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Property prices in Saint David · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

A home in Saint David sells for 26% less than in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns

Census values for 2021: a median of $150,000 and an average of $177,000. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $80,600.

Median home value
$150K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $177K
Median sale price
$178K
CHSP, 2023
40 buyers
Median assessed value
$81K
all residential, 2024
Owner households
590
census 2021
90% of households
What homes are worth

What Saint David’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. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.

Census 2021$150K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$177K
Owners
590
New Brunswick’s towns
$187K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$178K

median sale price

Average sale
$230K
÷ buyers’ income
1.2×
Buyers
40
New Brunswick’s towns
$239K
Assessed, 2024$81K

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

Houses in Saint David carry assessments 30% under the middle of New Brunswick’s towns

The 2024 assessment roll counts 760 homes in Saint David, detached houses 83% of them.

Assessed value

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

Detached houses$127K
Mobile homes$48K
Multi-unit properties$198K
The mix of properties
Detached houses83%
Mobile homes11%
Multi-unit properties4%
1,220 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (New Brunswick’s towns: 1,415 sq ft)

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

More homes in poor repair than most: 12% in Saint David (New Brunswick’s towns: 7%)

655 occupied homes stood in Saint David in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 83% of them. Half went up before 2001.

When they were built

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

Before 196116%
1961–198028%
1981–200036%
2001–201518%
2016–20212%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses83%
Semi-detached housesunder 1%
Row housesunder 1%
Flats in a duplexunder 1%
Apartments, under 5 storeys1%
Other attached1%
Movable dwellings15%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
Saint DavidNew BrunswickCanada
Condominiumsunder 1%2%8%
Needing major repairs12%7%6%
Too small for the household2%2%3%
Households in core housing need7%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.

Across New Brunswick

Saint David against New Brunswick’s towns: 20% under the $187,000 median

The census values of New Brunswick’s towns, 60 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.

Median value, census 2021

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

Cheaper next to Saint David: Saint James

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

Saint StephenSt. StephenSaint JamesSaint StephenSt. StephenSaint JamesSaint David
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Saint David$150K$177K90%
Saint Stephen$150K$163K94%5
St. Stephen$150K$163K60%7.3
Saint James$116K$154K94%9.9

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Saint David

What is the average house price in Saint David?

The average sale was $230,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 1.2 times their income.

How many households in Saint David are in core housing need?

Above the norm for New Brunswick’s towns (4%): 7% in Saint David, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.

Is Saint David expensive for New Brunswick?

On census values, Saint David sits among the cheaper of New Brunswick’s towns (median $187,000).

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. 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).