Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0A median $180,000: what owners say homes in Glovertown are worth
It is the middle of what 695 owner households told the 2021 census. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since. There is no public record of sale prices in Newfoundland and Labrador, which leaves the census value as the guide for Glovertown.
What Glovertown’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $197K
- Owners
- 695
- Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
- $215K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Properties
- 1,195
- 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).
A town of houses: 94% of the homes in Glovertown stand alone (Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 80%)
People lived in 820 homes in Glovertown at the 2021 census. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Homes by kind
| Glovertown | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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.
Glovertown permitted 5.6 new homes a year per 1,000, close to the 6.1 of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Glovertown issued permits for 26 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 4 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 91% in single-unit buildings (Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 83%).
Most in 2022: 7 new homes
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.
Glovertown against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 16% under the $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 Glovertown: Gambo, Division No. 7, Subdivision E and Centreville-Wareham-Trinity
Next to Glovertown: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Glovertown has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–39 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glovertown | $180K | $197K | 85% | |
| Gambo | $150K | $163K | 84% | 15.3 |
| Division No. 7, Subdivision E | $160K | $172K | 88% | 36.4 |
| Centreville-Wareham-Trinity | $140K | $148K | 87% | 38.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Glovertown
How many households in Glovertown are in core housing need?
More than most: 9% of households in Glovertown, where Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns sit at 6%.
Is Glovertown expensive for Newfoundland and Labrador?
No: Glovertown’s census median is below 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).