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Property prices in Bas-Caraquet · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Bas-Caraquet sits 47% below New Brunswick’s towns on home values

Owners put the median home at $100,000 at the 2021 census; for New Brunswick’s towns the median is $187,000. The median sale in 2023 was $67,000, across 20 buyers. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $51,500.

Median home value
$100K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $131K
Median sale price
$67K
CHSP, 2023
20 buyers
Median assessed value
$52K
all residential, 2024
Owner households
495
census 2021
81% of households
What homes are worth

Bas-Caraquet’s homes, by three sources

Each source sits beside its own median for New Brunswick’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.

Census 2021$100K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$131K
Owners
495
New Brunswick’s towns
$187K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$67K

median sale price

Average sale
$87K
Buyers
20
New Brunswick’s towns
$239K
Assessed, 2024$52K

all residential

New Brunswick’s towns
$140K

Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).

By type of home

On the assessment roll, Bas-Caraquet’s houses sit 57% below New Brunswick’s towns

Assessors listed 670 residential properties in Bas-Caraquet for 2024, 90% of them detached houses.

Assessed value

Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns

Detached houses$78K
Mobile homes$49K
Multi-unit properties$114K
The mix of properties
Detached houses90%
Mobile homes5%
Multi-unit properties4%
1,180 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (New Brunswick’s towns: 1,415 sq ft)

Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of New Brunswick’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.

The homes

10% of Bas-Caraquet’s homes need major repairs, against 7% for New Brunswick’s towns

At the 2021 census, 92% of Bas-Caraquet’s 615 occupied homes were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns

Before 196122%
1961–198042%
1981–200030%
2001–20155%
2016–20212%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses92%
Semi-detached houses2%
Row houses4%
Flats in a duplex1%
Apartments, under 5 storeys2%
Movable dwellingsunder 1%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
Bas-CaraquetNew BrunswickCanada
Condominiums5%2%8%
Needing major repairs10%7%6%
Too small for the household3%2%3%
Households in core housing need3%4%7%

Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.

Across New Brunswick

Bas-Caraquet is cheaper than most of New Brunswick’s towns: 47% under their $187,000 median

60 of New Brunswick’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Bas-Caraquet’s neighbours by home value

Next to Bas-Caraquet: 2021 census values and the share of owners.

CaraquetCaraquetShippaganShippaganLamèqueInkermanCaraquetCaraquetShippaganShippaganLamèqueInkermanBas-Caraquet
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Bas-Caraquet$100K$131K81%
Caraquet$120K$132K89%8
Caraquet$184K$201K74%8.2
Shippagan$160K$180K68%11.2
Shippagan$120K$137K89%12.8
Lamèque$150K$159K75%15.2
Inkerman$140K$155K87%15.9

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Bas-Caraquet

Is Bas-Caraquet expensive for New Brunswick?

Less than most: New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $187,000, and Bas-Caraquet sits below it.

How many households in Bas-Caraquet are in core housing need?

About as many as elsewhere: 3% of households in Bas-Caraquet, where New Brunswick’s towns sit at 4%.

What is the average house price in Bas-Caraquet?

Buyers paid $87,000 on average in 2023, or – years of their income at the median.

Can I see individual sales or prices by street?

Not here: individual sales sit with provincial registries and aren’t open, so the published figures are town medians and averages.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).