Photo: James Cullin · CC BY-SA 3.0In Twillingate, 13% of households can’t afford a home that is big enough and in good repair (Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 6%)
In May 2021 the median owned home was worth $150,000 by its owner’s reckoning, the average one $162,000. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Newfoundland and Labrador; the census value stands in for Twillingate. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $87,300.
Twillingate’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $162K
- Owners
- 855
- Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
- $215K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Properties
- 1,545
- 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).
Before 1961: 25% of the homes in Twillingate, where Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns have 17%
The 2021 census counted 1,005 occupied homes in Twillingate; 89% of them are single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Homes by kind
| Twillingate | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 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 Twillingate ran at 5 homes a year per 1,000, near the 6.1 of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Building permits added 33 homes in Twillingate between 2018 and 2023: some 6 a year. Most were houses: 80% went into single-unit buildings, against 83% for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns.
Most in 2018: 8 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.
Twillingate against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 30% 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 Twillingate: Division No. 8, Subdivision H, Division No. 8, Subdivision L and Fogo Island
The places around Twillingate at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Twillingate with figures are 10–41 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twillingate | $150K | $162K | 85% | |
| Division No. 8, Subdivision H | $100K | $111K | 91% | 9.7 |
| Division No. 8, Subdivision L | $120K | $148K | 89% | 40.8 |
| Fogo Island | $139K | $152K | 91% | 41.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Twillingate
Is Twillingate expensive for Newfoundland and Labrador?
Below the norm for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, whose median home is worth $215,000; Twillingate’s is worth less.
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).