Photo: Robert Alfers · Public domainOwners in Bedford value their homes 79% above the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $448,000 in 2021, where the median of Nova Scotia’s towns was $250,000. What owners reported in May 2021 is an opinion of value; interest rates and prices have both moved since. In 2023, 8,470 homes changed hands at a median price of $493,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. Figures for sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits are published for the city of Halifax as a whole, not for Bedford alone.
Three ways to price a home in Bedford
Each source sits beside its own median for Nova Scotia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $527K
- Owners
- 6,680
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $250K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale, wider area
- Average sale
- $530K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 3.3×
- Buyers
- 8,470
- 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, Halifax’s houses sit at 2.4 times Nova Scotia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 131,695 homes in Halifax: detached houses make 71% of them, condos 7%.
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.
Since 2001: 49% of the homes in Bedford, where Nova Scotia’s towns have 17%
Bedford had 11,625 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 45% of them single-detached houses. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Bedford | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 12% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 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 Halifax ran at 24.4 homes a year per 1,000, where Nova Scotia’s towns ran at 13.5
Building permits added 26,323 homes in Halifax between 2018 and 2023: some 4,387 a year. Very few were houses: 19% in single-unit buildings (Nova Scotia’s towns: 63%).
The busiest year: 2023, with 5,355 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
5,538 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, down 15% on the year before
Area-wide: monthly permits, counted over the Halifax metro area
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.
Bedford is 79% above 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.
Lower values near Bedford: Lower Sackville, Fairview and Mount Royale
Next to Bedford: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford | $448K | $527K | 58% | |
| Clayton Park West | $448K | $468K | 33% | 5 |
| Lower Sackville | $276K | $284K | 71% | 5.7 |
| Fairview | $400K | $425K | 37% | 7.7 |
| Mount Royale | $348K | $354K | 28% | 7.9 |
| Timberlea | $324K | $374K | 85% | 8.1 |
| Middle Sackville | $348K | $322K | 85% | 8.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Bedford
Is Bedford expensive for Nova Scotia?
More than most: Nova Scotia’s towns have a median of $250,000, and Bedford sits above it.
How many households in Bedford are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 9% of households in Bedford, where Nova Scotia’s towns sit at 8%.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Canada has no open register of individual sales; Statistics Canada publishes medians and averages by town only.
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).