Photo: PatHirtle · CC BY-SA 4.0A home in Bridgewater sells for 66% more than in the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns
The 2021 census put the median home at $200,000, with an average of $218,000. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $243,000. Some 82 new homes a year went up in Bridgewater on permits from 2018 to 2023.
Three ways to price a home in Bridgewater
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Nova Scotia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $218K
- Owners
- 2,465
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $250K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $350K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.5×
- Buyers
- 185
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $205K
all residential
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $157K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
On the assessment roll, Bridgewater’s houses sit 33% above Nova Scotia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 2,525 homes in Bridgewater: detached houses make 78% of them, condos 2%.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’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 Nova Scotia’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
14% of Bridgewater’s households are in core housing need, against 8% for Nova Scotia’s towns
The 2021 census counted 4,260 occupied homes in Bridgewater; 48% of them are single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Bridgewater | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 14% | 8% | 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 ahead of Nova Scotia’s towns: 22 new homes a year per 1,000 in Bridgewater, against 13.5
Only 14% went into single-unit buildings, beside 63% for Nova Scotia’s towns.
The busiest year: 2021, with 181 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.
Bridgewater is 20% below the $250,000 median of Nova Scotia’s towns
90 of Nova Scotia’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.
Bridgewater’s neighbours by home value
Next to Bridgewater: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater | $200K | $218K | 58% | |
| Lunenburg | $250K | $293K | 90% | 2.6 |
| Mahone Bay | $400K | $436K | 68% | 13.2 |
| Lunenburg | $348K | $382K | 63% | 16.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Bridgewater
What is the average house price in Bridgewater?
Homes sold for an average $350,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 2.5 times their household income.
Is Bridgewater expensive for Nova Scotia?
Less than most: Nova Scotia’s towns have a median of $250,000, and Bridgewater sits below it.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Only in total: Statistics Canada releases each town’s median and average sale and its number of buyers, never a single sale.
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).