Photo: Ryan Hodnett · CC BY-SA 4.0Little is being built in Springdale: 2.3 new homes a year per 1,000, against 6.1 for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
A median of $180,000 and a mean of $197,600: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. Census values are owners’ own estimates, taken in May 2021, before the rise in interest rates. Sale prices aren’t published in Newfoundland and Labrador: what owners told the census is the figure to go on for Springdale.
Two ways to price a home in Springdale
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
- $198K
- Owners
- 880
- Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
- $215K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Properties
- 1,250
- 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).
Springdale’s homes: when they went up and what they are
At the 2021 census, 72% of Springdale’s 1,285 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Homes by kind
| Springdale | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 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.
The peak came in 2018, when Springdale permitted 8 new homes
Some 4 homes a year: 20 in all were permitted in Springdale from 2018 to 2023. Houses dominate the permits, at 100% in single-unit buildings (Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 83%).
A year with no report is left out.
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.
Springdale against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 16% under the $215,000 median
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 Springdale: Baie Verte and Botwood
Next to Springdale: 2021 census values and the share of owners. The nearest places to Springdale with figures are 51–79 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springdale | $180K | $198K | 69% | |
| Baie Verte | $140K | $157K | 78% | 51 |
| Botwood | $155K | $165K | 71% | 65.4 |
| Bishop's Falls | $176K | $182K | 76% | 68.6 |
| Grand Falls-Windsor | $210K | $238K | 67% | 69 |
| Lewisporte | $180K | $199K | 69% | 78.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Springdale
Is Springdale expensive for Newfoundland and Labrador?
Below the norm for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, whose median home is worth $215,000; Springdale’s is worth less.
How many households in Springdale are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 5% of Springdale’s households in core housing need, much as for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (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).