Saint-QuentinNew Brunswick

On hazards, Saint-Quentin comes out behind 93% of Canadian towns

Earthquakes add more: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.060 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Wildfire is rare near Saint-Quentin: 0.4% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.01% a year. In Health Canada’s survey, 29% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical).

More of the land around Saint-Quentin is protected than around nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

Within 100 km there is no national park. For a provincial park, Mount Carleton Provincial Park lies 15 km off. Protected areas open to the public, within 10 km of the town: 62, above New Brunswick’s towns (7) and Canadian towns (4) alike. OpenStreetMap shows one walking route nearby, the International Appalachian Trail New-Brunswick.

Winter nights bite in Saint-Quentin: January lows of −17.9°C, colder than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns

Frosty days number 192 in a normal year, above New Brunswick’s towns (170) and Canadian towns (159) alike. Gardeners get 116 frost-free days, from 21 May to 15 September. Midsummer afternoons in Saint-Quentin peak at about 24.2°C. A normal February brings 70 cm of snow, the most of any month.

Saint-Quentin’s grade for cost of living: a B

90% of households are owner-occupiers. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 6% of households, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (18%).

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

For Saint-Quentin itself the measure is access: 3.8 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km. 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%). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 79.1, women 80.7 and men 77.3 (2022/2024). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 48%, ahead of the 44% for New Brunswick.

Saint-Quentin’s grade for safety: a C+

Where it is policed, 16.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. Property crime in its police area ran at 26.4 per 1,000 residents a year, below New Brunswick’s towns (30.9) and Canadian towns (31.2) alike. Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for the Saint Quentin detachment area as a whole, not for Saint-Quentin alone.

2 schools in and around Saint-Quentin: 1 elementary school and 1 secondary school

Expect November days around 4°C in Saint-Quentin, nights around −5°C

November usually brings some 25 cm of snow. Precipitation in November averages 92 mm. December follows at −3°C by day and −12°C by night. ECCC’s forecast for Saint-Quentin is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

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

The Liberal Party of Canada has 6 of the 10 MPs elected in New Brunswick.

The nearest public library to Saint-Quentin is La Moisson Public Library, 1.4 km away

Visits and loans aren’t published as open data in New Brunswick, so this page has none for Saint-Quentin.

Commuters in Saint-Quentin have a short way to work, 18 min on average, less than in New Brunswick’s towns and Canadian towns

98% of commuters took the car to work at the census.

Immigrants are a smaller part of Saint-Quentin than of New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 0.9%

2.2% of residents belong to a visible minority, close to New Brunswick’s towns (2.3%) and below Canadian towns (15%). Under 15: 16% of residents. Over-65s are 20% of the population.