Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA home in Saint Mary sells for 30% less than in the middle of New Brunswick’s towns
The middle home was worth $174,000 at the 2021 census, the average $207,600. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $57,000. Saint Mary permitted around 8 new homes a year over 2018–2022.
What Saint Mary’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. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $208K
- Owners
- 745
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $178K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.7×
- Buyers
- 55
- 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 Mary’s detached houses are assessed 24% below the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Of Saint Mary’s 990 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 86% 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.
Saint Mary’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Saint Mary had 840 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 87% of them single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Saint Mary | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 2% | 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.
9.5 new homes a year per 1,000 in Saint Mary: in step with New Brunswick’s towns (10.9)
Most were houses: 97% went into single-unit buildings, against 64% for New Brunswick’s towns.
A peak in 2019: 9 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 Mary sits close to 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 Mary: Wellington
The places around Saint Mary at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Mary | $174K | $208K | 90% | |
| Saint-Antoine | $200K | $223K | 69% | 9.1 |
| Bouctouche | $196K | $224K | 62% | 11.1 |
| Wellington | $160K | $197K | 94% | 13.9 |
| Cocagne | $200K | $225K | 86% | 17.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Saint Mary
How many households in Saint Mary are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 2% of households in Saint Mary, where New Brunswick’s towns sit at 4%.
What is the average house price in Saint Mary?
The average sale was $178,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 1.7 times their income.
Is Saint Mary expensive for New Brunswick?
On census values, Saint Mary sits mid-table among New Brunswick’s towns (median $187,000).
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Not here: individual sales sit with provincial registries and aren’t open, so the published figures are town medians and averages.
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).