#1Wellington
New Brunswick · 3,458 peopleOverall A−·#514 of 2,556
Strongest: cost of living A+, safety A·lowest: walkability D
Wellington, #1 on this list · Photo: P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0)New Brunswick · 2026
Most affordable towns in New Brunswick
15 of the 60 on this list grade in the A range. At the other end is Shediac, with C−. Across Canada, the same list puts Wellington #10 of 2,580. Canada’s top 100 on this list includes 8 places in New Brunswick. Wellington tops the list in New Brunswick, at A+. Second place goes to Shippagan, at A, and third to Quispamsis, at A.
Cost of living grade: the owners’ median home value and a year’s rent, each against the place’s own household income How grades work
#1A+Cost of living
#2Shippagan
New Brunswick · 4,721 peopleOverall C+·#1,678 of 2,556
Strongest: cost of living A, health B−·lowest: walkability D−
#3Quispamsis
New Brunswick · 20,240 peopleOverall A·#179 of 2,556
Strongest: safety A+, jobs & income A·lowest: health D
All 60, ranked in New Brunswick
Best first in New Brunswick; beside each place, its rank on the same list for all of Canada.
60 places
#TownCost of livingCanada rankWhat drives it
4New Maryland4,455 peopleA#51 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income A+, cost of living A·lowest: hazard risk C−
7Grand Bay-Westfield5,202 peopleA#73 of 2,580Strongest: cost of living A, jobs & income A−·lowest: health C−
8Haut-Madawaska4,098 peopleA−#95 of 2,580Strongest: safety A, cost of living A−·lowest: hazard risk D
10New Maryland3,198 peopleA−#124 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income A, cost of living A−·lowest: walkability D
11Grand Manan2,648 peopleA−#129 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income A, cost of living A−·lowest: safety C−
12Kingsclear3,158 peopleA−#134 of 2,580Strongest: cost of living A−, jobs & income B+·lowest: walkability D
13Atholville3,346 peopleA−#135 of 2,580Strongest: cost of living A−, walkability C+·lowest: health D
14Starlight Village5,108 peopleA−#138 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income A+, cost of living A−·lowest: walkability C−
15Studholm3,668 peopleA−#165 of 2,580Strongest: cost of living A−, hazard risk C+·lowest: walkability D
17Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est8,138 peopleB+#185 of 2,580Strongest: cost of living B+, jobs & income B−·lowest: walkability D
18Bathurst4,840 peopleB+#209 of 2,580Strongest: cost of living B+, jobs & income B−·lowest: walkability D
21Dalhousie3,255 peopleB+#300 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A−, cost of living B+·lowest: health D−
25Shediac5,699 peopleB#338 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income B+, cost of living B·lowest: hazard risk C−
26Wakefield2,749 peopleB#345 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income A−, cost of living B·lowest: hazard risk C−
27Saint George2,675 peopleB#364 of 2,580Strongest: cost of living B, jobs & income C·lowest: walkability D
28Saint Marys5,701 peopleB#372 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income B+, cost of living B·lowest: walkability D
30Shippagan3,073 peopleB#386 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A−, cost of living B·lowest: hazard risk D
31Lincoln8,093 peopleB#402 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income B+, cost of living B·lowest: walkability D
33Moncton12,238 peopleB#416 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income A, cost of living B·lowest: walkability D
36Oromocto9,451 peopleB−#471 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income A+, cost of living B−·lowest: hazard risk D
37Douglas6,840 peopleB−#472 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income B, cost of living B−·lowest: walkability D
38Miramichi19,402 peopleB−#490 of 2,580Strongest: cost of living B−, walkability B−·lowest: hazard risk D
40Edmundston18,174 peopleB−#546 of 2,580Strongest: walkability B, cost of living B−·lowest: hazard risk D
41Coverdale5,167 peopleB−#548 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income B−, cost of living B−·lowest: walkability D
42Sussex2,742 peopleB−#579 of 2,580Strongest: cost of living B−, hazard risk C+·lowest: walkability C−
46Caraquet4,572 peopleB−#647 of 2,580Strongest: walkability B, jobs & income B−·lowest: hazard risk D
47Campbellton7,485 peopleC+#680 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A, cost of living C+·lowest: safety C−
48Cap-Pelé3,092 peopleC+#696 of 2,580Strongest: jobs & income B, cost of living C+·lowest: hazard risk C−
49Salisbury2,585 peopleC+#738 of 2,580Strongest: walkability B+, jobs & income B−·lowest: hazard risk C−
50Grand Falls / Grand-Sault5,465 peopleC+#825 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A−, safety B−·lowest: hazard risk D
52St. Stephen4,876 peopleC+#857 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A−, cost of living C+·lowest: safety D
57Moncton102,378 peopleC#1,031 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A, jobs & income B·lowest: hazard risk C−
58Sussex4,994 peopleC#1,075 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A, hazard risk C+·lowest: jobs & income C−
59Fredericton74,655 peopleC−#1,220 of 2,580Strongest: walkability A, jobs & income A−·lowest: hazard risk C−
60Shediac9,849 peopleC−#1,471 of 2,580Strongest: walkability B+, jobs & income C+·lowest: cost of living C−
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Photos: Wellington, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Shippagan, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Quispamsis, P199 (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026. 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).