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Property prices in Quispamsis · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

A home in Quispamsis sells for 74% more than in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns

A median of $280,000 and a mean of $299,200: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $296,000. Quispamsis permitted around 109 new homes a year over 2018–2023.

Median home value
$280K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $299K
Median sale price
$417K
CHSP, 2023
445 buyers
Median assessed value
$296K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
109
permits, 2018–2023
15.7 per 1,000 homes
What homes are worth

Three ways to price a home in Quispamsis

Every figure here is compared within the province, against New Brunswick’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.

Census 2021$280K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$299K
Owners
6,265
New Brunswick’s towns
$187K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$417K

median sale price

Average sale
$410K
÷ buyers’ income
2.6×
Buyers
445
New Brunswick’s towns
$239K
Assessed, 2024$296K

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).

By type of home

Quispamsis’s detached houses are assessed 72% above the median of New Brunswick’s towns

Of Quispamsis’s 6,360 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 92% are detached houses.

Assessed value

Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns

Detached houses$311K
Row houses$300K
Multi-unit properties$310K
The mix of properties
Detached houses92%
Multi-unit properties5%
Row houses2%
1,900 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (New Brunswick’s towns: 1,415 sq ft)
85%
of properties lived in by their owner

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

36% of Quispamsis’s homes are from 2001 or later, against 20% for New Brunswick’s towns

The 2021 census counted 6,855 occupied homes in Quispamsis; 83% of them are single-detached houses.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns

Before 19614%
1961–198029%
1981–200031%
2001–201530%
2016–20216%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses83%
Semi-detached houses1%
Row houses1%
Flats in a duplex4%
Apartments, under 5 storeys3%
Movable dwellings7%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
QuispamsisNew BrunswickCanada
Condominiums1%2%8%
Needing major repairs4%7%6%
Too small for the household1%2%3%
Households in core housing need3%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.

New homes

Permits in Quispamsis ran at 15.7 homes a year per 1,000, where New Brunswick’s towns ran at 10.9

Single-unit buildings took 68% of them, where New Brunswick’s towns built 64%. Nobody publishes monthly permits for Quispamsis alone, so this card uses the figure for the Saint John metro area.

Permits by year, 2018–2023

Most in 2023: 128 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
050100150201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Quispamsis15.7
New Brunswick’s towns10.9
The typical Canadian town13.8
$25M
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2023
The metro area

Up 41%: 1,384 new homes in the year to August 2026

05001,0001,50020212022202320242025

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.

Across New Brunswick

Quispamsis is dearer than most of New Brunswick’s towns: 50% above their $187,000 median

60 of New Brunswick’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Lower values near Quispamsis: Kingston, Hampton and Simonds

Next to Quispamsis: 2021 census values and the share of owners.

RothesayKingstonHamptonSimondsHamptonGreenwichRothesayKingstonHamptonSimondsHamptonGreenwichQuispamsis
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Quispamsis$280K$299K91%
Rothesay$286K$352K81%4.2
Kingston$200K$247K94%8.2
Hampton$224K$246K96%12.1
Simonds$174K$185K95%15.6
Hampton$244K$260K83%15.8
Greenwich$150K$178K90%16.1

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Quispamsis

Is Quispamsis expensive for New Brunswick?

More than most: New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $187,000, and Quispamsis sits above it.

How many households in Quispamsis are in core housing need?

In Quispamsis, 3% 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.

What is the average house price in Quispamsis?

The average sale was $410,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 2.6 times their 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 · 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).