Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rebfoto/ Emile Baddour · CC0Holyrood is adding housing quickly, at 15.3 new homes a year per 1,000 (Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 6.1)
Census values for 2021: a median of $320,000 and an average of $332,000. No open sale prices are published in Newfoundland and Labrador, so for Holyrood the census value is the measure. Assessors valued the median residential property at $187,000 for 2024.
Holyrood’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $332K
- Owners
- 835
- Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
- $215K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Properties
- 1,665
- 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 younger stock than most: 46% of Holyrood’s homes went up after 2000 (Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 22%)
Holyrood had 995 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 91% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Homes by kind
| Holyrood | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 4% | 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.
Holyrood’s busiest year for permits was 2022, with 23 new homes
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Holyrood created 83 homes, about 14 a year. Most were houses: 84% went into single-unit buildings, against 83% for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
1,578 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, up 22% on the year before
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over the St. John's metro area
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.
Holyrood is 49% above 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 Holyrood: Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview, Division No. 1, Subdivision M and Conception Bay South
Next to Holyrood: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holyrood | $320K | $332K | 84% | |
| Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview | $250K | $272K | 90% | 3.3 |
| Division No. 1, Subdivision M | $250K | $245K | 95% | 15.7 |
| Conception Bay South | $300K | $325K | 82% | 15.9 |
| Clarke's Beach | $250K | $271K | 77% | 17.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Holyrood
Is Holyrood expensive for Newfoundland and Labrador?
Yes: Holyrood’s census median is above the $215,000 of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns.
How many households in Holyrood are in core housing need?
In Holyrood, 4% of households are in core housing need, against 6% for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
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).