New Brunswick, Canada
New Brunswick, Canada: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
province · population 775,610 (registry) · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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New Brunswick at a glance
Rolled up from the 6 regions inside New Brunswick on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Who leads New Brunswick, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-08 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
- Population
- 883,522 persons (2026-Q3) ↗
- GDP
- 52,357 CAD million, current prices (GDP at market prices, expenditure-based) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 7.4 % (LFS, 15+, seasonally adjusted) (2026-10) ↗
- Inflation
- 5 % CPI all-items, year over year, not seasonally adjusted (index 164.4 Sep 2025 to 172.6 Sep 2026) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 73,000 CAD, median total income, economic families and persons not in an economic family (CIS) (2024) ↗
- Average household income
- 93,300 CAD, average total income, economic families and persons not in an economic family (CIS) (2024) ↗
- Household debt (total)
- 29,574 CAD million, total debt held by economic families and unattached individuals (Survey of Financial Security) (2023) ↗
- Average household debt
- 111,200 CAD, average total debt for family units holding debt (SFS); median for those holding debt = 63,600 (2023) ↗
- Median net worth
- 286,200 CAD, median net worth, economic families and persons not in an economic family (SFS) (2023) ↗
- Average net worth
- 506,400 CAD, average net worth, economic families and persons not in an economic family (SFS) (2023) ↗
- Home ownership
- 67.8 % of family units holding a principal residence (SFS) (2023) ↗
Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Moncton ↗ | 367,626 CAD | average sale | 2026-09 |
| Saint John ↗ | 373,302 CAD | average sale | 2026-09 |
| Fredericton Area ↗ | 384,586 CAD | average sale | 2026-09 |
| Northern and Valley Region ↗ | 240,691 CAD | average sale | 2026-09 |
| New Brunswick (province-wide) ↗ | 341,700 CAD | MLS HPI benchmark (composite) | 2026-09 |
Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
Largest companies in New Brunswick
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. Irving, Limited (Saint John) ↗ | employees | 20,000 persons (undated) | n/a |
| Cooke Inc. (Saint John) ↗ | employees | 13,000 persons ("nearly 13,000"); revenue CA$4 billion annually | 2023 |
| Irving Oil (Saint John) ↗ | employees | 3,500 full-time employees ("more than 3,500") | 2019 |
| NB Power (Fredericton, Crown corporation) ↗ | employees | 2,500 persons ("2,500+"); revenue CA$2,198 million (2022) | 2020 |
| Medavie Blue Cross (Moncton, not-for-profit) ↗ | employees | 2,150 persons (approximate) | 2013 |
| Armour Transportation Systems (Moncton) ↗ | employees | 1,900 persons (undated) | n/a |
| Ganong Bros. (St. Stephen) ↗ | employees | 300 persons | 2022 |
Largest listed companies headquartered in New Brunswick
By market cap (USD billions, 2026-11-10). Market caps from companiesmarketcap.com; listing and head office from search.coshares + search.cos (RegionID walked to the province).
| # | Company | Ticker | Market cap | Rank in Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Major Drilling | TSX:MDI | $0.9B | 255 |
| 2 | Acadian Timber | TSX:ADN | $0.23B | 372 |
| 3 | Organigram | TSX:OGI | $0.12B | 399 |
Source: companiesmarketcap.com · listings and head offices from search.coshares + search.cos
Worth knowing
- 2024-11Susan Holt was named Premier, President of the Executive Council and Minister responsible for Official Languages as her Liberal cabinet was sworn in, which made her New Brunswick's first woman premier. ↗
- 2025-01Louise Imbeault was installed as the 33rd lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick on January 22, 2025. ↗
- 2026-09New Brunswick's CPI rose 5.0% year over year in September 2026, against 3.1% nationally. Excluding energy, NB inflation was 2.6% (national 2.1%). ↗
- 2026-09NB MLS home sales were 724 units in September 2026 (-12.6% y/y, the softest September since 2018). The composite HPI benchmark was $341,700 (+2.7% y/y), with 5.6 months of inventory. ↗
- 202130.7% of New Brunswickers had French as first official language spoken in 2021, and 34.0% could converse in both English and French. ↗
Census
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population.
- Arabic2,750 · 0.4%
- Mandarin1,470 · 0.2%
- Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)980 · 0.1%
- Punjabi (Panjabi)885 · 0.1%
- Russian795 · 0.1%
- Korean730 · 0.1%
- Spanish710 · 0.1%
- Vietnamese535 · 0.1%
- Portuguese480 · 0.1%
- Mi'kmaq400 · 0.1%
- Hindi265 · 0%
- Iranian Persian200 · 0%
Largest places in New Brunswick
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Miramichi, NB full17,690
- 2.Bathurst, New Brunswick full12,157
Inside New Brunswick
6 regions have New Brunswick as their parent.
Companies based in New Brunswick
1 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here, and 9 across New Brunswick and the places inside it — search them all below.
| Company | Industry | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Akkodis | Business | 1984 |
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of New Brunswick, Canada are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.