Photo: NordSpace · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in St. Lawrence are worth 53% less than the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
The census median was $100,000 in 2021, against $215,000 for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. For St. Lawrence there is no published sale price, as for every town in Newfoundland and Labrador. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $52,200.
What St. Lawrence’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $126K
- Owners
- 405
- Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
- $215K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Properties
- 685
- 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).
Major repairs needed: 11% of the homes in St. Lawrence, where Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns have 5%
The 2021 census counted 485 occupied homes in St. Lawrence; 97% of them are 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
| St. Lawrence | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 11% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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.
Building behind Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 2.1 new homes a year per 1,000 in St. Lawrence, against 6.1
Some 1 homes a year: 4 in all were permitted in St. Lawrence from 2019 to 2023. Single-unit buildings took 100% of them, where Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns built 83%.
A peak in 2019: 1 new homes
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.
St. Lawrence against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 53% 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 St. Lawrence: Fortune
The places around St. Lawrence at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. St. Lawrence has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 23–37 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Lawrence | $100K | $126K | 85% | |
| Burin | $174K | $196K | 86% | 23.2 |
| Marystown | $200K | $205K | 71% | 31.7 |
| Grand Bank | $95K | $105K | 84% | 33.9 |
| Fortune | $85K | $105K | 82% | 37 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in St. Lawrence
Is St. Lawrence expensive for Newfoundland and Labrador?
Cheaper than the middle: Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns come to $215,000, St. Lawrence to less.
How many households in St. Lawrence are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns (6%): 8% in St. Lawrence, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).