Library (Bouctouche), 37 km away.

One school serves Saint-Louis: École Mgr-Marcel-François-Richard

Elementary school is 2.1 km away at the nearest, above both New Brunswick’s towns (1.6 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).