Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA home in Saint-Louis sells for 48% less than in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $135,000, the average one $160,000. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $47,900.
Three ways to price a home in Saint-Louis
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
- $160K
- Owners
- 705
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $136K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.3×
- Buyers
- 45
- 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).
Houses in Saint-Louis carry assessments 47% under the middle of New Brunswick’s towns
Of Saint-Louis’s 825 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 90% are 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.
A town of houses: 93% of the homes in Saint-Louis stand alone (New Brunswick’s towns: 82%)
The 2021 census counted 750 occupied homes in Saint-Louis. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Saint-Louis | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
Building behind New Brunswick’s towns: 3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Saint-Louis, against 10.9
Some 2 homes a year: 9 in all were permitted in Saint-Louis from 2019 to 2022. Single-unit buildings took 100% of them, where New Brunswick’s towns built 64%.
A peak in 2022: 4 new homes
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.
Saint-Louis is 28% below the $187,000 median of New Brunswick’s towns
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 Saint-Louis: Richibucto
Next to Saint-Louis: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Louis | $135K | $160K | 94% | |
| Saint-Louis de Kent | $130K | $158K | 54% | 2.6 |
| Saint-Charles | $150K | $166K | 87% | 6.2 |
| Richibucto | $125K | $161K | 58% | 11.6 |
| Rexton | $174K | $193K | 79% | 14.4 |
| Richibucto 15 | – | – | 5% | 17.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saint-Louis
What is the average house price in Saint-Louis?
Homes sold for an average $136,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 1.3 times their household income.
Is Saint-Louis expensive for New Brunswick?
Below the norm for New Brunswick’s towns, whose median home is worth $187,000; Saint-Louis’s is worth less.
How many households in Saint-Louis are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 3% of households in Saint-Louis, where New Brunswick’s towns sit at 4%.
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 · 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).