Photo: Tango7174 · CC BY-SA 4.0The middle home in Irishtown-Summerside is valued at $200,000
Some 440 owner households gave their home’s value to the 2021 census. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. No sales are published for towns in Newfoundland and Labrador, Irishtown-Summerside included, so owners’ values are the measure.
Two ways to price a home in Irishtown-Summerside
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
- $205K
- Owners
- 440
- Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
- $215K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Properties
- 790
- 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).
More homes in poor repair than most: 9% in Irishtown-Summerside (Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 5%)
Irishtown-Summerside had 495 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 99% of them single-detached houses. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Homes by kind
| Irishtown-Summerside | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
8.9 new homes a year per 1,000 in Irishtown-Summerside: more than Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (6.1)
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Irishtown-Summerside created 26 homes, about 4 a year. 100% were single-unit buildings, beside 83% for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns.
Most in 2022: 6 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.
Irishtown-Summerside sits near the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns ($215,000)
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 Irishtown-Summerside: Humber Arm South
The places around Irishtown-Summerside at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irishtown-Summerside | $200K | $205K | 90% | |
| Corner Brook | $230K | $243K | 63% | 4.3 |
| Massey Drive | $320K | $317K | 84% | 6.4 |
| Humber Arm South | $180K | $191K | 80% | 15.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Irishtown-Summerside
Is Irishtown-Summerside expensive for Newfoundland and Labrador?
About average: Irishtown-Summerside’s census median is close to the $215,000 of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns.
How many households in Irishtown-Summerside are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 5% of households in Irishtown-Summerside, where Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns sit at 6%.
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).