Photo: P199 · CC0Expensive homes pull Stanley’s average 38% above the middle
The 2021 census put the median home at $125,000, with an average of $172,000. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. Statistics Canada counted 30 buyers in 2023, paying a median $195,000.
What Stanley’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $172K
- Owners
- 355
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $170K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.7×
- Buyers
- 30
- 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, Stanley’s houses sit 58% below New Brunswick’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 485 homes in Stanley, detached houses 88% of them.
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.
Core housing need: 11% of Stanley’s households, where New Brunswick’s towns sit at 4%
At the 2021 census, 95% of Stanley’s 385 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns
Homes by kind
| Stanley | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 18% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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.
Permits in Stanley ran at 11.4 homes a year per 1,000, near the 10.9 of New Brunswick’s towns
Stanley issued permits for 22 new homes from 2019 to 2023, or about 4 a year. 100% were single-unit buildings, beside 64% for New Brunswick’s towns.
Most in 2022: 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.
Stanley is 33% below the $187,000 median of New Brunswick’s towns
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 Stanley
Next to Stanley: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Stanley with figures are 24–30 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley | $125K | $172K | 95% | |
| Douglas | $224K | $254K | 93% | 23.7 |
| Saint Marys | $234K | $243K | 94% | 26.6 |
| Bright | $180K | $210K | 93% | 29.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Stanley
Is Stanley expensive for New Brunswick?
No: Stanley’s census median is below the $187,000 of New Brunswick’s towns.
What is the average house price in Stanley?
Buyers paid $170,000 on average in 2023, or 2.7 years of their income at the median.
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).