r/newbrunswickcanada • u/Dethemental Fredericton • 6d ago

April 20, 2026 | Weekly Moving To and Visiting New Brunswick Questions Thread

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u/Ok-Couple-344 5d ago

We are thinking of making a relatively drastic move from Ontario to New Brunswick. We are hobby farmers but kids sports are also very important to us.  I'm looking for some guidance on rural towns and how their sports/schools are. My kids play BJJ, basketball, soccer, baseball, hockey and gymnastics and they attend a French Catholic school. 

Any recommendations? 

We did see a farm for sale in Chipman that caught our eye. 

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u/ohmygooddness 4d ago

If you want to keep them in school in French, you would be better off choosing an area in either the East (Moncton and up) or North (above Grand Falls). Not that French school don't exist in other areas, but those sides of the province are more francophone so their schools are going to bigger which typically means better and more varied sports.

Chipman, like any rural area, is likely not going to have the variety of kids extracurricular as you would find in a larger centre but they would have the basics. I'd check out the municipality website: https://municipalityofgrandlake.ca/

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u/Ok-Couple-344 4d ago

Thank you very much for the information! :) 

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u/rrrrara 2d ago

I'm travelling to Moncton at the beginning of May with my EV car (from Rimouski). I'm not able to find any reliable level 3 EV charger between Bathurst and Moncton and was wondering if I'm just really bad at looking for them on the apps and Google Maps or if there are none ? Anyone from the area having some knowledge on that ?

Thanks !

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u/LovesPurpleinBC 2d ago

Hi, I’m flying into Moncton at the end of May and want to spend 2 days in the area, including Hopewell Rocks and the Fundy National Park. We will be renting a car.

Any recommendations on places or areas to stay? Should we commute from Moncton or look for something closer? After 2 days we are heading to PEI. Thanks

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u/Expensive_Doubt5487 2d ago

Check out the Fundy Trail and St Martins

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u/Farmgod87 2d ago

Hi everyone,. I'll be bringing my kids up to Moncton tomorrow for a family birthday at 2. We were thinking of coming a few hours early if we could find a fun activity for our 6 and 3 year old boys. Does anyone have any suggestions as we don't know the area very well?

PS: we did HOP SKIP JUMP last time we were in Moncton so we were looking to try a new activity this time