Tobique 20New Brunswick
The population grew 12% between 2016 and 2021. Population 1,042: a First Nations reserve in New Brunswick.
Is Tobique 20 a good place to live?
The weak point is jobs & income (C−). Health is weaker too (C). Getting around depends on the car (C).
No overall grade, and no ranking: Tobique 20 is a First Nations reserve, and Statistics Canada holds back or never gathers enough of a reserve’s figures to compare it fairly with other towns.
No Safety Grade: no police service publishes a crime rate for this place on its own. 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. A First Nations reserve: subject grades only, with no overall grade and no place in ranked lists.
What makes Tobique 20 stand out
The 3 things Tobique 20 does most differently from other towns.
How Tobique 20 grades
Each subject compares Tobique 20 with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
No overall grade, and no ranking: Tobique 20 is a First Nations reserve, and Statistics Canada holds back or never gathers enough of a reserve’s figures to compare it fairly with other towns.
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The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tobique 20.
Trips to work from Tobique 20 are shorter than from New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 14 min on average
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Tobique 20 | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 14 min | 21 min | 26 min |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · These are May 2021 figures, gathered while COVID-19 kept many people home or out of work.
17% of homes tested in Tobique 20’s area are above the radon guideline
Service New Brunswick - GeoNB has mapped the flood hazard here: one study on the national inventory. For earthquakes Tobique 20 is middling, $0.040 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Tobique 20 | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 17% | 20% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.040 | $0.036 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Area behind the radon tests figures: the Region 3 health region
More of Tobique 20’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns: 90%
Visible minorities make up 0.9% of the population, below New Brunswick’s towns (2.3%) and Canadian towns (15%) alike. 4.2% speak both English and French, below New Brunswick’s towns (27%) and Canadian towns (7.5%) alike.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 52.8% of Tobique 20
Census 2021 put women at 570 and men at 510; women are 50.9% of Canada.
| Tobique 20 | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 25% | 15% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 64% | 63% | 64% |
| 65+ | 11% | 23% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 29% | 18% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 42% | 50% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; New Brunswick and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Around Tobique 20, 45% rate their health very good or excellent, against 52% for the typical Canadian town
Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 18% of the region’s adults on average, near New Brunswick’s towns (18%) and higher than Canadian towns (17%). At 15%, the share of adults who smoke tops the 14% for New Brunswick. Lives in the region last 80.1 years on average (2022/2024): 81.9 for women, 78.2 for men. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Tobique 20’s is long: 6.1 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Tobique 20 doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Zone 3 (Fredericton area).
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Tobique 20 | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Very good or excellent health | 45% | 43% | 52% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 80.1 | 80.1 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Winter nights bite in Tobique 20: January lows of −17.5°C, colder than New Brunswick’s towns or Canadian towns
Snow peaks in January: 76 cm in a normal year. Frost comes on 181 days a year, higher than both New Brunswick’s towns (170) and Canadian towns (159). For the wettest month, look to January: 108 mm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Tobique 20 | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 311 cm | 310 cm | 141 cm |
| January night low | −17.5°C | −13.3°C | −13.5°C |
| Precipitation a year | 1,149 mm | 1,121 mm | 883 mm |
| Days with frost a year | 181 | 170 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Aroostook)
A normal November in Tobique 20 runs from −4°C to 5°C
July brings the warmest days, 26°C; January the coldest nights, −18°C. December follows at −2°C by day and −11°C by night. November usually brings some 27 cm of snow. In November, the normal is 94 mm of rain and snow.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −4°C | −15°C | 295 mm |
| Spring | 10°C | −3°C | 257 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 11°C | 300 mm |
| Autumn | 12°C | 2°C | 297 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Aroostook); the forecast is on the Weather page
Tobique—Mactaquac, which takes in Tobique 20, is held by Richard Bragdon (Conservative Party of Canada)
Of the 10 Commons seats from New Brunswick, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 6.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
No public library stands in Tobique 20: the closest, Perth-Andover Public Library, is 4.4 km away
The next is Perth-Andover Public Library (Perth-Andover), 6.5 km away.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Tobique 20 is on the International Appalachian Trail New-Brunswick
Within 10 km of the town, 4.5% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. Pokiok River (2,234 ha) is the biggest, 5.0 km from town. For a provincial park, Mount Carleton Provincial Park lies 79 km off. National parks are all over 100 km off.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Tobique 20 | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 4.5% | 6% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 6 | 7 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Tobique 20 and its edges hold 4 schools: 3 elementary schools and 1 secondary school
Teenagers have 3.2 km to go to the closest secondary school, lower than New Brunswick’s towns (4.5 km) yet higher than Canadian towns (1.2 km).
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mah-Sos SchoolIn Tobique 20Elementary | Elementary | – | Other |
| Southern Victoria High SchoolNearest secondary school, 1.3 kmSecondary | Secondary | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Tobique 20 | New Brunswick | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearest secondary school | 3.2 km | 4.5 km | 1.2 km |
Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities · Schools grade in New Brunswick: none (the province publishes no results school by school).
Everything we know about Tobique 20
Famous people from around Tobique 20
No notable person born in Tobique 20 is on our list; these were born in the towns around it.
Tobique 20’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobique 20 | 1,042 | — | — | — | — | C |
| Perth-Andover | 1,609 | 3.6 | — | C+ | D | C+ |
| Perth | 1,113 | 9.2 | — | B | D | C |
| Grand Falls | 1,114 | 19 | — | B | D | C |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Tobique 20
Is Tobique 20 growing?
It added people: 968 in 2016, 1,080 in 2021, 11.6% more, where the middle of Canadian towns grew 4.1%. Statistics Canada’s 2025 estimate is 1,042.
What kind of homes are in Tobique 20?
Single-detached houses make up 89% of the homes here, where Canadian towns sit at 64%; 0% are in high-rise apartments. 29% of households are one person, and the average is 2.6.
Is Tobique 20 a young town or an old one?
At 33.2, its median age compares with 45.2 across Canadian towns. Children make up 25% of the population and seniors 11%.
Do people in Tobique 20 speak French?
4% of residents can hold a conversation in both English and French, against 8% for the median of Canadian towns; 0% speak French but not English.
About Tobique 20
First Nations reserve in New Brunswick
Tobique 20 is a First Nations reserve in New Brunswick, counted by Statistics Canada as its own census subdivision.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,042 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- New Brunswick
- Census division
- Victoria
- First Nation
- Tobique
- Census subdivision
- 1312007
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · 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).