Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Dalhousie sits 52% below New Brunswick’s towns on home values
That is a median of $90,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $187,000 for New Brunswick’s towns. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. Statistics Canada counted 75 buyers in 2023, paying a median $108,000.
What Dalhousie’s homes are worth, three ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against New Brunswick’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $108K
- Owners
- 1,105
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $104K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1×
- Buyers
- 75
- 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 Dalhousie carry assessments 57% under the middle of New Brunswick’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,330 homes in Dalhousie, detached houses 89% 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.
47% of Dalhousie’s homes predate 1961, against 18% for New Brunswick’s towns
Of the 1,525 homes people lived in across Dalhousie at the 2021 census, 73% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Dalhousie | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
Dalhousie is cheaper than most of New Brunswick’s towns: 52% under their $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.
Home values around Dalhousie
The places around Dalhousie at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Dalhousie
What is the average house price in Dalhousie?
Homes sold for an average $104,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 1 times their household income.
Is Dalhousie expensive for New Brunswick?
Less than most: New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $187,000, and Dalhousie sits below it.
How many households in Dalhousie are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 4% of Dalhousie’s households in core housing need, much as for New Brunswick’s towns (4%).
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. 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).