Labrador CityNewfoundland and Labrador

Trips to work from Labrador City are shorter than from Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns or Canadian towns: 12 min on average

96% of commuters drove, higher than both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (92%) and Canadian towns (89%).

Renting in Labrador City costs 9% of household income, less than in Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns or Canadian towns

5% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, lower than both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%). The owner-occupied share of households is 78%.

Labrador City faces more hazards than 97% of Canadian towns

Health Canada’s survey found radon above the guideline in 3% of homes, lower than both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (4%) and Canadian towns (6.6%). Wildfire is a real hazard for Labrador City: 17% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.43% a year, in the high band. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.004 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Labrador City doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Labrador-Grenfell Regional Integrated Health Auth health region.

For the force that serves Labrador City, the Crime Severity Index is 30, below Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canadian towns

Measured across the Labrador service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Violent incidents in its police area came to 6.9 per 1,000 residents a year, below Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (16.7) and Canadian towns (12) alike. Its police area records 9.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.

Summers stay cool in Labrador City: July afternoons reach 19.6°C, below Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canadian towns

A normal year brings 860 mm of precipitation, about level with Canadian towns (883 mm) and below Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (1,305 mm). Labrador City sees January nights of −27.1°C on average. The frost-free season runs from 7 June to 13 September, 97 days. Snow peaks in November: 80 cm in a normal year.

Life expectancy around Labrador City is 77.1 years, 4.4 less than for the typical Canadian town

Age-standardised, three fifths of the region’s adults put their health at very good or excellent, above both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (50%) and Canadian towns (52%). The region has more smokers than Newfoundland and Labrador, nearly a fifth of adults to 15%. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Labrador City is well placed: 1.5 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical. Labrador City shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the Labrador-Grenfell Zone.

A younger town: only 11% of people in Labrador City are 65 or over, fewer than in Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canadian towns

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up one in ten residents, above both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (3.7%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here.

A normal November in Labrador City runs from −11°C to −4°C

Next comes December, with normal highs of −11°C and lows of −21°C. In November, the normal is 72 mm of rain and snow. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Labrador City.

Labrador City’s MP is Philip Earle (Liberal Party of Canada), for Labrador

Locally, Labrador City is run as a town.

Labrador City’s public library is Margaret Butt Memorial Public Library

From the centre of Labrador City, it is 0.9 km away.

Labrador City is 4.6 km from Duley Lake Provincial Park

2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. The 10 km around town hold one protected area. 1.2% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).

Labrador City has one French-language school among its 3

Within 3 km, 2 boards share the schools, above Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (1) but below Canadian towns (3).