Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 3.0A home in Sackville sells for 39% less than in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns
Census values for 2021: a median of $180,000 and an average of $194,000. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $29,300. From 2019 to 2023, Sackville issued permits for some 3 new homes a year.
What Sackville’s homes are worth, three ways
Each source sits beside its own median for New Brunswick’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $194K
- Owners
- 460
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $220K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.6×
- Buyers
- 50
- 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 Sackville is assessed 26% lower than across New Brunswick’s towns
Assessors listed 665 residential properties in Sackville for 2024, 86% 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.
Major repairs needed: 12% of the homes in Sackville, where New Brunswick’s towns have 7%
The 2021 census counted 495 occupied homes in Sackville; 96% of them are single-detached houses. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Sackville | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
Sackville permitted 5.6 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 10.9 of New Brunswick’s towns
Most were houses: 82% went into single-unit buildings, against 64% for New Brunswick’s towns.
The busiest year: 2021, with 6 new homes
A year with no report is left out.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
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.
Sackville sits near the middle of New Brunswick’s towns ($187,000)
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 Sackville: Dorchester and Amherst
The places around Sackville at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sackville | $180K | $194K | 95% | |
| Sackville | $196K | $210K | 66% | 8.1 |
| Dorchester | $84K | $103K | 83% | 9.8 |
| Amherst | $139K | $161K | 57% | 17.8 |
| Memramcook | $180K | $210K | 88% | 19.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sackville
How many households in Sackville are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 7% of Sackville’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 4% of New Brunswick’s towns.
What is the average house price in Sackville?
An average of $220,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 1.6 times the buyer’s income.
Is Sackville expensive for New Brunswick?
In the middle: New Brunswick’s towns come to $187,000, and so, near enough, does Sackville.
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).