Around here we make about $4000 less in annual income compared to the rest of the province.
We also spend less on lottery tickets and booze every year than the rest of Atlantic Canada.
These are some of the findings in the New Brunswick Health Council’s 2017 “My Community at a Glance” survey.
News Release: our 2017 community profiles are now available! https://t.co/ORzdnXgZLl
— NB Health Council (@NBHealthCouncil) June 8, 2017
CEO Stephane Robichaud says they expect to get the 2016 census information by next winter and he says returning to the long-form census will have benefits.
He says it will allow them to update the indicators that date back to 2011.
The Saint John region which includes Musquash and Chance Harbour has a population of just over 75,000.
The survey finds 98 per cent of us buy locally grown food.
21 per cent leave for work between 5am and 6:59 am but the majority, 60 %, head out the door sometime between 7am and 8:50am.
To read the full report, click here
