Photo: Vic Brincat from Keswick, Ontario, Canada · CC BY 2.0Home values in Brighton run 47% lower than the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $100,000 in 2021, where the median of New Brunswick’s towns was $187,000. Statistics Canada counted 60 buyers in 2023, paying a median $59,700. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $50,600.
Three ways to price a home in Brighton
Every figure here is compared within the province, against New Brunswick’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $137K
- Owners
- 585
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $102K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 0.6×
- Buyers
- 60
- 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).
Brighton’s detached houses are assessed 53% below the median of New Brunswick’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 820 homes in Brighton, detached houses 81% of them.
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.
11% of Brighton’s homes need major repairs, against 7% for New Brunswick’s towns
675 occupied homes stood in Brighton in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 95% of them. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Brighton | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 11% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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.
Permits in Brighton ran at 7.8 homes a year per 1,000, where New Brunswick’s towns ran at 10.9
From 2019 to 2022, permits in Brighton created 21 homes, about 5 a year. 86% were single-unit buildings, beside 64% for New Brunswick’s towns.
A peak in 2019: 7 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.
Brighton against New Brunswick’s towns: 47% 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.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Brighton’s neighbours by home value
Next to Brighton: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Brighton
What is the average house price in Brighton?
The average sale was $102,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 0.6 times their income.
How many households in Brighton are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 10% of Brighton’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 4% of New Brunswick’s towns.
Is Brighton expensive for New Brunswick?
Below the norm for New Brunswick’s towns, whose median home is worth $187,000; Brighton’s is worth less.
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).