Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOwners put the median home in Shediac at $230,000
The census of 2021 asked 2,070 owner households what their home was worth. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. The median sale in 2023 was $277,000, across 205 buyers.
What Shediac’s homes are worth, three ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against New Brunswick’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $269K
- Owners
- 2,070
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $290K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.9×
- Buyers
- 205
- 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).
On the assessment roll, Shediac’s houses sit 12% above New Brunswick’s towns
Assessors listed 3,090 residential properties in Shediac for 2024, 88% 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.
A town of houses: 92% of the homes in Shediac stand alone (New Brunswick’s towns: 82%)
The 2021 census counted 2,300 occupied homes in Shediac. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Shediac | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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 at the pace of New Brunswick’s towns: 9.1 new homes a year per 1,000 in Shediac, against 10.9
Shediac issued permits for 105 new homes from 2019 to 2023, or about 21 a year. Single-unit buildings took 76% of them, where New Brunswick’s towns built 64%.
The busiest year: 2021, with 37 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.
Shediac against New Brunswick’s towns: 23% over the $187,000 median
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 Shediac: Dundas, Cocagne and Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est
Next to Shediac: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Shediac
Is Shediac expensive for New Brunswick?
Above the norm for New Brunswick’s towns, whose median home is worth $187,000; Shediac’s is worth more.
What is the average house price in Shediac?
Homes sold for an average $290,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 1.9 times their household income.
How many households in Shediac are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 4% of households in Shediac, where New Brunswick’s towns sit at 4%.
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).