Saint MaryNew Brunswick

Commuters in Saint Mary travel further than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns, 33 min on average

Rent takes less of local pay in Saint Mary than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 13% of household income

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

The police who cover Saint Mary record less serious crime than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 34

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

Property crime in its police area ran at 16.6 per 1,000 residents a year, below both New Brunswick’s towns (30.9) and Canadian towns (31.2). Its police area records 7.3 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

20% of homes tested in Saint Mary’s area are above the radon guideline

Fire seldom reaches Saint Mary: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.002% a year). The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from Service New Brunswick - GeoNB. Nobody publishes radon tests for Saint Mary alone, so this card uses the figure for the Region 1 health region.

Only 43% of adults around Saint Mary 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. Smoking is rarer than in the province: 12% of adults, against 14% for New Brunswick. On average 18% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, about level with New Brunswick’s towns (18%) and above Canadian towns (17%). What sets Saint Mary apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 18 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Figures for health survey and life expectancy are published for the Zone 1 (Moncton area) as a whole, not for Saint Mary alone.

Saint Mary skews older, with 26% of residents 65 or over, more than in New Brunswick’s towns and across Canadian towns

0.5% of residents belong to a visible minority, below both New Brunswick’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (15%). Under 15: 13% of residents.

A middle-of-the-road climate: Saint Mary is close to most Canadian towns on every count

A normal January brings 74 cm of snow, the most of any month. Snowfall adds up to 310 cm a year, close to New Brunswick’s towns (310 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). Frost usually lifts by 14 May and returns around 3 October: 141 days without it. Rain and snow peak in October, at 106 mm.

Expect November days around 6°C in Saint Mary, nights around −2°C

Across the year, normals run from −13°C nights in January to 25°C afternoons in July. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near freezing and lows near −8°C. Snow is normal by November, about 19 cm over the month. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 92 mm.

Beauséjour gave Dominic LeBlanc a 17,787-vote lead in 2021, bigger than in 85% of ridings

Saint Mary’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick isn’t shown: no open file of the province’s riding boundaries could be found.

The nearest public library to Saint Mary is Bibliothèque publique de Saint-Antoine, 9.3 km away

After it comes Gérald Leblanc Public Library (Bouctouche), 11 km away.

A national park 21 km from Saint Mary: Kouchibouguac National Park

Within 10 km of the town, 3.7% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. The nearest provincial park, Amherst Shore Provincial Park, is 81 km away. 9 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.

No high school in or near Saint Mary: the closest is 12 km off