Labrador City, #1 on this list · Photo: Quintin Soloviev (CC BY 4.0)Newfoundland and Labrador’s rankings: 24 lists
On one of these lists, the leader in Newfoundland and Labrador is also first in all of Canada. In all, 32 places in Newfoundland and Labrador appear on 24 lists. The best overall grade in Newfoundland and Labrador is Labrador City’s A+. With 10 first places, Labrador City leads the most lists. Labrador City makes the top three on 11 lists.
Each list ranks the places in Newfoundland and Labrador against one another; the letters compare every place with Canada’s towns. How grades work
Every list for Newfoundland and Labrador
Grouped by what they measure, each card with its top three.
Overall, and by size
Subject by subject
- Labrador CityA+
- Happy Valley-Goose BayA
- Channel-Port aux BasquesA
- Labrador CityA+
- SpringdaleB+
- Corner BrookB
- St. John'sB−
- Mount PearlB−
- Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer CoveB−
- Labrador CityA+
- Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer CoveA+
- ParadiseA
- St. John'sA
- Deer LakeA−
- StephenvilleA−
- Happy Valley-Goose BayA+
- ClarenvilleA+
- BonavistaA+
- Corner BrookB+
- St. John'sB+
- SpringdaleB+
Described: figures, no letters
- Labrador City$146,300
- Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove$130,000
- Portugal Cove-St. Philip's$114,300
- Paradise+7.3%
- Clarenville+6.6%
- Conception Bay South+3.7%
- Bonavista18
- Placentia9
- Happy Valley-Goose Bay6
- Labrador City12.0%
- Portugal Cove-St. Philip's9.3%
- Torbay9.2%
- Paradise38 years
- Labrador City38.4 years
- Happy Valley-Goose Bay39.2 years
- Placentia56.4 years
- Botwood56.4 years
- Lewisporte55.6 years
- Placentia-3°C (28°F)
- Marystown-3°C (26°F)
- Paradise-4°C (26°F)
- Labrador City-22°C (-7°F)
- Happy Valley-Goose Bay-17°C (1°F)
- Botwood-8°C (18°F)
- Botwood24°C (75°F)
- Grand Falls-Windsor24°C (75°F)
- Bishop's Falls24°C (75°F)
- Placentia17°C (63°F)
- Channel-Port aux Basques18°C (64°F)
- Marystown19°C (66°F)
- Placentia133 frost days
- Marystown153 frost days
- Paradise154 frost days
- Marystown173 cm
- Clarenville229 cm
- Bonavista229 cm
- Labrador City459 cm
- Gander443 cm
- Lewisporte443 cm
- Labrador City860 mm
- Happy Valley-Goose Bay938 mm
- Placentia1,133 mm
- Bay Roberts1,748 mm
- Spaniard's Bay1,748 mm
- Division No. 1, Subdivision E1,748 mm
Rankings in other provinces and territories
Photos: Labrador City, Quintin Soloviev (CC BY 4.0) · Paradise, Tango7174 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, Claxton Ray (Public domain) · Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Dmuggeridge (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Shawn from Airdrie, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Channel-Port aux Basques, Quintin Soloviev (CC BY 4.0) · Springdale, Ryan Hodnett (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Corner Brook, ParsonsPhotographyNL (CC BY-SA 4.0) · St. John's, Quintin Soloviev (CC BY 4.0) · Mount Pearl, Quintin Soloviev (CC BY 4.0) · Deer Lake, Torbenbrinker|Torbenbrinker (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Stephenville, JohnHinks (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Clarenville, Rioux Photography Edmonton, AB (Public domain) · Bonavista, Yergoneby (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Conception Bay South, Tango7174 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Placentia, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (Public domain) · Torbay, ALAN SCHMIERER (CC0) · Botwood, Kyla Curtis (Public domain) · Lewisporte, Shhewitt (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Marystown, Jorshua59 at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Grand Falls-Windsor, Quintin Soloviev (CC BY 4.0) · Bishop's Falls, Quincylvania (CC0) · Gander, Quintin Soloviev (CC BY 4.0) · Bay Roberts, Ryan Hodnett (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Spaniard's Bay, Tango7174 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Division No. 1, Subdivision E, WikiPedant (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026. 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).