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Community guide · Greater Saint John

Real estate in Uptown Saint John, New Brunswick

Uptown is the original city, rebuilt in brick and stone after the Great Fire of 1877. King Street runs down to Market Square and the harbour, and the streets around King's Square hold the highest concentration of historic buildings in Saint John.

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Brick row houses on a tree-lined uptown Saint John street
Stone church with green copper spires in uptown Saint John
Victorian rowhouse with a blue door in uptown Saint John

Photographed by Andrew

Living in Uptown Saint John

Uptown is the walkable core of the city. The Saint John City Market has operated near King's Square since the late 1700s, the oldest continuing farmers market in Canada, and Market Square anchors the waterfront with the New Brunswick Museum and a run of shops and restaurants. Almost everything rebuilt after the 1877 fire still stands, so the streetscape is brick and sandstone from end to end.

Housing uptown leans toward apartments and converted rowhouses rather than the detached homes common elsewhere in the city, though the surrounding hill streets still hold single-family character homes. It's the most walkable address in the region, and that convenience carries a premium over other Saint John neighbourhoods.

Known for
King Street and the City Market
Housing mix
Apartments, rowhouses, condos
Drive to uptown
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Good fit for
Walkable, low-maintenance living

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Where Uptown Saint John sits

01Uptown Saint John at a glance

Uptown is the walkable core of the city. The Saint John City Market has operated near King's Square since the late 1700s, the oldest continuing farmers market in Canada, and Market Square anchors the waterfront with the New Brunswick Museum and a run of shops and restaurants. Almost everything rebuilt after the 1877 fire still stands, so the streetscape is brick and sandstone from end to end.

Buying here

Buying in Uptown Saint John

Uptown moves fast because inventory is tight. Renovated character units and new-build condos both draw competing offers, so the difference between a good buy and a bad one often comes down to the building itself, not just the unit.

  • Condo and rowhouse due diligence
  • Building and condo-fee research
  • Offer strategy in a tight market
  • Walkthroughs around your schedule

Selling here

Selling in Uptown Saint John

Buyers here want walkability and character, and they compare listings against what's a five-minute walk from King's Square. Presentation matters more than almost anywhere else in the city, because uptown buyers have seen a lot of units before they see yours.

  • Pricing against uptown-specific comparables
  • Staging suited to smaller footprints
  • Marketing that reaches downtown-focused buyers
  • Negotiation through to closing
Andrew Shaw, REALTOR® with REAL Broker

“Uptown is the one Saint John neighbourhood where you're paying for location above everything else, and I think that's fair. Nowhere else in the city puts you this close to the water and a Saturday morning at the Market.”

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