Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainMoncton’s median sale runs 36% higher than across New Brunswick’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $230,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $274,000. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $217,000.
Moncton’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
- $274K
- Owners
- 3,875
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $360K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.7×
- Buyers
- 250
- 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 Moncton is assessed 56% higher than across New Brunswick’s towns
Of Moncton’s 4,125 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 Moncton, by period and type
At the 2021 census, 84% of Moncton’s 4,190 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Moncton | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 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.
12.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Moncton: in step with New Brunswick’s towns (10.9)
Moncton issued permits for 261 new homes from 2019 to 2023, or about 52 a year. Single-unit buildings took 90% of them, where New Brunswick’s towns built 64%.
The busiest year: 2022, with 78 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
2,699 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 4% on the year before
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. · Monthly permits: the Moncton metro area
Moncton against New Brunswick’s towns: 23% over 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 Moncton: Moncton and Riverview
Next to Moncton: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Moncton
What is the average house price in Moncton?
An average of $360,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 2.7 times the buyer’s income.
Is Moncton expensive for New Brunswick?
On census values, Moncton ranks among the dearer of New Brunswick’s towns (median $187,000).
How many households in Moncton are in core housing need?
In line with New Brunswick’s towns (4%): 4% in Moncton, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).