General government cost per capita:

Highest – Belledune at $364
Lowest – Norton at $60
Provincial average – $167

Average residential tax burden:

Highest – Sackville at $2,194
Lowest – Belledune at $490
Provincial Average – $1,078

Operating costs for fire services, per dwelling:

Highest – Oromocto at $550
Lowest – Beresford at $38
Provincial Average – $168

Operating costs for policing, per capita:

Highest – Saint John at $262
Lowest – Dorchester at $86
Provincial Average: $134

Source: Having Your Say, Interim Municipal Report Card for New Brunswick, Atlantic Institute for Market Studies. www.aims.ca//media/aims/IMRC.pdf.