Irishtown-SummersideNewfoundland and Labrador

Irishtown-Summerside has a smaller share of its working-age people in jobs than 94% of Canadian towns

The commute to work averages 25 min.

Expect 78.5 years of life in the region around Irishtown-Summerside, 3.0 under the typical Canadian town

15% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, near Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (15%) and higher than Canadian towns (12%). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 47%, behind the 52% for Newfoundland and Labrador. Closer to home, a hospital is 4.9 km from the average resident of Irishtown-Summerside, further than the usual 3.7 km. Behind health survey and life expectancy sits data gathered across the Western Zone, with Irishtown-Summerside one part of it.

Hazards in Irishtown-Summerside: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 10% of tested homes

Measured across the Western Regional Integrated Health Authority: radon tests

Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.007 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory for Irishtown-Summerside.

Most households in Irishtown-Summerside own their home: 90%, more than in Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns or across Canadian towns

Shelter took 30% or more of income for 12% of households, lower than both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%). Rent took 16% of household income, below both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (20%).

July afternoons in Irishtown-Summerside reach 22.8°C (Newfoundland and Labrador towns 21.2°C, Canadian towns 25.5°C)

Snow totals 408 cm over the year, above both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (363 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm). Expect January lows of around −9.9°C in Irishtown-Summerside. January is the snowiest month, with 99 cm on average.

Irishtown-Summerside gets a C+ for safety

A best guess: the nearest detachment’s figures, since none is filed under Irishtown-Summerside

Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 20.5 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 71, below Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (82) and Canadian towns (86) alike. Where it is policed, 13.6 violent incidents per 1,000 residents are recorded each year. For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Corner Brook detachment area, Irishtown-Summerside included.

In and around Irishtown-Summerside, 2 schools: 1 secondary school and 1 school for every grade

Measured from the centre, the closest high school lies 2.7 km off, below Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (25 km) but above Canadian towns (1.2 km).

More of Irishtown-Summerside’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns or Canadian towns: 33%

0.9% of residents came to Canada as immigrants, below both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (1.6%) and Canadian towns (6.4%).

In Irishtown-Summerside, November normally means 5°C afternoons and −1°C nights

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Corner Brook forecast. November normally sees 127 mm of precipitation. Then December: freezing by day, −6°C at night. A typical November adds 34 cm of snow.

Long Range Mountains, which takes in Irishtown-Summerside, is held by Carol Anstey (Conservative Party of Canada)

4 of the 7 MPs from Newfoundland and Labrador belong to the Liberal Party of Canada.

No public library stands in Irishtown-Summerside: the closest, Corner Brook Public Library, is 3.9 km away

After it comes Ferriss Hodgett Library (Corner Brook), 5.3 km away.

Irishtown-Summerside has more protected land around it than nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns

The closest provincial park is Blow Me Down Provincial Park, 26 km from the edge of town. A drive of 33 km reaches Gros Morne National Park, the nearest national park. For walks, the International Appalachian Trail (Newfoundland) runs within 2 km.