Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0The middle home in Caraquet is valued at $184,000
It is the middle of what 1,475 owner households told the 2021 census. In 2023, 100 homes changed hands at a median price of $189,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $127,000.
Three ways to price a home in Caraquet
Each source sits beside its own median for New Brunswick’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $201K
- Owners
- 1,475
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $200K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.7×
- Buyers
- 100
- 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).
A detached house in Caraquet is assessed 9% lower than across New Brunswick’s towns
Of Caraquet’s 1,735 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 85% 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.
The homes of Caraquet, by period and type
1,990 occupied homes stood in Caraquet in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 75% of them. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Caraquet | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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 sits near the middle of New Brunswick’s towns ($187,000)
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 Caraquet: Bas-Caraquet, Caraquet and Bertrand
Next to Caraquet: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caraquet | $184K | $201K | 74% | |
| Bas-Caraquet | $100K | $131K | 81% | 8.2 |
| Caraquet | $120K | $132K | 89% | 10.8 |
| Bertrand | $110K | $127K | 88% | 11.9 |
| Inkerman | $140K | $155K | 87% | 15.2 |
| Shippagan | $160K | $180K | 68% | 17.7 |
| Paquetville | $100K | $111K | 84% | 19.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Caraquet
What is the average house price in Caraquet?
The average sale was $200,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 1.7 times their income.
How many households in Caraquet are in core housing need?
In Caraquet, 3% of households are in core housing need, close to the 4% of New Brunswick’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Caraquet expensive for New Brunswick?
Caraquet is close to the norm for New Brunswick’s towns, whose median home is worth $187,000.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Only in total: Statistics Canada releases each town’s median and average sale and its number of buyers, never a single sale.
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).