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Property prices in Belledune · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Belledune sits 57% below New Brunswick’s towns on home values

In figures: $80,000 for the median home in 2021, $187,000 for the middle of New Brunswick’s towns. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales. Statistics Canada counted 45 buyers in 2023, paying a median $120,000.

Median home value
$80K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $109K
Median sale price
$120K
CHSP, 2023
45 buyers
Median assessed value
$42K
all residential, 2024
Owner households
555
census 2021
81% of households
What homes are worth

What Belledune’s homes are worth, three ways

Three sources, each set against New Brunswick’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.

Census 2021$80K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$109K
Owners
555
New Brunswick’s towns
$187K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$120K

median sale price

Average sale
$103K
÷ buyers’ income
1.3×
Buyers
45
New Brunswick’s towns
$239K
Assessed, 2024$42K

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

A detached house in Belledune is assessed 62% lower than across New Brunswick’s towns

The 2024 assessment roll counts 770 homes in Belledune, detached houses 86% of them.

Assessed value

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

Detached houses$68K
Mobile homes$39K
Multi-unit properties$96K
The mix of properties
Detached houses86%
Mobile homes8%
Multi-unit properties5%
1,130 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

Core housing need: 11% of Belledune’s households, where New Brunswick’s towns sit at 4%

Of the 690 homes people lived in across Belledune at the 2021 census, 90% were single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.

When they were built

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

Before 196124%
1961–198040%
1981–200032%
2001–20152%
2016–20211%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses90%
Semi-detached houses1%
Row houses2%
Flats in a duplex1%
Apartments, under 5 storeys5%
Other attached1%
Movable dwellings2%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
BelleduneNew BrunswickCanada
Condominiums3%2%8%
Needing major repairs10%7%6%
Too small for the householdunder 1%2%3%
Households in core housing need11%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

Belledune against New Brunswick’s towns: 57% under the $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.

Belledune’s neighbours by home value

Next to Belledune: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Belledune with figures are 23–29 km away.

Petit-RocherBeresfordCarleton-sur-MerNigadooMariaPetit-RocherBeresfordCarleton-sur-MerNigadooMariaBelledune
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Belledune$80K$109K81%
Petit-Rocher$150K$164K64%23.1
Beresford$125K$139K90%23.1
Carleton-sur-Mer$200K$218K70%24.5
Nigadoo$150K$163K84%26.1
Maria$200K$227K73%28.6

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Belledune

Is Belledune expensive for New Brunswick?

No: Belledune’s census median is below the $187,000 of New Brunswick’s towns.

What is the average house price in Belledune?

Homes sold for an average $103,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 1.3 times their household income.

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).