Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 4.0Owners in Wabana value their homes 58% below the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Owners put the median home at $90,000 at the 2021 census; for Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns the median is $215,000. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. Statistics Canada’s housing statistics carry no sale prices in Newfoundland and Labrador; the census value stands in for Wabana.
Wabana’s homes, by two sources
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $116K
- Owners
- 695
- Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
- $215K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Properties
- 1,405
- 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: 57% of the homes in Wabana, where Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns have 17%
955 occupied homes stood in Wabana in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 83% of them.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns
Homes by kind
| Wabana | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 2% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | under 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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.
Wabana against Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 58% under the $215,000 median
The census values of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, 32 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Home values around Wabana
Next to Wabana: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wabana | $90K | $116K | 72% | |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's | $376K | $408K | 86% | 8.7 |
| Paradise | $348K | $373K | 78% | 12.7 |
| Torbay | $348K | $388K | 82% | 15.3 |
| Conception Bay South | $300K | $325K | 82% | 15.6 |
| Mount Pearl | $290K | $297K | 71% | 17.1 |
| St. John's | $306K | $343K | 61% | 18.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Wabana
Is Wabana expensive for Newfoundland and Labrador?
No: Wabana’s census median is below the $215,000 of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns.
How many households in Wabana are in core housing need?
9% of Wabana’s households, above the 6% of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).