Quality of Life

Sackville is...

  • 2008 Cultural Capital of Canada
  • 2006 Green Streets Community
  • 2003 Municipality of the Arts
  • “One of 20 great places to live in Canada” —50 Plus magazine
  • “One of the best places to live in Canada” —Chatelaine magazine
  • Home of Mount Allison University, ranked as Canada’s No. 1 undergraduate university by Maclean’s a record 13 times in the past 19 years
  • 5 Blooms finalist in the National Communities in Bloom

Sackville has...

  • One of the lowest crime rates in the country
  • Local ambulance service and its own general hospital
  • High-quality educational opportunities from pre-school to Seniors’ College
  • A higher median income than the provincial average — $57,749

For more information on what makes life in Sackville so sweet, download our 2009 Sackville Relocation Brochure (766 KB PDF) or visit Our Community

Safe, creative, healthy lifestyle

Did you ever visit a place and immediately feel you could live there? Sackville gives a lot of people that feeling and many of them stay! Here’s why...

Location central to the Maritimes

Sackville is central to all the Maritime Provinces; visiting friends and relatives is very easy.

  • Halifax, Truro, Fredericton and Saint John are all linked to Sackville with four-lane highways
  • The Confederation Bridge to PEI is only 40 minutes away
  • VIA Rail passes through town
  • The Greater Moncton International Airport is a 25-minute drive

Incredible cultural festivals and events

Sackville offers cultural activities second to none!

  • Live professional theatre
  • Summer theatre featuring outdoor Shakespeare performances
  • Free weekly concerts by local talent
  • Studio tours
  • University music recitals
  • Film society
  • Blues society
  • Jazz society
  • Early music festival
  • Performing arts series

Family-friendly recreational activities

The Department of Parks and Recreation offers a diverse range of activites:

  • Organized sports, and sports-related programs such as dance
  • Activities for special populations
  • Summer Quest weekly children’s camp featuring games, sports, drama, day trips, sleepovers and special events
  • Ice surface, meeting rooms, and canteen services at the Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre

The 55-acre freshwater Sackville Waterfowl Park is perfect for a morning or evening stroll, you can even bring along Benji (as long as he’s on a leash).

Beech Hill Park is an excellent spot to walk or run, snowshoe or ski, or just a place to take the family for a picnic and enjoy the majestic views of the Tantramar marshes.

Green Community

Sackville is an environmentally responsible community. Here are some the things we’re doing to keep Sackville Green....

  • Clean Sweep
  • Environmental citizen of the year awards
  • Reusable shopping bag program
  • Community garden
  • Tree nursery
  • Free mass tree planting projects
  • Bike lanes and walking trails to link the neighborhoods of the community