New Brunswick
Archive of hometown notes from Saint John: local places, drinking water, taxes, and construction.
How Saint John sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for Saint John follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Saint John in national context first.
Harbour Passage is a reason people stay fond of Saint John.
December 2023 in Saint John: Harbour Passage. A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Rockwood Reservoir Rehabilitation Project appears in city spotlights alongside arena ice bookings and New Brunswick Day hours.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Saint John compares with nearby cities on City Score.
Saint John's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
Saint Johners live with a water report that other cities would treat as theatre. The city homepage posts St. John River levels beside Bay
Reversing Falls Rapids still orients Saint John. The hometown water show at the river mouth. Locals send guests to Wolastoq Park or Fallsview Park and time the visit to the tide table.
Reversing Falls Rapids form where the St. John River meets Fundy tide, with lookouts at Wolastoq Park and Fallsview Park.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Saint John.
Residential mill rates for Saint John appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Saint John beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Walk or drive through Saint John long enough and Harbour Passage comes up. A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Inland from the falls, Rockwood Park is the oversized backyard: trails, Lily Lake festival days, and a Rockwood Reservoir rehabilitation project that turns park infrastructure into city news. Downtown still runs through City Market and the denser streets Saint Johners treat as the everyday core. Saint John Transit covers the commute map, Glenn Carpenter Center shows up on recreation calendars, and New Brunswick Day is the August holiday that rewrites service hours. Discover Saint John packages the edge as Fundy tourism, but the municipal dashboard makes clear the tides are also ordinary civic weather.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Saint John's big in-city park, complete with Lily Lake event days and the Rockwood Reservoir file that keeps park infrastructure in the
Rockwood Park still orients Saint John. Saint John's big in-city park, complete with Lily Lake event days and the Rockwood Reservoir file that keeps park infrastructure in the news.
Municipal parks pages say Saint Johners use more than 2,200 acres of natural park space and about 56 kilometres of trails.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Reversing Falls Rapids form where the St. John River meets Fundy tide, with lookouts at Wolastoq Park and Fallsview Park.
November 2023 in Saint John: Reversing Falls Rapids. The hometown water show at the river mouth. Locals send guests to Wolastoq Park or Fallsview Park and time the visit to the tide table.
Reversing Falls Rapids form where the St. John River meets Fundy tide, with lookouts at Wolastoq Park and Fallsview Park.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Saint John sits in published building-permit figures for October 2023.
Construction intent in Saint John shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.
Open the Saint John permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Harbour Passage still orients Saint John. A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Rockwood Reservoir Rehabilitation Project appears in city spotlights alongside arena ice bookings and New Brunswick Day hours.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Rockwood Park is a reason people stay fond of Saint John.
October 2023 in Saint John: Rockwood Park. Saint John's big in-city park, complete with Lily Lake event days and the Rockwood Reservoir file that keeps park infrastructure in the news.
Municipal parks pages say Saint Johners use more than 2,200 acres of natural park space and about 56 kilometres of trails.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Inland from the falls, Rockwood Park is the oversized backyard: trails, Lily Lake festival days, and a Rockwood Reservoir rehabilitation
Walk or drive through Saint John long enough and Reversing Falls Rapids comes up. The hometown water show at the river mouth. Locals send guests to Wolastoq Park or Fallsview Park and time the visit to the tide table.
Inland from the falls, Rockwood Park is the oversized backyard: trails, Lily Lake festival days, and a Rockwood Reservoir rehabilitation project that turns park infrastructure into city news. Downtown still runs through City Market and the denser streets Saint Johners treat as the everyday core. Saint John Transit covers the commute map, Glenn Carpenter Center shows up on recreation calendars, and New Brunswick Day is the August holiday that rewrites service hours. Discover Saint John packages the edge as Fundy tourism, but the municipal dashboard makes clear the tides are also ordinary civic weather.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Saint John.
Residential mill rates for Saint John appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Saint John beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
On the OpenStats City Score for 2026, Saint John sits at rank 107 of 125. The hometown story is older and wetter than a composite score:
September 2023 in Saint John: Harbour Passage. A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Rockwood Reservoir Rehabilitation Project appears in city spotlights alongside arena ice bookings and New Brunswick Day hours.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Saint John draws municipal drinking water from Loch Lomond and Latimer Lake, treated at South Bay Treatment Facility (Spruce Lake Water Treatment Facility).
Ask where Saint John drinking water begins and the answer is Latimer Lake, then South Bay Treatment Facility (Spruce Lake Water Treatment Facility). That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.
Treats South Bay Wellfield groundwater for west Saint John; distribution began September 2017.
See the Saint John water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
The hometown water show at the river mouth. Locals send guests to Wolastoq Park or Fallsview Park and time the visit to the tide table.
Reversing Falls Rapids still orients Saint John. The hometown water show at the river mouth. Locals send guests to Wolastoq Park or Fallsview Park and time the visit to the tide table.
Reversing Falls Rapids form where the St. John River meets Fundy tide, with lookouts at Wolastoq Park and Fallsview Park.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Saint John.
Saint John appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.
Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.
A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Walk or drive through Saint John long enough and Harbour Passage comes up. A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Inland from the falls, Rockwood Park is the oversized backyard: trails, Lily Lake festival days, and a Rockwood Reservoir rehabilitation project that turns park infrastructure into city news. Downtown still runs through City Market and the denser streets Saint Johners treat as the everyday core. Saint John Transit covers the commute map, Glenn Carpenter Center shows up on recreation calendars, and New Brunswick Day is the August holiday that rewrites service hours. Discover Saint John packages the edge as Fundy tourism, but the municipal dashboard makes clear the tides are also ordinary civic weather.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Advertised broadband availability for Saint John.
Broadband rows for Saint John come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.
A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Saint John internet page.
Reversing Falls Rapids form where the St. John River meets Fundy tide, with lookouts at Wolastoq Park and Fallsview Park.
August 2023 in Saint John: Reversing Falls Rapids. The hometown water show at the river mouth. Locals send guests to Wolastoq Park or Fallsview Park and time the visit to the tide table.
Reversing Falls Rapids form where the St. John River meets Fundy tide, with lookouts at Wolastoq Park and Fallsview Park.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Saint John sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for Saint John follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Saint John in national context first.
Harbour Passage is a reason people stay fond of Saint John.
Harbour Passage still orients Saint John. A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Rockwood Reservoir Rehabilitation Project appears in city spotlights alongside arena ice bookings and New Brunswick Day hours.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Saint John compares with nearby cities on City Score.
Saint John's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
Inland from the falls, Rockwood Park is the oversized backyard: trails, Lily Lake festival days, and a Rockwood Reservoir rehabilitation
Walk or drive through Saint John long enough and Reversing Falls Rapids comes up. The hometown water show at the river mouth. Locals send guests to Wolastoq Park or Fallsview Park and time the visit to the tide table.
Inland from the falls, Rockwood Park is the oversized backyard: trails, Lily Lake festival days, and a Rockwood Reservoir rehabilitation project that turns park infrastructure into city news. Downtown still runs through City Market and the denser streets Saint Johners treat as the everyday core. Saint John Transit covers the commute map, Glenn Carpenter Center shows up on recreation calendars, and New Brunswick Day is the August holiday that rewrites service hours. Discover Saint John packages the edge as Fundy tourism, but the municipal dashboard makes clear the tides are also ordinary civic weather.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Saint John.
Residential mill rates for Saint John appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Saint John beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
July 2023 in Saint John: Harbour Passage. A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Rockwood Reservoir Rehabilitation Project appears in city spotlights alongside arena ice bookings and New Brunswick Day hours.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Saint John's big in-city park, complete with Lily Lake event days and the Rockwood Reservoir file that keeps park infrastructure in the
Walk or drive through Saint John long enough and Rockwood Park comes up. Saint John's big in-city park, complete with Lily Lake event days and the Rockwood Reservoir file that keeps park infrastructure in the news.
Inland from the falls, Rockwood Park is the oversized backyard: trails, Lily Lake festival days, and a Rockwood Reservoir rehabilitation project that turns park infrastructure into city news. Downtown still runs through City Market and the denser streets Saint Johners treat as the everyday core. Saint John Transit covers the commute map, Glenn Carpenter Center shows up on recreation calendars, and New Brunswick Day is the August holiday that rewrites service hours. Discover Saint John packages the edge as Fundy tourism, but the municipal dashboard makes clear the tides are also ordinary civic weather.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Reversing Falls Rapids form where the St. John River meets Fundy tide, with lookouts at Wolastoq Park and Fallsview Park.
Reversing Falls Rapids still orients Saint John. The hometown water show at the river mouth. Locals send guests to Wolastoq Park or Fallsview Park and time the visit to the tide table.
Reversing Falls Rapids form where the St. John River meets Fundy tide, with lookouts at Wolastoq Park and Fallsview Park.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Saint John sits in published building-permit figures for June 2023.
Construction intent in Saint John shows up first as authorized permit dollars. Read a single month as a pulse, not a verdict.
Open the Saint John permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Walk or drive through Saint John long enough and Harbour Passage comes up. A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Inland from the falls, Rockwood Park is the oversized backyard: trails, Lily Lake festival days, and a Rockwood Reservoir rehabilitation project that turns park infrastructure into city news. Downtown still runs through City Market and the denser streets Saint Johners treat as the everyday core. Saint John Transit covers the commute map, Glenn Carpenter Center shows up on recreation calendars, and New Brunswick Day is the August holiday that rewrites service hours. Discover Saint John packages the edge as Fundy tourism, but the municipal dashboard makes clear the tides are also ordinary civic weather.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Rockwood Park is a reason people stay fond of Saint John.
Rockwood Park still orients Saint John. Saint John's big in-city park, complete with Lily Lake event days and the Rockwood Reservoir file that keeps park infrastructure in the news.
Municipal parks pages say Saint Johners use more than 2,200 acres of natural park space and about 56 kilometres of trails.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
On the OpenStats City Score for 2026, Saint John sits at rank 107 of 125. The hometown story is older and wetter than a composite score:
May 2023 in Saint John: Reversing Falls Rapids. The hometown water show at the river mouth. Locals send guests to Wolastoq Park or Fallsview Park and time the visit to the tide table.
Reversing Falls Rapids form where the St. John River meets Fundy tide, with lookouts at Wolastoq Park and Fallsview Park.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Saint John.
Residential mill rates for Saint John appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Saint John beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
Saint Johners live with a water report that other cities would treat as theatre. The city homepage posts St. John River levels beside Bay
Harbour Passage still orients Saint John. A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Rockwood Reservoir Rehabilitation Project appears in city spotlights alongside arena ice bookings and New Brunswick Day hours.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Saint John draws municipal drinking water from Loch Lomond and Latimer Lake, treated at South Bay Treatment Facility (Spruce Lake Water Treatment Facility).
May 2023 is a good week to revisit Saint John's source: Loch Lomond and Latimer Lake. Treatment at South Bay Treatment Facility (Spruce Lake Water Treatment Facility) sits between the intake and the tap.
Treats South Bay Wellfield groundwater for west Saint John; distribution began September 2017.
See the Saint John water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
The hometown water show at the river mouth. Locals send guests to Wolastoq Park or Fallsview Park and time the visit to the tide table.
Walk or drive through Saint John long enough and Reversing Falls Rapids comes up. The hometown water show at the river mouth. Locals send guests to Wolastoq Park or Fallsview Park and time the visit to the tide table.
Inland from the falls, Rockwood Park is the oversized backyard: trails, Lily Lake festival days, and a Rockwood Reservoir rehabilitation project that turns park infrastructure into city news. Downtown still runs through City Market and the denser streets Saint Johners treat as the everyday core. Saint John Transit covers the commute map, Glenn Carpenter Center shows up on recreation calendars, and New Brunswick Day is the August holiday that rewrites service hours. Discover Saint John packages the edge as Fundy tourism, but the municipal dashboard makes clear the tides are also ordinary civic weather.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Seismic and wildfire context that applies to Saint John.
Saint John appears on NRCan seismic context (peak ground acceleration) and, where live, wildfire-season flags. Flood grades are incomplete on some pages.
Hazard pages are comparative geography, not insurance certificates. Pair them with provincial emergency bulletins when weather turns.
A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
April 2023 in Saint John: Harbour Passage. A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Rockwood Reservoir Rehabilitation Project appears in city spotlights alongside arena ice bookings and New Brunswick Day hours.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Advertised broadband availability for Saint John.
Broadband rows for Saint John come from ISED National Broadband Data: advertised max download, 50/10 availability, and technology flags where published.
A map hex is not a living-room speed test. Confirm with your ISP after reading the Saint John internet page.
Reversing Falls Rapids form where the St. John River meets Fundy tide, with lookouts at Wolastoq Park and Fallsview Park.
Reversing Falls Rapids still orients Saint John. The hometown water show at the river mouth. Locals send guests to Wolastoq Park or Fallsview Park and time the visit to the tide table.
Reversing Falls Rapids form where the St. John River meets Fundy tide, with lookouts at Wolastoq Park and Fallsview Park.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Saint John sits in Health Canada indoor-radon survey geography.
Indoor radon figures for Saint John follow Health Canada survey geography, often at CMA or regional scale. Higher mean Bq/m³ ranks as higher risk on the board.
A home still needs its own long-term test. Use the radon page to put Saint John in national context first.
Harbour Passage is a reason people stay fond of Saint John.
Walk or drive through Saint John long enough and Harbour Passage comes up. A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Inland from the falls, Rockwood Park is the oversized backyard: trails, Lily Lake festival days, and a Rockwood Reservoir rehabilitation project that turns park infrastructure into city news. Downtown still runs through City Market and the denser streets Saint Johners treat as the everyday core. Saint John Transit covers the commute map, Glenn Carpenter Center shows up on recreation calendars, and New Brunswick Day is the August holiday that rewrites service hours. Discover Saint John packages the edge as Fundy tourism, but the municipal dashboard makes clear the tides are also ordinary civic weather.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
How Saint John compares with nearby cities on City Score.
Saint John's City Score blends published open-data pillars: tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, population growth, and crime severity.
A Rising or Dropping badge marks a multi-year rank move. The green line on the hometown chart carries the year-by-year path.
On the OpenStats City Score for 2026, Saint John sits at rank 107 of 125. The hometown story is older and wetter than a composite score:
February 2023 in Saint John: Reversing Falls Rapids. The hometown water show at the river mouth. Locals send guests to Wolastoq Park or Fallsview Park and time the visit to the tide table.
Reversing Falls Rapids form where the St. John River meets Fundy tide, with lookouts at Wolastoq Park and Fallsview Park.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Published residential mill-rate context for Saint John.
Residential mill rates for Saint John appear when municipalities publish them. The highest published rate ranks first on that burden board.
Assessment bases differ by province. Read Saint John beside provincial peers before calling any town cheap or expensive.
A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Harbour Passage still orients Saint John. A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Rockwood Reservoir Rehabilitation Project appears in city spotlights alongside arena ice bookings and New Brunswick Day hours.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Saint John's big in-city park, complete with Lily Lake event days and the Rockwood Reservoir file that keeps park infrastructure in the
February 2023 in Saint John: Rockwood Park. Saint John's big in-city park, complete with Lily Lake event days and the Rockwood Reservoir file that keeps park infrastructure in the news.
Municipal parks pages say Saint Johners use more than 2,200 acres of natural park space and about 56 kilometres of trails.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Reversing Falls Rapids form where the St. John River meets Fundy tide, with lookouts at Wolastoq Park and Fallsview Park.
Walk or drive through Saint John long enough and Reversing Falls Rapids comes up. The hometown water show at the river mouth. Locals send guests to Wolastoq Park or Fallsview Park and time the visit to the tide table.
Inland from the falls, Rockwood Park is the oversized backyard: trails, Lily Lake festival days, and a Rockwood Reservoir rehabilitation project that turns park infrastructure into city news. Downtown still runs through City Market and the denser streets Saint Johners treat as the everyday core. Saint John Transit covers the commute map, Glenn Carpenter Center shows up on recreation calendars, and New Brunswick Day is the August holiday that rewrites service hours. Discover Saint John packages the edge as Fundy tourism, but the municipal dashboard makes clear the tides are also ordinary civic weather.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Where Saint John sits in published building-permit figures for January 2023.
Building-permit value for Saint John comes from Statistics Canada when a direct-tier row exists. Quiet months often follow busy ones.
Open the Saint John permits page and the Construction Pulse rankings for the wider board.
Harbour Passage is a reason people stay fond of Saint John.
January 2023 in Saint John: Harbour Passage. A harbourside walk that keeps Fundy views inside an ordinary downtown outing, especially when paired with City Market.
Rockwood Reservoir Rehabilitation Project appears in city spotlights alongside arena ice bookings and New Brunswick Day hours.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.
Saint John draws municipal drinking water from Loch Lomond and Latimer Lake, treated at South Bay Treatment Facility (Spruce Lake Water Treatment Facility).
Ask where Saint John drinking water begins and the answer is Latimer Lake, then South Bay Treatment Facility (Spruce Lake Water Treatment Facility). That supply chain is what the water atlas puts beside hardness and lead.
Treats South Bay Wellfield groundwater for west Saint John; distribution began September 2017.
See the Saint John water page for the grade, source notes, and municipal report links.
Saint Johners live with a water report that other cities would treat as theatre. The city homepage posts St. John River levels beside Bay
Reversing Falls Rapids still orients Saint John. The hometown water show at the river mouth. Locals send guests to Wolastoq Park or Fallsview Park and time the visit to the tide table.
Reversing Falls Rapids form where the St. John River meets Fundy tide, with lookouts at Wolastoq Park and Fallsview Park.
More on Saint John: City Score history, neighbour compares, and the full topic set on the hometown page.