Photo: Sophilosophie · CC BY-SA 4.0Clare sits 30% below Nova Scotia’s towns on home values
Owners put the median home at $174,000 at the 2021 census; for Nova Scotia’s towns the median is $250,000. Statistics Canada counted 205 buyers in 2023, paying a median $179,000. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $137,000.
Three ways to price a home in Clare
Each source sits beside its own median for Nova Scotia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $206K
- Owners
- 3,135
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $250K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $191K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2×
- Buyers
- 205
- 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).
Houses in Clare carry assessments 16% under the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 4,650 homes in Clare, detached houses 93% of them.
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.
94% of Clare’s homes are detached houses, where Nova Scotia’s towns have 83%
The 2021 census counted 3,605 occupied homes in Clare. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Clare | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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.
Permits in Clare ran at 10.7 homes a year per 1,000, where Nova Scotia’s towns ran at 13.5
Over 2018–2023, 226 homes were permitted in Clare, close to 38 each year. 79% were single-unit buildings, beside 63% for Nova Scotia’s towns.
Most in 2022: 50 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.
Clare against Nova Scotia’s towns: 30% under the $250,000 median
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.
Lower values near Clare: Digby
Next to Clare: 2021 census values and the share of owners. No closer places have figures: these lie 37–45 km from Clare.
Questions about property prices in Clare
Is Clare expensive for Nova Scotia?
Below the norm for Nova Scotia’s towns, whose median home is worth $250,000; Clare’s is worth less.
How many households in Clare are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 6% of households in Clare, where Nova Scotia’s towns sit at 8%.
What is the average house price in Clare?
The average sale was $191,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 2 times their income.
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).