
St. Alban'sNewfoundland and Labrador
Some 1,093 people live in this town, in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is part of Division No. 3, a census division.
Is St. Alban's a good place to live?
Prices are modest for what you get (A). Walkability is another plus (A−). Its weakest is health (D). Work and incomes lag (D).
St. Alban's has subject grades but no overall grade: Canadian towns get one from 2,500 residents.
This town's rent is the 2021 census rent scaled to 2025 by its province's ratio of surveyed to census rents: no rental survey covers it, so its Cost Grade is less sure. Safety less sure: no police service names this town, so its crime figure is the nearest police detachment's, shared with a wider area. No School Grade: this province doesn't publish comparable results school by school. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How St. Alban's grades
Each subject compares St. Alban's with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
St. Alban's has subject grades but no overall grade: Canadian towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes St. Alban's stand out
The 3 things St. Alban's does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in St. Alban's.
Hazard risk in St. Alban's is lower than in 93% of Canadian towns
Shared with the rest of the Central Regional Integrated Health Authority: radon tests
About as many homes carry radon around St. Alban's as elsewhere, 5% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Wildfire is rare near St. Alban's: 0.8% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.02% a year. The national flood inventory has no study of the town.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | St. Alban's | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 5% | 4% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.009 | $0.011 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
More households own their home in St. Alban's than in Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns or across Canadian towns: 92%
Rent took 15% of household income, below Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (17%) and Canadian towns (20%) alike. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 5% of households, lower than both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (15%) and Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | St. Alban's | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 5% | 15% | 18% |
| Households owning their home | 92% | 78% | 74% |
| Rent as a share of income | 15% | 17% | 20% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares.
St. Alban's has lower household incomes than 96% of Canadian towns
On average, the journey to work lasts 21 min. 90% of commuters drove, in line with Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (92%) and Canadian towns (89%).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | St. Alban's | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 21 min | 19 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 90% | 92% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.
St. Alban's scores below 89% of Canadian towns for health
Lives in the region last 79.0 years on average (2022/2024): 80.5 for women, 77.4 for men. The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 22% of adults, near Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (22%) and higher than Canadian towns (17%). Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 54% very good or excellent, against 52% in Newfoundland and Labrador. The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of St. Alban's live 44 km from a hospital on average, and 100% of them more than 30 km. For health survey and life expectancy, the only official count covers all of the Central Zone, St. Alban's included.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | St. Alban's | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 22% | 22% | 17% |
| Very good or excellent health | 54% | 50% | 52% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 79.0 | 78.6 | 81.5 |
| Smokers | 15% | 15% | 12% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
Summers stay cool in St. Alban's: July afternoons reach 17.3°C, below Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canadian towns
Winter lows average −7.1°C in January, above both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (−8.7°C) and Canadian towns (−13.5°C). November is the wettest month, with 161 mm of rain and snow on average. Snow peaks in January: 54 cm in a normal year.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | St. Alban's | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| July afternoon high | 17.3°C | 21.2°C | 25.5°C |
| Snowfall a year | 173 cm | 363 cm | 141 cm |
| Precipitation a year | 1,486 mm | 1,305 mm | 883 mm |
| January night low | −7.1°C | −8.7°C | −13.5°C |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Harbour Breton)
More of St. Alban's’s residents have an Indigenous identity than in Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns or Canadian towns: 27%
Children under 15 make up 11%, below both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (13%) and Canadian towns (16%). 29% of residents have reached 65.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
Women make up 50.4% of St. Alban's
Census 2021 put women at 600 and men at 590; women are 50.9% of Canada.
| St. Alban's | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 13% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 60% | 61% | 64% |
| 65+ | 29% | 26% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 38% | 21% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 36% | 53% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
For the force that serves St. Alban's, the Crime Severity Index is 54, below Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns and Canadian towns
No police detachment reports under St. Alban's’s name, so these are the nearest detachment’s figures, not the town’s own · Measured across the Harbour Breton detachment area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000
Property crime in its police area ran at 13.2 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (34.8) and Canadian towns (31.2). Violence across its police area runs at 12.5 per 1,000 residents a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | St. Alban's | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crime per 1,000 | 13.2 | 34.8 | 31.2 |
| Crime Severity Index | 54 | 81 | 67 |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 69 | 82 | 86 |
| Violent crime | 12.5 | 16.7 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Expect November days around 7°C in St. Alban's, nights around 1°C
The month after, December, normally sees 3°C afternoons and −4°C nights. Precipitation in November averages 161 mm. At the extremes, August afternoons reach 19°C and February nights −8°C. ECCC’s forecast for St. Alban's is on the Weather page, hour by hour.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 1°C | −6°C | 339 mm |
| Spring | 6°C | −1°C | 342 mm |
| Summer | 17°C | 11°C | 348 mm |
| Autumn | 12°C | 5°C | 458 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Harbour Breton); the forecast is on the Weather page
Clifford Small (Conservative Party of Canada) represents St. Alban's in Ottawa as MP for Central Newfoundland
With no licence on the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador’s ridings map, St.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
St. Alban's has one public library, St. Alban's Public Library
It stands 1 km from the centre of St.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Protected land is absent from the 10 km around St. Alban's
Within 5 km are 2 beaches; Voyce Cove Beach is the nearest. The nearest provincial park, Jipujijkuei Kuespem Provincial Park, is 15 km away. No national park lies within 100 km.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | St. Alban's | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protected land within 10 km | 0% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Everything we know about St. Alban's
Royal Canadian Legion Museum and 2 more in and around St. Alban's
A first look at St. Alban's’s museums, historic sites and days out, and a few just outside town.
About St. Alban's
Town in Newfoundland and Labrador
Every figure TownRatings gives for St. Alban's covers the municipality as Statistics Canada maps it, one census subdivision in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 1,093 (people, 2025 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Census division
- Division No. 3
- Census subdivision
- 1003019
Questions about St. Alban's
What kind of homes are in St. Alban's?
97% of homes are single-detached houses, against 64% for the median of Canadian towns, and 0% are in apartment buildings of five storeys or more. A household averages 2.1 people; 30% are one person living alone.
Is St. Alban's growing?
Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses it went from 1,186 to 1,189 residents (up 0.3%; Canadian towns’ median: 4.1%), and Statistics Canada now estimates 1,093.
How old are the people of St. Alban's?
At 56, its median age compares with 45.2 across Canadian towns. Children make up 11% of the population and seniors 29%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).