Photo: Paulo O from Halifax, Canada · CC BY 2.0A newly built town: 46% of the homes in Hammonds Plains date from 2001 or later (Nova Scotia’s towns: 17%)
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $400,000, the average one $476,734. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. Statistics Canada counted 8,470 buyers in 2023, paying a median $493,000. Hammonds Plains doesn’t get its own sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits figures; the ones here come from the city of Halifax.
What Hammonds Plains’s homes are worth, three ways
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
- $477K
- Owners
- 4,425
- 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
In 2024, Halifax had 131,695 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 71% of them and 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.
Hammonds Plains’s homes: when they went up and what they are
Of the 4,790 homes people lived in across Hammonds Plains at the 2021 census, 87% were single-detached houses. 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
| Hammonds Plains | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 3% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 3% | 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.
Building ahead of Nova Scotia’s towns: 24.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Halifax, against 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
Shared with the rest of 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.
Hammonds Plains against Nova Scotia’s towns: 60% over the $250,000 median
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 Hammonds Plains: Middle Sackville, Lower Sackville and Timberlea
The places around Hammonds Plains at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammonds Plains | $400K | $477K | 93% | |
| Middle Sackville | $348K | $322K | 85% | 7.7 |
| Upper Tantallon | $448K | $464K | 89% | 8.1 |
| Bedford | $448K | $527K | 58% | 8.3 |
| Lower Sackville | $276K | $284K | 71% | 9.2 |
| Hubley | $400K | $471K | 93% | 9.2 |
| Timberlea | $324K | $374K | 85% | 10 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Hammonds Plains
How many households in Hammonds Plains are in core housing need?
In Hammonds Plains, 3% of households are in core housing need, against 8% for Nova Scotia’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
Is Hammonds Plains expensive for Nova Scotia?
Yes: Hammonds Plains’s census median is above the $250,000 of Nova Scotia’s towns.
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).