Introductory presentation for newcomers to New Brunswick from overseas and from other provinces of Canada. Covers general information about the province and its regions, as well as tips for finding a job in the province. The presentation was put together by OpportunitiesNB, the province's lead economic development corporation driving economic growth and job creation in New Brunswick.

1. Living & Working in New Brunswick
Introduction for newcomers to the province

2. OpportunitiesNB
who we are and what we do
OpportunitiesNB is New Brunswick’s
lead economic development corporation
driving economic growth and job creation
in the province.
Our Workforce Strategists are your link
to great employers and exciting career
opportunities in New Brunswick.

3. New Brunswick was one of the four founding provinces
of Canada, along with Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec.
Not just any province
photo by Skeezix1000

4. New Brunswick is home to the oldest incorporated city in
Canada: Saint John. The city received Royal Charter in 1785.
Not just any province
photo by Thomas Leavitt

5. New Brunswick is one of the most beautiful parts of Canada; its array
of fall foliage attracts leaf-peeping tourists from across the globe.
Not just any province
photo by Graham-H

6. The University of New Brunswick is the oldest English-language university
in Canada, and one of the oldest in North America. In 2014 it won
Startup Canada Awards as the most entrepreneurial university in Canada.
Not just any province
photo © University of New Brunswick

7. photo © Canadian Parents for French
New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual province in Canada. We have English-language
schools, French-language schools, and English-language schools with French immersion
programme, which means your kids can learn to be fluent in both languages.
Not just any province

8. Population: about 750,000 people
Approx. distance/travel time by car*
to Montreal: 820 km / 8 hrs
to Boston: 680 km / 6.5 hrs
to New York: 1,000 km / 10 hrs
to Ottawa: 1,000 km / 10 hrs
to Toronto: 1,300 km / 13 hrs
* from Fredericton, the provincial capital
New Brunswick
the province at a glance

9. New Brunswick
the province at a glance
Time difference:
11:00 a.m. in New York; Toronto
8:00 a.m. in San Francisco; Vancouver
4:00 p.m. in London; Dublin; Lisbon
5:00 p.m. in Frankfurt; Warsaw
12:00 noon in New Brunswick
6:00 p.m. in Kyiv; Minsk; Jerusalem
8:30 p.m. in New Delhi; Bangalore

10. Relatively mild climate, compared
to the interior and Prairie provinces
Average temperatures, low/high, C*
* data source: Environment Canada
New Brunswick
the province at a glance
January May July October
Fredericton -15/-4 +5/+18 +10/+26 +2/+13
Moncton -13/-3 +5/+17 +14/+25 +3/+13
Saint John -14/-3 +4/+15 +12/+22 +3/+12

11. Central
New Brunswick
photo © Fredericton Tourism

12. CITIES & TOWNS COMMUNITIES RURAL AREAS
Central
New Brunswick
* Note: population figures rounded to the nearest thousand
Fredericton
(pop. 58,000*)
Oromocto
(pop. 9,000)
Lincoln
(pop. 7,000)
Hanwell
(pop. 5,000)
New Maryland
(pop. 4,000)
Rest of York County
(pop. 32,000)
Rest of Sunbury County
(pop. 11,000)
Queens County
(pop. 10,000)
Slide 12

13. Slide 13
English 77.5%
French 0.4%
both 21.5%
Central
New Brunswick
$169,060
average price*
of a house
source: Canadian Real Estate
Association, May 2018
$871
average monthly rent,
2-bedroom apartment
source: Canadian Mortgage
and Housing Corporation, 2016
$1,087
average monthly rent,
3-bedroom apartment
source: Canadian Mortgage
and Housing Corporation, 2016
Knowledge of
official
languages:
* Note: prices are in Canadian Dollars
and refer to Greater Fredericton Area

14. Slide 14
Central
New Brunswick
Active sectors Occupational demand
▪ Information Technology
▪ Cyber Security
▪ Business services
▪ Public sector (healthcare,
government services)
▪ Business, finance and
administration
▪ Software developers, QA
▪ Business Analysts, Project
Managers
▪ Healthcare occupations
▪ Financial auditors and
accountants
▪ Business services agents

15. Southwest
New Brunswick
photo © Tourism New Brunswick

16. Slide 16
Southwest
New Brunswick
* Note: population figures rounded to the nearest thousand
CITY & SUBURBS
Saint John
(pop. 68,000*)
Quispamsis
(pop. 18,000)
TOWNS
Grand Bay - Westfield
(pop. 5,000)
St. Stephen
(pop. 4,000)
Hampton
(pop. 4,000)
RURAL AREAS
Rest of Kings County
(pop. 26,000)
Rest of Charlotte County
(pop. 21,000)
Rest of Saint John County
(pop. 6,000)
Rothesay
(pop. 12,000)
Sussex
(pop. 4,000)

17. Slide 17
English 86.2%
French 0.3%
both 13.5%
Southwest
New Brunswick
* Note: prices are in Canadian Dollars
and refer to Greater Saint John Area
$153,750
median price*
of a house
source: Canadian Real Estate
Association, Q1/2018
$764
average monthly rent,
2-bedroom apartment
source: Canadian Mortgage
and Housing Corporation, 2016
$778
average monthly rent,
3-bedroom apartment
source: Canadian Mortgage
and Housing Corporation, 2016
Knowledge of
official
languages:

18. Slide 18
Southwest
New Brunswick
Active sectors Occupational demand
▪ Business, Finance, Insurance
▪ Healthcare
▪ Education
▪ Hospitality
▪ Information technology
▪ Manual trades
▪ Transportation
▪ Retail
▪ Forestry, Oil & Gas
▪ Sales and services
▪ Business, Finance and
Administration
▪ Healthcare occupations
▪ Management occupations
▪ Natural and applied sciences

19. Southeast
New Brunswick
photo by Stu Pendousmat

20. Slide 20
Southeast
New Brunswick
* Note: population figures rounded to the nearest thousand
CITIES
Moncton
(pop. 72,000*)
Dieppe
(pop. 25,000)
Riverview
(pop. 20,000)
Shediac
(pop. 7,000)
Sackville
(pop. 5,000)
RURAL AREAS
Rest of Westmorland County
(pop. 40,000)
Kent County
(pop. 30,000)
Rest of Albert County
(pop. 9,000)
TOWNS

21. Slide 21
English 45.3%
French 4.4%
both 50.2%
Southeast
New Brunswick
$189,200
benchmark price*
of a house
source: Canadian Real Estate
Association, May 2018
$815
average monthly rent,
2-bedroom apartment
source: Canadian Mortgage
and Housing Corporation, 2017
$984
average monthly rent,
3-bedroom apartment
source: Canadian Mortgage
and Housing Corporation, 2017
Knowledge of
official
languages:
* Note: prices are in Canadian Dollars
and refer to Greater Moncton Area

22. Slide 22
Southeast
New Brunswick
Active sectors Occupational demand
▪ Education
▪ Healthcare
▪ Insurance, Finance
▪ Information technology
▪ Engineering
▪ Transportation
▪ Manufacturing
▪ Retail
▪ Manual trades
▪ Sales and services
▪ Business, Finance and
Administration
▪ Management
▪ Healthcare
▪ Manual trades
▪ Transportation

23. Northeast
New Brunswick
photo by Dennis Jarvis

24. Slide 24
Northeast
New Brunswick
* Note: population figures rounded to the nearest thousand
CITIES RURAL AREASTOWNS
Miramichi
(pop. 18,000*)
Bathurst
(pop. 12,000)
Beresford
(pop. 4,000)
Caraquet
(pop. 4,000)
Shippagan
(pop. 3,000)
Regional Municipality
of Tracadie
(pop. 16,000)
Campbellton
(pop. 7,000)

25. Slide 25
English 29.6%
French 27.3%
both 43.0%
Northeast
New Brunswick
$121,163
average price of a house
in northern NB
source: Canadian Real Estate
Association, April 2018
$633
average monthly rent*,
2-bedroom apartment
source: Canadian Mortgage
and Housing Corporation, 2017
$675
average monthly rent,
3-bedroom apartment
source: Canadian Mortgage
and Housing Corporation, 2017
Knowledge of
official
languages:
* Note: prices are in Canadian Dollars
and refer to Greater Miramichi Area

26. Slide 26
Northeast
New Brunswick
Active sectors Occupational demand
▪ Long-term care
▪ Public sector (healthcare,
government services)
▪ Healthcare occupations
▪ Mill workers
▪ Nurse Aides, Orderlies,
Patient Service Associates
▪ Machine Operators
▪ Truckers

27. Northwest
New Brunswick
photo by Benson Kua

28. Slide 28
Northwest
New Brunswick
* Note: population figures rounded to the nearest thousand
CITIES
Edmundston
(pop. 17,000*)
Woodstock
(pop. 5,000)
Grand Falls
(pop. 5,000)
RURAL AREAS
Rest of Carleton County
(pop. 21,000)
Rest of Madawaska County
(pop. 16,000)
Rest of Victoria County
(pop. 13,000)
TOWNS

29. Slide 29
English 43.1%
French 17.7%
both 39.1%
Northwest
New Brunswick
$121,163
average price of a house
in northern NB
source: Canadian Real Estate
Association, April 2018
$564
average monthly rent*,
2-bedroom apartment
source: Canadian Mortgage
and Housing Corporation, 2017
$589
average monthly rent,
3-bedroom apartment
source: Canadian Mortgage
and Housing Corporation, 2017
Knowledge of
official
languages:
* Note: prices are in Canadian Dollars
and refer to Edmundston Area

30. Slide 30
Northwest
New Brunswick
Active sectors Occupational demand
▪ Forestry and wood products
▪ Poultry Industry
▪ Public sector (healthcare,
government services)
▪ Mill workers
▪ Manual trades
▪ Nurse Aides, Orderlies,
Patient Service Associates
▪ Machine Operators
▪ Truckers

31. Slide 31
WHAT’S SO SPECIAL
ABOUT NEW BRUNSWICK
▪ New Brunswick is Canada’s most export-intensive
province. We export goods and services to over
150 countries all over the world.
▪ New Brunswick has more engineers per capita
than any other province in Canada.
▪ The University of New Brunswick is home to the
first Faculty of Computer Science in Canada,
established in 1989.

32. WHAT’S SO SPECIAL
ABOUT NEW BRUNSWICK
▪ New Brunswick has the fastest Internet access
in Canada*, with average download speeds of 27
Mbps. The province is also home to the Hibernia
Fibre Centre and F6 Networks that connect North
America to Europe and eastern Canada to the
eastern US.
▪ We helped NASA map the moon before Apollo 11,
and were the birthplace of such companies as
Radian6 (acquired by Salesforce), Q1 Labs
(acquired by IBM), MapQuest (acquired by AOL) and
Bulletproof (acquired by GLI Gaming Laboratories).
* According to the Canadian Internet Registration Authority

33. WHAT’S SO SPECIAL
ABOUT NEW BRUNSWICK
▪ New Brunswick has the most robust startup
community in Atlantic Canada.
▪ New Brunswick is home to impressive cluster of
cutting-edge cybersecurity companies and R&D
initiatives, including the Canadian Institute for
Cybersecurity (est. 2016), Information Security Centre
of Excellence and IBM Center for Advanced Studies.
▪ New Brunswick has developed the first comprehensive
cybersecurity strategy in Canada, and is set to become
a world-leading jurisdiction in the field.

34. Slide 34
WHAT’S SO SPECIAL
ABOUT NEW BRUNSWICK
We have over 100 world-class research institutions, including:
▪ Institute for Biomedical Engineering
▪ Centre for Nuclear Energy Research
▪ Planetary and Space Science Centre
▪ Electronic Commerce Research & Training Centre
▪ Canadian Centre for Geodetic Engineering
▪ Canadian Rivers Institute
▪ Wood Science and Technology Centre
▪ UNB Big Data and Digital Infrastructure
▪ and many others

35. IN TERMS OF LIFE SATISFACTION
WE ARE AHEAD OF SWITZERLAND
A recent international survey by a Canadian analytical
think-tank* ranked a number of countries and all the
provinces of Canada against a number of social indicators.
On a scale of A-B-C, New Brunswick received A+ in terms
of life satisfaction. This is not only higher than the Canadian
average, but also higher than the best-performing peer
country on this indicator: Switzerland.
* Report Card on Social Performance,
by the Conference Board of Canada, 2017

36. Slide 36
Companies active in New Brunswick include

37. TOP 3 TIPS
FOR FINDING A GOOD JOB
IN NEW BRUNSWICK

38. 1. NETWORK
2. NETWORK
3. NETWORK

39. ONB Connects is a simple
formalized networking process
that matches Connectors with
job-ready Connectees to help
build a professional network and
connect to the local labour
market.
Connectors are local business
people, civil servants, young
professionals, and community
leaders who have a strong
network.
They can often be found making
introductions within their social,
cultural, professional, and
economic circles.
Connectees are job-ready
newcomers, as well as local and
international graduates actively
looking to launch their career in
New Brunswick.
They are proficient in English
and/or French, legally entitled to
work in Canada and a graduate
of a post-secondary program.
TO REGISTER, GO TO
WWW.ONBCONNECTS.CA

40. NBjobs.ca is your one-
stop shop online for
searching through the
available job openings,
as well as a wealth of
useful employment-
related information:
hiring events,
employment support
programmes, sector
profiles, job trends, etc.

41. ▪ Top Jobs monthly bulletin from ONB.
To subscribe, write to talent@onbcanada.ca
▪ Saint John Talent group on LinkedIn.
Managed jointly by ONB and EDGSJ.
▪ Virtual and off-line job fairs.
▪ www.indeed.ca job search website.
▪ www.CareerBeacon.com job search website.
OTHER RESOURCES
FOR JOB-SEEKERS
#OpportunityWorksHere

42. ▪ Events section of ONB’s web site: ONBCanada.ca
▪ OpportunitiesNB on Twitter: twitter.com/ONBCanada
▪ OpportunitiesNB on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/ONBcanada
▪ OpportunitiesNB on Facebook: facebook.com/OpportunitiesNB
FOR REGULAR UPDATES
CHECK OUT
#OpportunityWorksHere

43. THANK YOU
HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON
IN NEW BRUNSWICK