SalisburyNew Brunswick

Radon is Salisbury’s main hazard: 20% of tested homes in its area top Health Canada’s guideline

Source area for radon tests: the Region 1 health region

Service New Brunswick - GeoNB has mapped the flood hazard here: one study on the national inventory. Wildfire is rare near Salisbury: 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.002% a year.

Fewer adults feel healthy around Salisbury: 43% say very good or excellent (52% for the typical Canadian town)

What sets Salisbury apart within its region is a longer trip to hospital, 20 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Smoking is rarer than in the province: 12% of adults, against 14% for New Brunswick. Life expectancy in the region is 81.5 years (83.5 for women, 79.5 for men, 2022/2024). 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%).

Precipitation in Salisbury tops that of 89% of Canadian towns: 1,203 mm a year

Some 310 cm of snow falls in a typical year, about level with New Brunswick’s towns (310 cm) and above Canadian towns (141 cm). The most precipitation falls in October: 124 mm in a normal year. Snow peaks in January: 74 cm in a normal year. Gardeners get 135 frost-free days, from 19 May to 2 October.

Salisbury gets a C+ for safety

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

The violent index for its police area came to 75, below both New Brunswick’s towns (82) and Canadian towns (86). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 13.3 violent incidents are reported each year. Salisbury shares its Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 numbers with the rest of the Shediac detachment area.

Rent takes more of local pay in Salisbury than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 24% of household income

15% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, between New Brunswick’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (18%). Households that own their home make up 77%. Figures for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom are published for the Moncton metro area as a whole, not for Salisbury alone.

2 schools in and around Salisbury: 1 elementary school and 1 school for every grade

In Salisbury, November normally means 6°C afternoons and −2°C nights

In November, the normal is 109 mm of rain and snow. The month after, December, normally sees freezing afternoons and −9°C nights. The year peaks in July (25°C) and bottoms out in January (−13°C). ECCC’s forecast for Moncton is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Rob Moore (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Salisbury in Ottawa as MP for Fundy Royal

6 of the 10 MPs from New Brunswick belong to the Liberal Party of Canada.

Salisbury has two public libraries, Salisbury Public Library and Salisbury Public Library

Without open library statistics in New Brunswick, the page names Salisbury’s libraries but shows no visits or loans.

Working-age people in Salisbury have jobs more often than in 70% of Canadian towns

A trip to work takes 24 min on average. At the census, 91% of commuters went by car.

Fundy National Park lies 35 km beyond Salisbury’s edge

The protected share of the 10 km around the town is 0.1%, below New Brunswick’s towns (6%) and Canadian towns (2.3%) alike. 4 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. 66 km from town is Cape Chignecto Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park.

18% of Salisbury’s residents speak English and French (New Brunswick’s towns: 27%; Canadian towns: 7.5%)

Immigrants make up 3.2% of residents, lower than both New Brunswick’s towns (3.7%) and Canadian towns (6.4%). First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.4% of residents, below New Brunswick’s towns (2.8%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike.