Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainA home in Meaghers Grant is worth 20% less than the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns
That is a median of $200,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $250,000 for Nova Scotia’s towns. Those values come from owners at the 2021 census and predate the prices of the years since. 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, Meaghers Grant included.
What Meaghers Grant’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
- $235K
- Owners
- 1,380
- 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
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.
The homes of Meaghers Grant, by period and type
The 2021 census counted 1,595 occupied homes in Meaghers Grant; 90% of them are single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981. 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
| Meaghers Grant | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 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
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Halifax created 26,323 homes, about 4,387 a year. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 19% were single-unit, against 63% for Nova Scotia’s towns.
A peak in 2023: 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
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. · Monthly permits: one figure for all of the Halifax metro area
Meaghers Grant against Nova Scotia’s towns: 20% under the $250,000 median
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.
Home values around Meaghers Grant
The places around Meaghers Grant at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 32–45 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Meaghers Grant.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meaghers Grant | $200K | $235K | 88% | |
| Stewiacke | $220K | $237K | 61% | 31.9 |
| Enfield | $274K | $296K | 81% | 39.7 |
| Halifax | $348K | $404K | 58% | 43.5 |
| Colchester County, Subdivision C | $200K | $232K | 81% | 44.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Meaghers Grant
Is Meaghers Grant expensive for Nova Scotia?
On census values, Meaghers Grant sits among the cheaper of Nova Scotia’s towns (median $250,000).
How many households in Meaghers Grant are in core housing need?
7% of Meaghers Grant’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?
No. Sales are published as town figures (median, average, buyers); street-level or single sales aren’t released.
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).