Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Saint John lives in apartments: 38% of its homes, beside 5% for New Brunswick’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $174,000 at the 2021 census, and the average at $198,400. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. The median sale in 2023 was $260,000, across 1,325 buyers.
What Saint John’s homes are worth, three ways
Three sources, each set against New Brunswick’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $198K
- Owners
- 17,235
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $260K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.3×
- Buyers
- 1,325
- 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).
Saint John’s detached houses are assessed 9% above the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Assessors listed 19,975 residential properties in Saint John for 2024, 66% of them detached houses and 4% condos.
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.
Before 1961: 36% of the homes in Saint John, where New Brunswick’s towns have 18%
People lived in 31,825 homes in Saint John at the 2021 census.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Saint John | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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.
Saint John sits near the middle of New Brunswick’s towns ($187,000)
60 of New Brunswick’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Home values around Saint John
Next to Saint John: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint John | $174K | $198K | 54% | |
| Grand Bay-Westfield | $220K | $240K | 91% | 12.2 |
| Rothesay | $286K | $352K | 81% | 13.1 |
| Westfield | $174K | $197K | 95% | 15.1 |
| Quispamsis | $280K | $299K | 91% | 17.3 |
| Simonds | $174K | $185K | 95% | 18.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saint John
How many households in Saint John are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 8% of Saint John’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 4% of New Brunswick’s towns.
Is Saint John expensive for New Brunswick?
On census values, Saint John sits mid-table among New Brunswick’s towns (median $187,000).
What is the average house price in Saint John?
An average of $260,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 2.3 times the buyer’s income.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Canada has no open register of individual sales; Statistics Canada publishes medians and averages by town only.
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).