Photo: Red Castle · CC BY-SA 4.0In Lamèque, 10% of households can’t afford a home that is big enough and in good repair (New Brunswick’s towns: 4%)
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $150,000; the average was $158,500. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up. The median sale in 2023 was $158,000, across 20 buyers.
Lamèque’s homes, by three sources
Each source sits beside its own median for New Brunswick’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $159K
- Owners
- 435
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $148K
- Buyers
- 20
- 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 Lamèque carry assessments 29% under the middle of New Brunswick’s towns
Assessors listed 505 residential properties in Lamèque for 2024, 84% of them 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.
Before 1961: 25% of the homes in Lamèque, where New Brunswick’s towns have 18%
Of the 575 homes people lived in across Lamèque at the 2021 census, 77% were single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Lamèque | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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.
Lamèque against New Brunswick’s towns: 20% under 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 Lamèque: Shippagan, Bas-Caraquet and Caraquet
Next to Lamèque: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamèque | $150K | $159K | 75% | |
| Shippagan | $120K | $137K | 89% | 2.5 |
| Shippagan | $160K | $180K | 68% | 10.4 |
| Bas-Caraquet | $100K | $131K | 81% | 15.2 |
| Caraquet | $120K | $132K | 89% | 17.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Lamèque
Is Lamèque expensive for New Brunswick?
Cheaper than the middle: New Brunswick’s towns come to $187,000, Lamèque to less.
What is the average house price in Lamèque?
An average of $148,000 in 2023, with the median sale at – times the buyer’s income.
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).