Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/9674922@N04/ Lucia · CC0For every 1,000 homes, Baie Verte permitted only 1.4 new ones a year; Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns permitted 6.1
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $140,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $157,000. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. Sale prices aren’t published in Newfoundland and Labrador: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Baie Verte.
What Baie Verte’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $157K
- Owners
- 435
- Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
- $215K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Properties
- 610
- Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
- $173K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Baie Verte’s homes: when they went up and what they are
555 occupied homes stood in Baie Verte in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 84% of them. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Homes by kind
| Baie Verte | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 1% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 6% | 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.
The peak came in 2018, when Baie Verte permitted 2 new homes
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Baie Verte created 5 homes, about 1 a year. Single-unit buildings took 100% of them, where Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns built 83%.
A year with no report is left out.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
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.
Baie Verte is cheaper than most of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 35% under their $215,000 median
The census values of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, 32 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Cheaper next to Baie Verte: Division No. 8, Subdivision H
The places around Baie Verte at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 51–114 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Baie Verte.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baie Verte | $140K | $157K | 78% | |
| Springdale | $180K | $198K | 69% | 51 |
| Twillingate | $150K | $162K | 85% | 108 |
| Botwood | $155K | $165K | 71% | 108 |
| Lewisporte | $180K | $199K | 69% | 112.9 |
| Division No. 8, Subdivision H | $100K | $111K | 91% | 114.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Baie Verte
Is Baie Verte expensive for Newfoundland and Labrador?
On census values, Baie Verte sits among the cheaper of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (median $215,000).
How many households in Baie Verte are in core housing need?
7% of Baie Verte’s households, near the 6% of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
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).