The municipality offers the services of a fire brigade composed of about fifteen highly qualified volunteers.  The brigade owns two modern trucks to fight fires.   The Grande-Anse fire fighters also have one of the nicest antique truck in the region, a 1929 Seagrave. 

Warm and welcoming, Acadians from Grande-Anse are always in a good mood, determined and happy to compromise.  Grande-Anse offers its services to the surrounding Acadian community as well as the English community.  People from the region come to Grande-Anse to shop, and to fulfil their financial, recreational and religious needs.  Grande-Anse is also services by many FM and AM radio stations, TV and cable channels, and by the French provincial daily newspaper l'Acadie Nouvelle.

Sports enthusiasts will love the tennis court and softball field located behind école Léandre LeGresley (school).

During winter, people who enjoy cross-country skiing can take advantage of the many trails serviced exclusively for this type of skiing.  Furthermore, snowmobilers can follow the trails leading to the Acadian Peninsula paths.  Our many winter landscapes can be enjoyed whether you are skiing, snowshoeing, sleigh riding or snowmobiling.

École Léandre LeGresley (school) welcomes students from kindergarten to eight grade inclusively.  This building formely the École Régionale, was rebuilt in the early 1990's and includes a cafeteria and a gymnasium, as well as the community access center (computer access center including the Internet).

Grande-Anse's economic activities primarily revolve around fishing.  The two fish processing plants employ an important number of people from the village and surrounding communities.  During spring, these plants process crab and lobster, and during fall, they process herring and mackerel.

In may and June, during lobster fishing season, the Grande-Anse wharf buzzes with activity.  Fishermen unload their catches, which are then send to local plants.   Nearly one million pounds of lobster are processed each year in these plants.

In 1961, we started harvesting peat moss.  This superior quality peat is mostly exported to American markets.  Peat harvesting is now highly mechanized and the sector employs less people than it did in 1961.