Arnold's CoveNewfoundland and Labrador

Health in Arnold's Cove trails almost every Canadian town

Smoking takes in 17% of adults, age-standardised, above Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. In the health survey, 44% of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, fewer than Newfoundland and Labrador’s 52%. People in the region live to 78.6 on average: 80.8 for women and 76.4 for men in 2022/2024. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Arnold's Cove live 45 km from a hospital on average, and 100% of them more than 30 km. Arnold's Cove doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Eastern Rural Zone.

Rent takes less of local pay in Arnold's Cove than in Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns or Canadian towns: 12% of household income

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 8% of households, below both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%). Households that own their home make up 77%.

Hazard risk in Arnold's Cove is lower than in 96% of Canadian towns

Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.009 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Also worth knowing: the national flood inventory has no study for Arnold's Cove. Arnold's Cove shares its radon tests numbers with the rest of the Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority.

Tricentia Academy is the only school in and around Arnold's Cove

Teenagers have 93 km to go to the closest secondary school, above both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (25 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km). An elementary school stands 22 km from the centre, higher than both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (3.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

Summers stay cool in Arnold's Cove: July afternoons reach 17.4°C, below Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canadian towns

The year’s precipitation totals 1,133 mm, lower than Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (1,305 mm) yet higher than Canadian towns (883 mm). Expect January lows of around −5.6°C in Arnold's Cove. The frost-free season runs from 10 May to 4 November, 176 days. January is the snowiest month, with 91 cm on average.

Arnold's Cove has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than three in four Canadian towns

On average, the journey to work lasts 21 min. Nine in ten commuters drove, close to both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (92%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Older residents shape Arnold's Cove: 29% are 65 or over, above Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canadian towns

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 5.3% of residents, higher than both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (3.7%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Under 15: 13% of residents.

What November brings in Arnold's Cove: 2°C at night, 8°C by day

In November, the normal is 122 mm of rain and snow. Next comes December, with normal highs of 3°C and lows of −2°C. Snowfall in a normal November: 13 cm. August brings the warmest days, 19°C; February the coldest nights, −6°C.

Jonathan Rowe (Conservative Party of Canada) holds Terra Nova—The Peninsulas, the riding that includes Arnold's Cove

The House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador’s riding map is published without a licence, so this page doesn’t place Arnold's Cove in a riding.

Arnold's Cove has one public library, Arnold's Cove Public Library

From the centre of Arnold's Cove, it is 0.2 km away.

Step out of Arnold's Cove into Jack's Pond Provincial Park

A drive of 69 km reaches Terra Nova National Park, the nearest national park. One protected area is close by. The protected share within 10 km is 0.8%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. 3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name.

The force covering Arnold's Cove records less serious violence than Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns or Canadian towns, at 58

No police detachment reports under Arnold's Cove’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own · Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Clarenville detachment area

Its police area recorded 11.4 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, below Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (16.7) and Canadian towns (12) alike. Property crime in the area its police cover: 24.1 per 1,000 people a year.

1 historic place on the heritage registers in Arnold's Cove

17% of its homes were built before 1961, close to both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (18%).