Photo: Tango7174 · CC BY-SA 4.0Owners put the median home in Spaniard's Bay at $200,000
Behind it are the answers of 960 owners at the 2021 census. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. No open sale prices are published in Newfoundland and Labrador, so for Spaniard's Bay the census value is the measure.
Two ways to price a home in Spaniard's Bay
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
- $212K
- Owners
- 960
- Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
- $215K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Properties
- 1,620
- 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 92% of Spaniard's Bay’s homes, against 80% for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Spaniard's Bay had 1,110 occupied homes at the 2021 census. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Homes by kind
| Spaniard's Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
Permits in Spaniard's Bay ran at 7.6 homes a year per 1,000, near the 6.1 of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Building permits added 47 homes in Spaniard's Bay between 2018 and 2023: some 8 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 81% in single-unit buildings (Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 83%).
A peak in 2022: 15 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.
Spaniard's Bay sits close to 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 Spaniard's Bay: Harbour Grace
The places around Spaniard's Bay at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spaniard's Bay | $200K | $212K | 87% | |
| Bay Roberts | $250K | $250K | 81% | 3.6 |
| Upper Island Cove | $200K | $201K | 91% | 6.3 |
| Harbour Grace | $170K | $187K | 84% | 8.5 |
| Clarke's Beach | $250K | $271K | 77% | 11.3 |
| Carbonear | $200K | $216K | 73% | 13.6 |
| Victoria | $200K | $216K | 82% | 17.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Spaniard's Bay
How many households in Spaniard's Bay are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 7% of Spaniard's Bay’s households in core housing need, much as for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (6%).
Is Spaniard's Bay expensive for Newfoundland and Labrador?
Spaniard's Bay is close to the norm for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, whose median home is worth $215,000.
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).