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Property prices in St. Anthony · Census 2021 and Statistics Canada

For every 1,000 homes, St. Anthony permitted only 1.9 new ones a year; Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns permitted 6.1

The 2021 census put the median home at $174,000, with an average of $177,600. No sales are published for towns in Newfoundland and Labrador, St. Anthony included, so owners’ values are the measure. Assessors valued the median residential property at $134,000 for 2024.

Median home value
$174K
owners’ estimate, census 2021
average $178K
Median assessed value
$134K
all residential, 2024
New homes a year
3
permits, 2018–2023
1.9 per 1,000 homes
Owner households
715
census 2021
77% of households
What homes are worth

St. Anthony’s homes, by two sources

Two sources, each set against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.

Census 2021$174K

median, owners’ estimate

Average
$178K
Owners
715
Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
$215K
The typical Canadian town
$406K
Assessed, 2024$134K

all residential

Properties
1,030
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).

The homes

The homes of St. Anthony, by period and type

925 occupied homes stood in St. Anthony in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 80% of them. Half went up before 1981.

When they were built

Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns

Before 196116%
1961–198041%
1981–200031%
2001–20157%
2016–20215%
What kind of home

Homes by kind

Single-detached houses80%
Semi-detached houses4%
Row houses3%
Flats in a duplex5%
Apartments, under 5 storeys7%
Other attached1%
Against the median town of the province and of Canada
St. AnthonyNewfoundland and LabradorCanada
Condominiums4%2%8%
Needing major repairs2%5%6%
Too small for the household3%1%3%
Households in core housing need10%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.

New homes

The peak came in 2018, when St. Anthony permitted 7 new homes

St. Anthony issued permits for 14 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 3 a year. Houses dominate the permits, at 71% in single-unit buildings (Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 83%).

Permits by year, 2018–2023
Single-unit buildingsTwo or more units
0246820182020202120222023

A year with no report is left out.

The pace

New homes a year per 1,000 homes

St. Anthony1.9
Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns6.1
The typical Canadian town13.8
$348K
of new residential construction a year, 2019–2023

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.

Across Newfoundland and Labrador

St. Anthony against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 19% 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.

Median value, census 2021

Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.

Lower values near St. Anthony: Division No. 9, Subdivision C and Blanc-Sablon

Next to St. Anthony: 2021 census values and the share of owners. St. Anthony has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 86–110 km out.

Division No. 9, Subdivision CBlanc-SablonDivision No. 9, Subdivision CBlanc-SablonSt. Anthony
Prices next door
TownMedian home valueAverageOwnerskm
St. Anthony$174K$178K77%
Division No. 9, Subdivision C$100K$112K97%85.9
Blanc-Sablon$150K$174K78%110.3

Census 2021 values; km.

Questions about property prices in St. Anthony

How many households in St. Anthony are in core housing need?

Above the norm for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (6%): 10% in St. Anthony, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.

Is St. Anthony expensive for Newfoundland and Labrador?

No: St. Anthony’s census median is below the $215,000 of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns.

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).