Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0For every 1,000 homes, Moncton permitted 30.7 new ones a year; New Brunswick’s towns permitted 10.9
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $200,000; the average was $237,600. Sales are published too: 1,975 buyers in 2023, at a median $342,000. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $239,000.
Three ways to price a home in Moncton
Three sources, each set against New Brunswick’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $238K
- Owners
- 19,640
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $340K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.8×
- Buyers
- 1,975
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Moncton’s houses sit 32% above New Brunswick’s towns
In 2024, Moncton had 22,610 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 65% of them and condos 2%.
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.
33% of Moncton lives in apartments, where New Brunswick’s towns have 5%
The 2021 census counted 35,120 occupied homes in Moncton. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Moncton | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 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.
The peak came in 2022, when Moncton permitted 1,351 new homes
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Moncton created 5,712 homes, about 952 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 6%, where New Brunswick’s towns built 64%.
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. · Not measured by town: monthly permits (the Moncton metro area)
Moncton 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.
Moncton’s neighbours by home value
The places around Moncton at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Moncton
How many households in Moncton are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 10% of Moncton’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 4% of New Brunswick’s towns.
What is the average house price in Moncton?
The average sale was $340,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 2.8 times their income.
Is Moncton expensive for New Brunswick?
In the middle: New Brunswick’s towns come to $187,000, and so, near enough, does Moncton.
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).