Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHalf the owned homes in Gaetz Brook are valued above $250,000
It is the middle of what 1,650 owner households told the 2021 census. Treat the values as owners’ May 2021 guesses: they are self-reported, and they come from before rates went up. 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 Gaetz Brook alone.
What Gaetz Brook’s homes are worth, three ways
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
- $299K
- Owners
- 1,650
- 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).
Houses in Halifax carry 2.4 times the assessment of the median for Nova Scotia’s towns
Detached houses account for 71% of the 131,695 properties on Halifax’s 2024 roll; condos for 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.
11% of Gaetz Brook’s households are in core housing need, against 8% for Nova Scotia’s towns
1,915 occupied homes stood in Gaetz Brook in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 85% of them. At least half predate 2001. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Gaetz Brook | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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
Measured across the Halifax metro area: monthly permits
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.
Gaetz Brook sits near the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns ($250,000)
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.
Gaetz Brook’s neighbours by home value
The places around Gaetz Brook at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaetz Brook | $250K | $299K | 86% | |
| East Lawrencetown | $368K | $408K | 92% | 8.8 |
| Lake Echo | $300K | $301K | 92% | 8.9 |
| Musquodoboit Harbour | $300K | $319K | 87% | 9.8 |
| East Preston | $260K | $258K | 87% | 13.6 |
| Lawrencetown | $332K | $355K | 96% | 13.7 |
| Westphal | $348K | $331K | 92% | 18.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Gaetz Brook
Is Gaetz Brook expensive for Nova Scotia?
Gaetz Brook is close to the norm for Nova Scotia’s towns, whose median home is worth $250,000.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Not here: individual sales sit with provincial registries and aren’t open, so the published figures are town medians and averages.
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).