Photo: A Disappearing Act · CC BY-SA 2.0Apartments make up 57% of the homes in Fairview, where Nova Scotia’s towns have 5%
A median of $400,000 and a mean of $425,235: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. In 2023, 8,470 homes changed hands at a median price of $493,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. For sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Halifax, Fairview included.
What Fairview’s homes are worth, three ways
Three sources, each set against Nova Scotia’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $425K
- Owners
- 2,805
- 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).
Halifax’s detached houses are assessed at 2.4 times the median of 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.
More need than most: 19% of households in Fairview (Nova Scotia’s towns: 8%)
At the 2021 census, Fairview had 7,670 homes with someone living in them. Half or more were standing by 1980. 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
| Fairview | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 9% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 19% | 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
Some 4,387 homes a year: 26,323 in all were permitted in Halifax from 2018 to 2023. Very few were houses: 19% in single-unit buildings (Nova Scotia’s towns: 63%).
A peak in 2023: 5,355 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 5,538 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 15% fewer
Monthly permits for 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.
Fairview is 60% above the $250,000 median of Nova Scotia’s towns
The census values of Nova Scotia’s towns, 90 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Cheaper next to Fairview: Mount Royale
Next to Fairview: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | $400K | $425K | 37% | |
| Mount Royale | $348K | $354K | 28% | 1.5 |
| Windsor Park | $400K | $426K | 40% | 1.9 |
| Westmount | $500K | $548K | 51% | 2.6 |
| Clayton Park West | $448K | $468K | 33% | 3.2 |
| North End | $500K | $531K | 24% | 3.4 |
| Schmidtville | $548K | $668K | 14% | 4.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Fairview
Is Fairview expensive for Nova Scotia?
More than most: Nova Scotia’s towns have a median of $250,000, and Fairview sits above it.
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).