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Property prices in Westmorland · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

Homes in Westmorland sell for 59% less than the median of New Brunswick’s towns

Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $150,000; averaged, their homes came to $199,000. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $61,300.

Median home value
$150K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $199K
Median sale price
$97K
CHSP, 2023
40 buyers
Median assessed value
$61K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
2
permits, 2019–2022
3.6 per 1,000 homes
What homes are worth

Westmorland’s homes, by three sources

Every figure here is compared within the province, against New Brunswick’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.

Census 2021$150K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$199K
Owners
365
New Brunswick’s towns
$187K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Sales, 2023$97K

median sale price

Average sale
$131K
÷ buyers’ income
0.6×
Buyers
40
New Brunswick’s towns
$239K
Assessed, 2024$61K

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).

By type of home

Westmorland’s detached houses are assessed 47% below the median of New Brunswick’s towns

The 2024 assessment roll counts 585 homes in Westmorland, detached houses 86% of them.

Assessed value

Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns

Detached houses$96K
Mobile homes$49K
Multi-unit properties$137K
The mix of properties
Detached houses86%
Mobile homes8%
Multi-unit properties4%
1,130 sq ft
living area of the median detached house (New Brunswick’s towns: 1,415 sq ft)

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.

The homes

41% of Westmorland’s homes predate 1961, against 18% for New Brunswick’s towns

Westmorland had 415 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 93% of them single-detached houses.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of New Brunswick’s towns

Before 196141%
1961–198025%
1981–200018%
2001–20158%
2016–20214%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses93%
Semi-detached housesunder 1%
Row houses2%
Flats in a duplex1%
Apartments, under 5 storeysunder 1%
Movable dwellings4%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
WestmorlandNew BrunswickCanada
Condominiumsunder 1%2%8%
Needing major repairs10%7%6%
Too small for the household2%2%3%
Households in core housing needunder 1%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.

New homes

Permits in Westmorland ran at 3.6 homes a year per 1,000, where New Brunswick’s towns ran at 10.9

Westmorland issued permits for 6 new homes from 2019 to 2022, or about 2 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 100% in single-unit buildings (New Brunswick’s towns: 64%).

Permits by year, 2019–2022

The busiest year: 2020, with 3 new homes

Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
01232019202020212022
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Westmorland3.6
New Brunswick’s towns10.9
The typical Canadian town13.8
$292K
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2022

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.

Across New Brunswick

Westmorland is cheaper than most of New Brunswick’s towns: 20% under their $187,000 median

60 of New Brunswick’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Home values around Westmorland

The places around Westmorland at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.

Cumberland County, Subdivision CBotsfordCumberland County, Subdivision CBotsfordWestmorland
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Westmorland$150K$199K93%
Cumberland County, Subdivision C$200K$234K88%18.7
Botsford$174K$200K95%18.7

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Westmorland

What is the average house price in Westmorland?

The average sale was $131,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 0.6 times their income.

How many households in Westmorland are in core housing need?

Fewer than most: under 1% of households in Westmorland, where New Brunswick’s towns sit at 4%.

Is Westmorland expensive for New Brunswick?

Cheaper than the middle: New Brunswick’s towns come to $187,000, Westmorland to less.

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).