GamboNewfoundland and Labrador

Working-age people in Gambo are less likely to have a job than in 96% of Canadian towns

Driving is how 85% of commuters got to work at the census. Commutes averaged 25 min, about level with Canadian towns (26 min) and above Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (19 min).

Few places are as safe from hazards as Gambo: it beats 94% of Canadian towns

Radon tests for the Central Regional Integrated Health Authority

Little of the land around Gambo has burned: 0.9% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.02% a year. About as many homes carry radon around Gambo as elsewhere, 5% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. The national flood inventory has no study of the town.

Gambo scores below 88% of Canadian towns for health

Measured across the Central Zone: health survey and life expectancy

Lives here run to 79.0 years on average, close to Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (78.6) and below Canadian towns (81.5). Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 54% very good or excellent, against 52% in Newfoundland and Labrador. Measured from where Gambo’s residents live, a hospital is 36 km away on average and 100% of them are over 30 km out.

Smallwood Academy is the only school in and around Gambo

Teenagers have 37 km to go to the closest secondary school, above Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (25 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike. An elementary school stands 54 km from the centre, above both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (3.5 km) and Canadian towns (0.5 km).

Most households in Gambo own their home: 84%, more than in Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns or across Canadian towns

A year’s rent came to 17% of the median household income, near Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (17%) and lower than Canadian towns (20%). 14% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

July afternoons in Gambo reach 21.8°C (Newfoundland and Labrador towns 21.2°C, Canadian towns 25.5°C)

The year’s precipitation totals 1,247 mm, about level with Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (1,305 mm) and above Canadian towns (883 mm). Expect January lows of around −10.4°C in Gambo. Between the last spring frost, 31 May, and the first in autumn, 20 October, lie 141 days. A normal December brings 121 mm of precipitation, more than any other month.

An older town: 29% of people in Gambo are 65 or over, more than in Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns or Canadian towns

One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15. 3% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (3.7%) but above Canadian towns (2.8%).

Gambo in November: highs near 5°C, lows near −2°C

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Terra Nova (National Park) forecast. By December, a normal day reaches freezing and a night falls to −6°C. Expect about 110 mm of rain and snow over November. About 30 cm of snow falls in a normal November.

Gambo sends Jonathan Rowe (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Terra Nova—The Peninsulas

From Newfoundland and Labrador come 7 MPs, 4 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada.

Gambo has one public library, Gambo Public Library

It stands 2.2 km from the centre of Gambo.

A national park 19 km from Gambo: Terra Nova National Park

For a provincial park, Jonathan's Pond Provincial Park lies 31 km off. Within 5 km lie 2 beaches, unnamed on the map.

Gambo’s grade for safety: a B−

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Gambo · Shared with the rest of the Glovertown detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

The force’s area logs 19.2 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Where it is policed, thefts, break-ins and damage came to 21.1 per 1,000 a year, lower than both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (34.8) and Canadian towns (31.2).