Living in Calibishie, Dominica

This guide covers Calibishie in the Commonwealth of Dominica, not the Dominican Republic. Douvay shows property advertisements and links to the advertiser; it is not an agent and has not visited Calibishie or checked any property. An advertisement is not proof that a property is available, and nothing here is legal advice.

On this page: Where Calibishie is · Getting there and public services · Advertisements · Checks for an address · Three questions · Questions people ask · Sources

Two dated facts come first.

Water. The August 2022 budget address said designs and tender documents were ready for an improved Calibishie system (Budget address 2022-23, GIS, 2 August 2022). In May 2025 DOWASCO said severe weather had left the driver pipes feeding the community's ram pumps broken and buried beneath mudslides, and it was trucking water to the Calibishie storage tank (DOWASCO release, reprinted by Caribbean Focus, 21 May 2025). WIC News put the project at about 95% complete, quoting the area's parliamentary representative on the supply network (WIC News, 16 September 2025). Caribbean Focus later reported DOWASCO's general manager saying the supply lines were run, the main storage tank was under construction and the intake was still to be built (Caribbean Focus, 23 December 2025). A Caribbean Development Bank brief gives October 2026 as the planned construction completion for the whole water project, whose locations include Calibishie, and reports no Calibishie progress (CDB brief, July 2026). No commissioning notice was found, so whether the new system runs today is unknown.

School. In September 2022 Calibishie Primary's pupils and teachers moved into Woodford Hill Primary "for the first term", a move described as temporary (GIS, 9 September 2022). The July 2023 budget address said contracts had been signed for new primary schools including Calibishie (Budget address 2023-24, GIS, 28 July 2023). The latest report found, a December 2025 news item, describes the school being rebuilt on its original ground (NewsInvasion24, 5 December 2025).

Below: the dated record and checks, not a verdict on any house or plot.

• Calibishie advertisements for sale (55)
• Land for sale in Calibishie (20)
• Calibishie rentals (0)

Counts are advertisements in Douvay's data recorded 30 October 2026, not unique homes or confirmed availability. No rental advertisements are recorded for Calibishie in this data.

Where Calibishie is, and what this guide counts as Calibishie

Calibishie has its own village council, which the Electoral Office puts in its Northeast council group (village councils). The Electoral Office also lists Calibishie as one of four places in constituency J, Paix Bouche, with Anse de Mai, Hampstead and Paix Bouche (constituencies), and names polling district J03 Calibishie (confirmation centres). All three pages are undated (read 8 November 2026).

The Office of Disaster Management's 2025 shelter list puts Calibishie in its North Eastern district but lists Savanne Paille under North (ODM shelter list, file dated August 2025). These are electoral and disaster-management groupings, not a boundary. No official village boundary or population was found, so this guide gives neither.

Douvay's Calibishie filter follows advertisers' place labels, not a boundary.

For a household, that means checks: no source found shows the new water system or the school rebuild finished, and no hours were found for the services below.

Getting to Calibishie and the public services listed there

DASPA, the airport operator, says Douglas-Charles Airport is on the north-east coast, north-west of Marigot, 45.9 km from Roseau (DASPA, undated, read 8 November 2026). That is airport to Roseau, not to Calibishie.

The public service vehicle fares regulations, S.R.O. 3 of 2023, list the airport taxi fare from Douglas-Charles to Calibishie as EC$40 by shuttle or EC$100 for a hire (S.R.O. 3 of 2023, gazetted 2 March 2023). Their bus schedule lists 12.50 from Roseau to Calibishie "via Portsmouth" and 5.00 from Portsmouth to Calibishie, and prints no currency. The schedule heading says the rates took effect on 1 March 2023, while the commencement clause reads "15st day of March, 2023", so treat these as fares set in 2023. No bus timetable was found; ask the operator.

The Government of Dominica directory lists a health centre (spelled "Calibishi Health Centre" there), a police station, a primary school and a tourism centre named for Calibishie (Government directory, undated, read 8 November 2026). A government procurement document places the Calibishie Health Centre in the Marigot Health District (procurement document, issued 16 June 2025, read 8 November 2026). The 2025 ODM shelter list names the Calibishie Resource Centre as the emergency shelter. The directory gives the health centre doctor's office and screening room phone lines but no services or hours; confirm those locally.

What Calibishie advertisements on Douvay show

Douvay's data recorded 30 October 2026 holds 55 Calibishie advertisements for sale, of which 20 are for land, and 0 for rent. By catalogue type, the sale advertisements are land 20, homes 14, commercial 8, hotels & tourism 6, type not classified 6, mixed use 1. By currency, they are US$ 40, no currency recorded 8, EC$ 5, £ 2. Ads can state prices in different currencies, or none, so this page does not summarise prices.

Advertisements are not homes. One property can appear in several ads, and a recorded ad does not prove it is still offered.

In Douvay's 30 October 2026 data, not rebuilt with the counts, some Calibishie sale ads also named Hodges, Savanne Paille or Dubique. The label alone does not show which settlement a property is in.

What to check for a specific address in Calibishie

Village facts are not address facts: title, access, slope, drainage, utilities and condition need checks on the property itself.

Water. Ask DOWASCO which supply serves the address, the new system or the ram-pump supply damaged in May 2025, and whether the new system is running.

Electricity and internet. Douvay's search on 8 November 2026 found nothing from DOMLEC, Flow or Digicel naming Calibishie. That is not proof of no service; ask each provider about the address. WIC News (16 September 2025) and Writeups 24 (17 September 2025) said DOMLEC was bringing power to the new water pump station; they do not describe household supply. calibishie.net calls itself a free community Wi-Fi network across Calibishie; its roadmap marks done a first phase to "Set up our first three spots on the flat" (calibishie.net, read 8 November 2026). That is its own description, not a coverage check.

Hazard maps. Physical Planning publishes island-wide hazard maps it says came from a USAID-funded project (Physical Planning maps, read 8 November 2026). The landslide map is at 1:120,000; its PDF file dates from 2006; no date is printed on it (landslide map). At that scale a map cannot describe one parcel. Use it as a pointer, and have a qualified professional investigate the site. After flooding in 2025 the Government Information Service reported the Prime Minister noting that Calibishie lies below sea level and has a history of flooding, and quoted him saying a back drain built years earlier "has since become blocked" (GIS, 3 June 2025). Ask about flooding at the address.

Non-citizens. If you are not a citizen of Dominica, ask a Dominica lawyer about the alien landholding rules before you commit.

Before you shortlist: three Calibishie questions

Douvay has not asked these.

1. Water at this address. Ask DOWASCO: is this address on the new system or the ram-pump supply, and is the new system running? Why: severe weather broke the ram-pump pipes in May 2025, and in December 2025 DOWASCO said the intake was still to be built.
2. School placement. Ask the Ministry of Education or the school: where are Calibishie Primary pupils taught now, and which secondary school serves this address? Why: pupils moved to Woodford Hill Primary in 2022 while the minister said a Calibishie location was being prepared, a December 2025 report describes a rebuild, and no later source found says where they are taught or which secondary school serves the area.
3. Which settlement. Ask the seller: which settlement is the property in? Why: some sale ads in the 30 October 2026 data also named Hodges, Savanne Paille or Dubique, and the 2025 shelter list puts Savanne Paille in a different district.

Use the answers to narrow the Calibishie advertisements for sale or land for sale in Calibishie, then follow the national steps in Douvay's buying guide.

Questions people ask

Can I rely on this guide for a specific property?

No. It describes Calibishie from dated public sources. Title, access, slope, drainage, utilities and condition need checks on the property itself. National steps are in Douvay's buying guide, and legal questions belong with a Dominica lawyer.

How current is this information?

Each fact is dated or marked undated, and sources were checked on the date under the title. Advertisement counts come from a separate capture recorded 30 October 2026 and are rebuilt with each release.

What should I check on a first visit?

Ask DOWASCO about water, the Ministry of Education or the school where pupils are taught, and the seller which settlement the property is in. The three Calibishie questions give the reasons.

Sources

Other area guides:

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• Living in Portsmouth, Dominica

Page updated 8 November 2026. Advertisement counts are recomputed each time the page is built.