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Property prices in Clarenville · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

New building in Clarenville runs at 15.1 homes a year per 1,000, beside 6.1 for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns

The middle home was worth $250,000 at the 2021 census, the average $264,000. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. No open sale prices are published in Newfoundland and Labrador, so for Clarenville the census value is the measure.

Median home value
$250K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $264K
Median assessed value
$181K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
37
permits, 2018–2023
15.1 per 1,000 homes
Owner households
1,845
census 2021
66% of households
What homes are worth

What Clarenville’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.

Census 2021$250K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$264K
Owners
1,845
Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
$215K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Assessed, 2024$181K

all residential

Properties
2,715
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).

The homes

Since 2001: 36% of the homes in Clarenville, where Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns have 22%

Of the 2,805 homes people lived in across Clarenville at the 2021 census, 66% were single-detached houses.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns

Before 19619%
1961–198024%
1981–200030%
2001–201532%
2016–20215%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses66%
Semi-detached houses3%
Row houses3%
Flats in a duplex20%
Apartments, under 5 storeys8%
Movable dwellings1%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
ClarenvilleNewfoundland and LabradorCanada
Condominiums2%2%8%
Needing major repairs3%5%6%
Too small for the household2%1%3%
Households in core housing need10%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.

New homes

The peak came in 2021, when Clarenville permitted 91 new homes

From 2018 to 2023, permits in Clarenville created 219 homes, about 37 a year. Very few were houses: 17% in single-unit buildings (Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 83%).

Permits by year, 2018–2023
Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
020406080100201820192020202120222023
The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

Clarenville15.1
Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns6.1
The typical Canadian town13.8
$4.85M
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2023

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 Newfoundland and Labrador

Clarenville is dearer than most of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 16% above their $215,000 median

32 of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.

Lower values near Clarenville: Division No. 7, Subdivision K, Division No. 7, Subdivision L and Division No. 7, Subdivision M

Next to Clarenville: 2021 census values and the share of owners.

Division No. 7, Subdivision KDivision No. 7, Subdivision LDivision No. 7, Subdivision MDivision No. 7, Subdivision KDivision No. 7, Subdivision LDivision No. 7, Subdivision MClarenville
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
Clarenville$250K$264K66%
Division No. 7, Subdivision K$160K$204K79%9
Division No. 7, Subdivision L$150K$178K94%17
Division No. 7, Subdivision M$150K$165K95%18.1

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in Clarenville

How many households in Clarenville are in core housing need?

Above the norm for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (6%): 10% in Clarenville, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.

Is Clarenville expensive for Newfoundland and Labrador?

Yes: Clarenville’s census median is above the $215,000 of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns.

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).