Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.036% of Fredericton’s homes are apartments, against 5% for New Brunswick’s towns
The 2021 census put the median home at $250,000, with an average of $273,600. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. Sales are published too: 1,400 buyers in 2023, at a median $350,000.
What Fredericton’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
- $274K
- Owners
- 16,100
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $370K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.6×
- Buyers
- 1,400
- 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 Fredericton carry assessments 45% over the middle of New Brunswick’s towns
Of Fredericton’s 17,610 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 74% are detached houses and 6% are condos.
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.
Fredericton’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Fredericton had 28,480 occupied homes at the 2021 census. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Fredericton | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 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.
Fredericton permitted 25 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 10.9 of New Brunswick’s towns
Over 2018–2023, 3,897 homes were permitted in Fredericton, close to 650 each year. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 15% were single-unit, against 64% for New Brunswick’s towns.
Most in 2022: 945 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Rising: 1,740 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 27% more
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. · Not measured by town: monthly permits (the Fredericton metro area)
Fredericton is 34% above 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 Fredericton: Maugerville, Saint Marys and Lincoln
The places around Fredericton at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fredericton | $250K | $274K | 57% | |
| Devon 30 | – | – | 6% | 2.5 |
| New Maryland | $276K | $288K | 95% | 7.6 |
| Starlight Village | $276K | $292K | 95% | 11.2 |
| Maugerville | $200K | $214K | 92% | 11.5 |
| Saint Marys | $234K | $243K | 94% | 13.3 |
| Lincoln | $200K | $211K | 93% | 13.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Fredericton
How many households in Fredericton are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 9% of Fredericton’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 4% of New Brunswick’s towns.
Is Fredericton expensive for New Brunswick?
Dearer than the middle: New Brunswick’s towns come to $187,000, Fredericton to more.
What is the average house price in Fredericton?
An average of $370,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 2.6 times the buyer’s income.
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 · 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).