Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainBuyers in Caraquet pay 71% below the median sale of New Brunswick’s towns
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $120,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $131,500. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $15,500.
What Caraquet’s homes are worth, three ways
Each source sits beside its own median for New Brunswick’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $132K
- Owners
- 530
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $86K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.1×
- Buyers
- 25
- 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).
Houses in Caraquet carry assessments 56% under the middle of New Brunswick’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 655 homes in Caraquet, detached houses 90% 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 Caraquet’s homes need major repairs, against 7% for New Brunswick’s towns
Caraquet had 600 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 95% of them single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Caraquet | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 11% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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.
Caraquet is 36% below the $187,000 median of New Brunswick’s towns
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 Caraquet: Bas-Caraquet
Next to Caraquet: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Caraquet
How many households in Caraquet are in core housing need?
More than most: 9% of households in Caraquet, where New Brunswick’s towns sit at 4%.
What is the average house price in Caraquet?
Buyers paid $86,000 on average in 2023, or 1.1 years of their income at the median.
Is Caraquet expensive for New Brunswick?
No: Caraquet’s census median is below the $187,000 of New Brunswick’s towns.
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. 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).