Happy Valley-Goose BayNewfoundland and Labrador

Happy Valley-Goose Bay is graded an A+ for hazard risk

Fire reaches the land around Happy Valley-Goose Bay now and then: 4.6% within 25 km since 1986 (0.12% a year), below the high band. Radon is lower than usual: 3% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Flood mapping exists: a study by Department of Environment and Climate Change. Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.008 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town.

For the force that serves Happy Valley-Goose Bay, the Crime Severity Index is 360, above Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canadian towns

Source area for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000: the Happy Valley-Goose Bay detachment area

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 345, higher than both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (82) and Canadian towns (86). Where it is policed, 73.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. On top of that, its police area records 251.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Commuters in Happy Valley-Goose Bay have a short way to work, 15 min on average, less than in both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canadian towns

The car took 87% of commuters, about level with Canadian towns (89%) and below Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (92%).

Renting in Happy Valley-Goose Bay costs 12% of household income, less than in both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canadian towns

Owners make up 64% of households, below both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (78%) and Canadian towns (74%). 9% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, below Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

Happy Valley-Goose Bay has colder winters than Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of −21.7°C

Most of the snow comes in January, about 75 cm. Frosty days number 206 in a normal year, higher than both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (171) and Canadian towns (159). Frost usually lifts by 3 June and returns around 24 September: 112 days without it. Happy Valley-Goose Bay sees July afternoons of 21.2°C on average.

Expect 77.1 years of life in the region around Happy Valley-Goose Bay, 4.4 under the typical Canadian town

Area-wide: health survey and life expectancy, counted over the Labrador-Grenfell Zone

The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 60%, ahead of the 52% for Newfoundland and Labrador, and on top of that the region has more smokers than Newfoundland and Labrador, nearly a fifth of adults to 15%. Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 21% of the region’s adults on average, between Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (17%). Closer to home, a hospital is just 2.3 km from the average resident of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, nearer than the usual 3.7 km.

More of Happy Valley-Goose Bay’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns or Canadian towns: 49%

Retirement age and beyond: 13% of residents are 65 or older. Immigrants make up 6.7% of residents, about level with Canadian towns (6.4%) and above Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (1.6%). One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15.

Expect November days around freezing in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, nights around −7°C

Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Happy Valley-Goose Bay forecast, on the Weather page. Snow is normal by November, about 52 cm over the month. November normally sees 75 mm of precipitation. Across the year, normals run from −22°C nights in January to 21°C afternoons in July.

Philip Earle (Liberal Party of Canada) represents Happy Valley-Goose Bay in Ottawa as MP for Labrador

For local government, Happy Valley-Goose Bay is a town.

Happy Valley-Goose Bay has one public library, Melville Public Library

The library is 1.4 km from the centre of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

Within 42 km of Happy Valley-Goose Bay: Akami-Uapishku - Kakkasuak - Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve

OpenStreetMap shows 7 unnamed beaches within 5 km.

Of Happy Valley-Goose Bay’s 4 schools, one teaches in French

The schools around it answer to 2 boards, higher than Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (1) yet lower than Canadian towns (3).

The registers record 5 historic places in Happy Valley-Goose Bay

The oldest dated place, Building 1090, goes back to 1953. 16% of its homes were built before 1961, close to Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (17%) and below Canadian towns (18%).