Photo: Bethanyamurray · CC BY-SA 3.0Home values in Upper Miramichi run 57% lower than the median of New Brunswick’s towns
The census median was $80,000 in 2021, against $187,000 for New Brunswick’s towns. Statistics Canada counted 60 buyers in 2023, paying a median $62,500. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $25,100.
Three ways to price a home in Upper Miramichi
Each source sits beside its own median for New Brunswick’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $106K
- Owners
- 845
- New Brunswick’s towns
- $187K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $83K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 0.4×
- Buyers
- 60
- 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).
Upper Miramichi’s detached houses are assessed 71% below the median of New Brunswick’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,305 homes in Upper Miramichi, detached houses 89% 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.
More need than most: 11% of households in Upper Miramichi (New Brunswick’s towns: 4%)
The 2021 census counted 960 occupied homes in Upper Miramichi; 93% of them are 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
| Upper Miramichi | New Brunswick | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 15% | 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.
Upper Miramichi against New Brunswick’s towns: 57% under the $187,000 median
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 Upper Miramichi
The places around Upper Miramichi at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Upper Miramichi with figures are 39–60 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Miramichi | $80K | $106K | 89% | |
| Stanley | $125K | $172K | 95% | 38.9 |
| Saint Marys | $234K | $243K | 94% | 53.1 |
| Minto | $90K | $116K | 77% | 56.9 |
| Blackville | $100K | $121K | 94% | 57.1 |
| Chipman | $80K | $105K | 79% | 59.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Upper Miramichi
What is the average house price in Upper Miramichi?
An average of $83,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 0.4 times the buyer’s income.
Is Upper Miramichi expensive for New Brunswick?
Less than most: New Brunswick’s towns have a median of $187,000, and Upper Miramichi sits below it.
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. 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).