Property taxes in rural New Brunswick soar following amalgamations [Video]

Tammy Burrell got the 2025 property tax bill for her rural Salisbury home earlier this month and as she feared, it had risen to $1,309. 

It’s lower than typical property tax amounts on houses in New Brunswick cities, but for the cost-conscious Burrell, who lives and works in a rural area to save money, the amount is 59 per cent more than she was paying three years ago.  

It’s a big jump, and the $486 increase has been putting real pressure on Burrell’s razor-thin household budget.

“I live a very basic life,” Burrell said in an interview.

“I don’t drink, I don’t smoke. I can’t afford to go out and eat. I got rid of my cable TV because I couldn’t afford that any more,” she said.

“Every penny I have is going toward paying bills, and these property taxes keep going up and up.”

More than 400,000 property tax …