Photo: Diablo2003 · Public domainHomes in Bathurst sell for 26% less than the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $150,000, the average one $170,400. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $114,000. Some 38 new homes a year went up in Bathurst on permits from 2018 to 2023.
Bathurst’s homes, by three sources
Three sources, each set against New Brunswick’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $170K
- Owners
- 3,515
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $183K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.7×
- Buyers
- 300
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $239K
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).
Bathurst’s detached houses are assessed 30% below the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Of Bathurst’s 4,275 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 82% are detached houses.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
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.
Bathurst’s homes: when they went up and what they are
5,820 occupied homes stood in Bathurst in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 57% of them. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Bathurst | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
Building behind New Brunswick’s towns: 7.1 new homes a year per 1,000 in Bathurst, against 10.9
22% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 64% for New Brunswick’s towns.
The busiest year: 2023, with 89 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Bathurst is 20% below the $187,000 median of New Brunswick’s towns
60 of New Brunswick’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Bathurst: Bathurst and Beresford
Next to Bathurst: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Bathurst
What is the average house price in Bathurst?
An average of $183,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 1.7 times the buyer’s income.
Is Bathurst expensive for New Brunswick?
Less than most: New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $187,000, and Bathurst sits below it.
How many households in Bathurst are in core housing need?
4% of Bathurst’s households, near the 4% of New Brunswick’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Sales are published as town figures (median, average, buyers); street-level or single sales aren’t released.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). 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).