Photo: David Dermott · CC BY-SA 4.0Homes in Hubley are worth 60% more than the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
The census median was $400,000 in 2021, against $250,000 for Nova Scotia’s towns. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. Sales are published too: 8,470 buyers in 2023, at a median $493,000. For sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Halifax, Hubley included.
Hubley’s homes, by three sources
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
- $471K
- Owners
- 2,320
- 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
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.
A town of houses: 95% of the homes in Hubley stand alone (Nova Scotia’s towns: 83%)
At the 2021 census, Hubley had 2,510 homes with someone living in them. The older half dates from before 2001. Summed from small census areas, a neighbourhood’s parts may add up to a little less than its total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Hubley | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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
Over 2018–2023, 26,323 homes were permitted in Halifax, close to 4,387 each year. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 19% were single-unit, against 63% for Nova Scotia’s towns.
The busiest year: 2023, with 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
The monthly permits numbers here cover 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.
Hubley is 60% 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 Hubley: Timberlea
Next to Hubley: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubley | $400K | $471K | 93% | |
| Head of St Margarets Bay | $392K | $496K | 89% | 4.5 |
| Upper Tantallon | $448K | $464K | 89% | 4.8 |
| Hammonds Plains | $400K | $477K | 93% | 9.2 |
| Timberlea | $324K | $374K | 85% | 10.1 |
| Bedford | $448K | $527K | 58% | 14.8 |
| Clayton Park West | $448K | $468K | 33% | 15.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Hubley
Is Hubley expensive for Nova Scotia?
Yes: Hubley’s census median is above the $250,000 of Nova Scotia’s towns.
How many households in Hubley are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 5% of Hubley’s households in core housing need, a smaller share than the 8% of Nova Scotia’s towns.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Only in total: Statistics Canada releases each town’s median and average sale and its number of buyers, never a single sale.
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).