Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA median $160,000: what owners say homes in Beresford are worth
Behind it are the answers of 1,450 owners at the 2021 census. The median sale in 2023 was $229,000, across 115 buyers. Assessors valued the median residential property at $142,000 for 2024.
Three ways to price a home in Beresford
Each source sits beside its own median for New Brunswick’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $172K
- Owners
- 1,450
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $250K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.8×
- Buyers
- 115
- 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).
Beresford’s detached houses are assessed 17% below the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Assessors listed 1,610 residential properties in Beresford for 2024, 84% of them 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.
Beresford’s homes: when they went up and what they are
The 2021 census counted 2,010 occupied homes in Beresford; 63% of them are single-detached houses. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Beresford | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 9% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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.
Beresford permitted 8.7 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 10.9 of New Brunswick’s towns
From 2019 to 2023, permits in Beresford created 87 homes, about 17 a year. 41% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 64% for New Brunswick’s towns.
Most in 2023: 33 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.
Beresford against New Brunswick’s towns: 14% under the $187,000 median
The census values of New Brunswick’s towns, 60 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Cheaper next to Beresford: Nigadoo, Beresford and Bathurst
The places around Beresford at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Beresford
How many households in Beresford are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 2% of Beresford’s households in core housing need, much as for New Brunswick’s towns (4%).
What is the average house price in Beresford?
Buyers paid $250,000 on average in 2023, or 1.8 years of their income at the median.
Is Beresford expensive for New Brunswick?
On census values, Beresford sits among the cheaper of New Brunswick’s towns (median $187,000).
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Canada has no open register of individual sales; Statistics Canada publishes medians and averages by town only.
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).