Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainExpensive homes pull Tignish’s average 26% above the middle
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $250,000, the average one $314,000. What homes sold for in Tignish isn’t public: no sale figures are released on Prince Edward Island. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $108,000.
What Tignish’s homes are worth, two ways
Two sources, each set against Prince Edward Island’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $314K
- Owners
- 650
- Prince Edward Island’s towns
- $288K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Prince Edward Island’s towns
- $159K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Houses in Tignish carry assessments 33% under the middle of Prince Edward Island’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 890 homes in Tignish, detached houses 88% of them.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
Tignish’s homes: when they went up and what they are
695 occupied homes stood in Tignish in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 94% of them. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns
Homes by kind
| Tignish | Prince Edward Island | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 5% | 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.
Tignish is cheaper than most of Prince Edward Island’s towns: 13% under their $288,000 median
The census values of Prince Edward Island’s towns, 12 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.
Cheaper next to Tignish: Miminegash
The places around Tignish at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tignish | $250K | $314K | 94% | |
| Miminegash | $186K | $221K | 92% | 15.9 |
| Alberton | $250K | $252K | 38% | 18.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Tignish
How many households in Tignish are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 3% of Tignish’s households in core housing need, much as for Prince Edward Island’s towns (5%).
Is Tignish expensive for Prince Edward Island?
Below the norm for Prince Edward Island’s towns, whose median home is worth $288,000; Tignish’s is worth less.
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).