Recreation and Culture
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AIMS Interim Municipal Report Card – New Brunswick Recreation and Culture Recreation and Culture Similar to the case with Economic Development, only one of our chosen Recreation and Culture statistics has data available, the per capita operating cost figure. In a second parallel with the Economic Development category, there is a wide range. Pointe-Verte, Aroostook, Le Goulet, Nigadoo, and Charlo, for example, each spend less than $10 per capita annually. These are all smaller communities – Charlo has a population of 1376 and the other four are all below 1000 – so one might not expect to see substantial expenditures on libraries, museums, or sports facilities where some critical mass of users would be required to support operations. At the higher end are Florenceville at $624 per capita – more than five times the average recorded for the 102 municipalities in the province, St. Andrews at $331 per capita, Saint-François-de-Madawaska at $315 per capita, and Nackawic at $312 per capita. These communities are also relatively small: St. Andrews has a population of just under 1800 and the other three are below 1000. One possible explanation for why these small communities are found at the high end of the cost ranking while other similarly-sized communities are found at the opposite end may be that the latter set of municipalities have facilities such as a rink or a library that are used by citizens from other municipalities in the surrounding area. This hypothesis could be tested if data actually were available for our other measures in this category. The largest municipalities in New Brunswick tend to be grouped more towards the middle of the pack. Among the ten biggest communities, Rothesay and Dieppe form the bookends at $67 per capita and $258 per capita, respectively. Page 1 of 5 AIMS Interim Municipal Report Card – New Brunswick Recreation and Culture Operating Costs for Square Metres of Rank (Out Rank (Out Rank (Out Square Metres of Rank (Out Recreation and Rank (Out Indoor Recreation of 102 - Hectares of Outdoor of 102 - Kilometres of of 102 - Indoor Cultural of 102 - Culture Per Capita, of 102 - Low- Space, Average High-To- Recreation Space, High-To- Trails, Average High-To- Space, Average High-To- Municipalities Average 2005-2007 To-High) 2005-2007 Low) Average 2005-2007 Low) 2005-2007 Low) 2005-2007 Low) Alma $ 118 60 Aroostook $ 3 2 Atholville $ 213 91 Baker Brook $ 30 20 Balmoral $ 13 9 Bas-Caraquet $ 41 26 Bath $ 153 70 Bathurst $ 176 83 Belledune $ 184 86 Beresford $ 78 46 Bertrand $ 37 24 Blacks Harbour $ 147 69 Blackville $ 43 27 Bouctouche $ 90 49 Bristol $ 134 66 Cambridge-Narrows $ 54 35 Campbellton $ 176 84 Canterbury $ 19 14 Cap-Pelé $ 227 94 Caraquet $ 112 58 Centreville $ 101 54 Charlo $ 9 5 Chipman $ 121 62 Clair $ 114 59 Dalhousie $ 173 81 Dieppe $ 258 95 Doaktown $ 100 52 Dorchester $ 58 36 Drummond $ 24 18 Page 2 of 5 AIMS Interim Municipal Report Card – New Brunswick Recreation and Culture Operating Costs for Square Metres of Rank (Out Rank (Out Rank (Out Square Metres of Rank (Out Recreation and Rank (Out Indoor Recreation of 102 - Hectares of Outdoor of 102 - Kilometres of of 102 - Indoor Cultural of 102 - Culture Per Capita, of 102 - Low- Space, Average High-To- Recreation Space, High-To- Trails, Average High-To- Space, Average High-To- Municipalities Average 2005-2007 To-High) 2005-2007 Low) Average 2005-2007 Low) 2005-2007 Low) 2005-2007 Low) Edmundston $ 154 71 Eel River Crossing $ 14 11 Florenceville $ 624 102 Fredericton $ 81 48 Fredericton Junction $ 11 6 Gagetown $ 14 12 Grand-Anse $ 167 78 Grand Bay-Westfield $ 65 40 Grand Falls/Grand Sault $ 100 53 Grand Manan $ 67 42 Hampton $ 192 87 Hartland $ 276 97 Harvey $ 12 8 Hillsborough $ 138 67 Kedgwick $ 168 79 Lac-Baker $ 175 82 Lamèque $ 165 75 Le Goulet $ 4 3 Maisonnette $ 19 15 McAdam $ 35 22 Meductic $ 120 61 Memramcook $ 96 50 Millville $ 35 21 Minto $ 70 43 Miramichi $ 166 76 Moncton $ 201 89 Nackawic $ 312 99 Neguac $ 52 33 New Maryland $ 75 44 Page 3 of 5 AIMS Interim Municipal Report Card – New Brunswick Recreation and Culture Operating Costs for Square Metres of Rank (Out Rank (Out Rank (Out Square Metres of Rank (Out Recreation and Rank (Out Indoor Recreation of 102 - Hectares of Outdoor of 102 - Kilometres of of 102 - Indoor Cultural of 102 - Culture Per Capita, of 102 - Low- Space, Average High-To- Recreation Space, High-To- Trails, Average High-To- Space, Average High-To- Municipalities Average 2005-2007 To-High) 2005-2007 Low) Average 2005-2007 Low) 2005-2007 Low) 2005-2007 Low) Nigadoo $ 8 4 Norton $ 12 7 Oromocto $ 155 72 Paquetville $ 22 17 Perth-Andover $ 298 98 Petitcodiac $ 156 73 Petit-Rocher $ 133 65 Plaster Rock $ 166 77 Pointe-Verte $ 3 1 Port Elgin $ 52 32 Quispamsis $ 125 64 Rexton $ 77 45 Richibucto $ 213 90 Riverside-Albert $ 79 47 Riverview $ 145 68 Rivière-Verte $ 21 16 Rogersville $ 44 29 Rothesay $ 67 41 Sackville $ 98 51 Saint John $ 101 56 Saint Léonard $ 215 93 Saint-Antoine $ 63 38 Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska $ 60 37 Sainte-Marie-Saint-Raphaël $ 14 10 Saint-François-de-Madawaska $ 315 100 Saint-Hilaire $ 43 28 Saint-Isidore $ 35 23 Saint-Léolin $ 15 13 Saint-Louis de Kent $ 272 96 Page 4 of 5 AIMS Interim Municipal Report Card – New Brunswick Recreation and Culture Operating Costs for Square Metres of Rank (Out Rank (Out Rank (Out Square Metres of Rank (Out Recreation and Rank (Out Indoor Recreation of 102 - Hectares of Outdoor of 102 - Kilometres of of 102 - Indoor Cultural of 102 - Culture Per Capita, of 102 - Low- Space, Average High-To- Recreation Space, High-To- Trails, Average High-To- Space, Average High-To- Municipalities Average 2005-2007 To-High) 2005-2007 Low) Average 2005-2007 Low) 2005-2007 Low) 2005-2007 Low) Saint-Quentin $ 108 57 Salisbury $ 48 30 Shediac $ 181 85 Shippagan $ 213 92 St. Andrews $ 331 101 St. George $ 51 31 St. Martins $ 101 55 St. Stephen $ 122 63 Stanley $ 63 39 Sussex $ 195 88 Sussex Corner $ 38 25 Tide Head $ 54 34 Tracadie-Shelia $ 160 74 Tracy $ 29 19 Woodstock $ 172 80 Average $ 113 Minimum $ 3 Maximum $ 624 Page 5 of 5 .