Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHome values in Harrietsfield run 39% higher than the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
That is a median of $348,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $250,000 for Nova Scotia’s towns. Sales are published too: 8,470 buyers in 2023, at a median $493,000. Behind sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits sits data gathered across the city of Halifax, with Harrietsfield one part of it.
What Harrietsfield’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. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $369K
- Owners
- 2,475
- 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.
How Harrietsfield’s homes break down, by age and kind
Of the 2,745 homes people lived in across Harrietsfield at the 2021 census, 87% were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000. 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
| Harrietsfield | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 7% | 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.
Halifax permitted 24.4 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 13.5 of Nova Scotia’s towns
Building permits added 26,323 homes in Halifax between 2018 and 2023: some 4,387 a year. Only 19% went into single-unit buildings, beside 63% for Nova Scotia’s towns. Harrietsfield doesn’t get its own monthly permits figures; the ones here come from the Halifax metro area.
The busiest year: 2023, with 5,355 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 15%: 5,538 new homes in the year to August 2026
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.
Harrietsfield against Nova Scotia’s towns: 39% 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 Harrietsfield: Hatchet Lake
The places around Harrietsfield at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrietsfield | $348K | $369K | 90% | |
| Hatchet Lake | $300K | $350K | 91% | 9.5 |
| South End | $420K | $611K | 49% | 9.6 |
| Westmount | $500K | $548K | 51% | 11.1 |
| Schmidtville | $548K | $668K | 14% | 12.2 |
| Mount Royale | $348K | $354K | 28% | 12.8 |
| North End | $500K | $531K | 24% | 13.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Harrietsfield
Is Harrietsfield expensive for Nova Scotia?
Dearer than the middle: Nova Scotia’s towns come to $250,000, Harrietsfield to more.
How many households in Harrietsfield are in core housing need?
7% of Harrietsfield’s households, near the 8% of Nova Scotia’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
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).