Photo: Leonora Enking · CC BY-SA 2.0The middle home in Kingston is valued at $200,000
1,255 owner households answered the census question on value in 2021. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. Statistics Canada counted 85 buyers in 2023, paying a median $215,000.
Three ways to price a home in Kingston
Three sources, each set against New Brunswick’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $247K
- Owners
- 1,255
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $250K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.4×
- Buyers
- 85
- 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).
Kingston’s homes by type: detached houses lead, at 84%
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,765 homes in Kingston, detached houses 84% 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.
95% of Kingston’s homes are detached houses, where New Brunswick’s towns have 82%
The 2021 census counted 1,350 occupied homes in Kingston. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Kingston | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 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.
Kingston against New Brunswick’s towns: about level with the $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.
Cheaper next to Kingston: Greenwich and Westfield
Next to Kingston: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Kingston
What is the average house price in Kingston?
The average sale was $250,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 1.4 times their income.
Is Kingston expensive for New Brunswick?
About average: Kingston’s census median is close to the $187,000 of New Brunswick’s towns.
How many households in Kingston are in core housing need?
In Kingston, 4% 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.
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).