Winter warmer index

What winter costs to heat, town by town

Same model on every row: the median home in each town, priced at the published Newfoundland Power and PUC rates, warmed by that town's own ECCC climate normal. The ranking is the difference between a mild coast and an inland January — and between a stock that burns oil and one on heat pumps.

Portugal Cove-St. Philip's costs $203 more to heat than Torbay — $499/mo against $296/mo, January through March.

Est. heating, January–March, per monthmedian active listing per town

St. John's$433/mo
St. John's · $433/mo · 1.00× St. John's severity · 74% electricity · 454 active
Paradise$416/mo
Paradise · $416/mo · 1.00× St. John's severity · 87% electricity · 156 active
Conception Bay South$390/mo
Conception Bay South · $390/mo · 1.00× St. John's severity · 55% electricity · 140 active
Stephenville$442/mo
Stephenville · $442/mo · 1.06× St. John's severity · 53% electricity · 91 active
Corner Brook$494/mo
Corner Brook · $494/mo · 1.07× St. John's severity · 59% electricity · 90 active
Bay Roberts$338/mo
Bay Roberts · $338/mo · 1.00× St. John's severity · 47% other / unlisted · 76 active
Grand Falls-Windsor$381/mo
Grand Falls-Windsor · $381/mo · 1.07× St. John's severity · 72% electricity · 75 active
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's$499/mo
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's · $499/mo · 1.00× St. John's severity · 48% electricity · 66 active
Torbay$296/mo
Torbay · $296/mo · 1.00× St. John's severity · 56% other / unlisted · 63 active
Mount Pearl$433/mo
Mount Pearl · $433/mo · 1.00× St. John's severity · 67% electricity · 57 active
Clarenville$375/mo
Clarenville · $375/mo · 1.00× St. John's severity · 68% electricity · 56 active
Gander$349/mo
Gander · $349/mo · 1.09× St. John's severity · 82% electricity · 49 active

Estimate — not an appraisal. Each bar is the median of that town's active listings, each priced at published rates (Newfoundland Power 15.587¢/kWh eff. 2026-07-01; PUC furnace-oil maximum 211.32¢/L, Zone 1ANE, 2026-10-31 — both pre-tax) using the town's own ECCC climate normal. Jan–Mar only; excludes HST, hot water, cooking and cooling.

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Town	Jan–Mar $/mo	Severity	Typical heat	Median sqft	Active
St. John's	$433	1.00×	electricity (74%)	2,180	454
Paradise	$416	1.00×	electricity (87%)	2,243	156
Conception Bay South	$390	1.00×	electricity (55%)	2,088	140
Stephenville	$442	1.06×	electricity (53%)	1,995	91
Corner Brook	$494	1.07×	electricity (59%)	2,123	90
Bay Roberts	$338	1.00×	other / unlisted (47%)	2,200	76
Grand Falls-Windsor	$381	1.07×	electricity (72%)	1,814	75
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's	$499	1.00×	electricity (48%)	2,731	66
Torbay	$296	1.00×	other / unlisted (56%)	2,780	63
Mount Pearl	$433	1.00×	electricity (67%)	2,144	57
Clarenville	$375	1.00×	electricity (68%)	2,050	56
Gander	$349	1.09×	electricity (82%)	1,609	49

Severity is the town's Jan–Mar heating degree-months against the St. John's normal — 1.00× means downtown St. John's. Rows marked by a 1.00× severity with no station fell back to the St. John's normal. Climate normals from the nearest ECCC station, 1981–2010.