Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0Permits in Digby added just 4.5 homes a year for every 1,000, where Nova Scotia’s towns added 13.5
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $170,000; averaged, their homes came to $190,000. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. Sales are published too: 55 buyers in 2023, at a median $195,000.
Three ways to price a home in Digby
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Nova Scotia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $190K
- Owners
- 420
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $250K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $194K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.1×
- Buyers
- 55
- 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).
Digby’s detached houses are assessed 11% below the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Detached houses account for 80% of the 740 properties on Digby’s 2024 roll.
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.
More apartments than most: 35% of the homes in Digby (Nova Scotia’s towns: 5%)
At the 2021 census, Digby had 1,030 homes with someone living in them. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Digby | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 23% | 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 Digby peaked in 2022: 13 new homes
Over 2018–2023, 29 homes were permitted in Digby, close to 5 each year. Houses dominate the permits, at 74% in single-unit buildings (Nova Scotia’s towns: 63%).
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.
Digby is cheaper than most of Nova Scotia’s towns: 32% under their $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 Digby: Digby
Next to Digby: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Digby has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 14–49 km out.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digby | $170K | $190K | 41% | |
| Digby | $150K | $186K | 81% | 14.1 |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision A | $200K | $240K | 88% | 19.5 |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision B | $200K | $225K | 76% | 49 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Digby
How many households in Digby are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Nova Scotia’s towns (8%): 23% in Digby, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Digby expensive for Nova Scotia?
On census values, Digby sits among the cheaper of Nova Scotia’s towns (median $250,000).
What is the average house price in Digby?
Homes sold for an average $194,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 2.1 times their household 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).