Photo: https://www.flickr.com/people/99116641@N00/ · CC BY-SA 2.0A home in Harbour Breton is worth 53% less than the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $100,000 in 2021, where the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns was $215,000. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Newfoundland and Labrador, so nothing here says what Harbour Breton’s homes actually sold for. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $64,700.
What Harbour Breton’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $135K
- Owners
- 505
- Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
- $215K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Properties
- 735
- 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).
Single-detached houses are 94% of Harbour Breton’s homes, against 80% for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
At the 2021 census, Harbour Breton had 635 homes with someone living in them. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Homes by kind
| Harbour Breton | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 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.
Harbour Breton is 53% below the $215,000 median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
32 of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Harbour Breton: Fortune
Next to Harbour Breton: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Harbour Breton with figures are 42–45 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbour Breton | $100K | $135K | 80% | |
| Grand Bank | $95K | $105K | 84% | 42.3 |
| Fortune | $85K | $105K | 82% | 44.9 |
| St. Alban's | $100K | $139K | 92% | 45.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Harbour Breton
Is Harbour Breton expensive for Newfoundland and Labrador?
No: Harbour Breton’s census median is below the $215,000 of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns.
How many households in Harbour Breton are in core housing need?
More than most: 9% of households in Harbour Breton, where Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns sit at 6%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).