New Canada, Maine

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Population (year 2000): 306. Estimated population in July 2006: 316 (+3.3% change)

Males: 155	(50.7%)
Females: 151	(49.3%)

Aroostook County

Median resident age:	34.5 years
Maine median age:	38.6 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $42,400 (it was $38,000 in 2000)

New Canada	$42,400
Maine:	$42,801

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $87,800 (it was $72,100 in 2000)

New Canada	$87,800
Maine:	$155,300

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Races in New Canada:

White Non-Hispanic (99.0%)
American Indian (0.7%)

Ancestries: French (53.9%), French Canadian (33.3%), United States (5.6%), English (4.6%), Irish (2.0%), Swedish (1.3%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 03/26/1976

Elevation: 1308 feet

Land area: 35.8 square miles.

Population density: 8.7 people per square mile

(very low).

For population 25 years and over in New Canada

High school or higher: 88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.0%
Unemployed: 3.8%
Mean travel time to work: 23.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in New Canada town

Never married: 18.0%
Now married: 65.7%
Separated: 0.0%
Widowed: 7.1%
Divorced: 9.2%

18 residents are foreign born (5.9% North America).

This town:	5.9%
Maine:	2.9%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

New Canada:	1.0% ($729)
Maine:	1.4% ($1,417)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Portland, ME (272.1 miles , pop. 64,249).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (380.5 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (572.9 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Fort Kent, ME (5.7 miles ), Wallagrass, ME (7.7 miles ), Frenchville, ME (10.7 miles ), Eagle Lake, ME (10.8 miles ), St. Agatha, ME (12.2 miles ), Madawaska, ME (16.7 miles ), .

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 3 buildings, average cost: $83,300
1997: 9 buildings, average cost: $91,700
1998: 2 buildings, average cost: $60,000
1999: 5 buildings, average cost: $40,000
2000: 2 buildings, average cost: $75,000
2001: 1 building, cost: $100,000
2002: 2 buildings, average cost: $130,700
2003: 1 building, cost: $100,000
2004: 0 buildings
2005: 2 buildings, average cost: $94,500
2006: 2 buildings, average cost: $125,000
2007: 1 building, cost: $125,000

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

Latitude: 47.19 N, Longitude: 68.51 W

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.2%
Maine:	4.2%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
Wood products (10%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (10%)
Health care (9%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Educational services (6%)
Repair and maintenance (6%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (40%)
Educational services (11%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Social assistance (8%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (15%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (6%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Farmers and farm managers (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Registered nurses (11%)
Child care workers (11%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)

Hospitals/medical centers near New Canada:

NORTHERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER (about 20 miles; FORT KENT, ME)
CARY MEDICAL CENTER (about 40 miles; CARIBOU, ME)
AROOSTOOK MEDICAL CENTER,THE (about 48 miles; PRESQUE ISLE, ME)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to New Canada:

NORTHERN MAINE REGIONAL ARPT AT PRESQUE IS (about 48 miles; PRESQUE ISLE, ME; ID: PQI)
BANGOR INTL (about 166 miles; BANGOR, ME; ID: BGR)
BRUNSWICK NAS (about 248 miles; BRUNSWICK, ME; ID: NHZ)

Other public-use airports nearest to New Canada:

NORTHERN AROOSTOOK REGIONAL (about 16 miles; FRENCHVILLE, ME; ID: FVE)
LONG LAKE (about 21 miles; SINCLAIR, ME; ID: 92B)
PORTAGE LAKE MUNI (about 31 miles; PORTAGE LAKE, ME; ID: 87B)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to New Canada:

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE (about 151 miles; ORONO, ME; Full-time enrollment: 8,590)
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON (about 208 miles; FARMINGTON, ME; FT enrollment: 2,229)
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT AUGUSTA (about 215 miles; AUGUSTA, ME; FT enrollment: 3,172)
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE (about 271 miles; PORTLAND, ME; FT enrollment: 7,381)
SAINT JOSEPHS COLLEGE (about 276 miles; STANDISH, ME; FT enrollment: 2,376)
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND-UNIVERSITY CAMPUS (about 289 miles; BIDDEFORD, ME; FT enrollment: 2,251)
PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE (about 321 miles; PLYMOUTH, NH; FT enrollment: 3,542)

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Lakes and reservoirs: Second Lake (A), Sly Brook Lakes (B), California Pond (C), Third Lake (D), First Lake (E), Daigle Pond (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Fall Brook (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This town:	2.8 people
Maine:	2.4 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	83.3%
Whole state:	65.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	7.4%
Whole state:	7.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	9.6%
Whole state:	10.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	1.3%
Whole state:	4.1%

New Canada compared to Maine state average:

Median house value below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

3.86% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,356 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.86%
Maine average:	6.39%

0.17% of residents moved from foreign countries ($994 average AGI)
Aroostook County: 0.17%
Maine average: 0.12%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Penobscot County, ME	0.52% ($28,453 average AGI)
from Cumberland County, ME	0.24% ($31,516)
from York County, ME	0.14% ($25,514)

4.01% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,517 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.01%
Maine average:	6.44%

0.12% of residents moved to foreign countries ($774 average AGI)
Aroostook County: 0.12%
Maine average: 0.07%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Penobscot County, ME	0.74% ($26,056 average AGI)
to Cumberland County, ME	0.43% ($34,982)
to York County, ME	0.14% ($26,158)

Strongest AM radio stations in New Canada:

WFST (600 AM; 5 kW; CARIBOU, ME; Owner: NORTHERN BROADCAST MINISTRIES, INC.)
WEGP (1390 AM; 5 kW; PRESQUE ISLE, ME; Owner: DECELLES/SMITH MEDIA, INC.)
WREM (710 AM; daytime; 5 kW; MONTICELLO, ME; Owner: ALLAN H WEINER)
WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WBZ (1030 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WCHP (760 AM; 35 kW; CHAMPLAIN, NY; Owner: CHAMPLAIN RADIO, INC.)
WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WZON (620 AM; 5 kW; BANGOR, ME; Owner: THE ZONE CORPORATION)
WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WGY (810 AM; 50 kW; SCHENECTADY, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in New Canada:

WMEF (106.5 FM; FORT KENT, ME; Owner: MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORP)
WCXX (102.3 FM; MADAWASKA, ME; Owner: THE CANXUS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WBPW (96.9 FM; PRESQUE ISLE, ME; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WUFK (92.1 FM; FORT KENT, ME; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM)
W276AY (103.1 FM; FORT KENT, ME; Owner: CANXUS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

TV broadcast stations around New Canada:

W17BN (Channel 17; MADAWASKA, ME; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

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