Photo: A Disappearing Act · CC BY-SA 4.057% of Mount Royale’s homes have been built since 2001, against 17% for Nova Scotia’s towns
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $348,000, the average one $353,830. In 2023, 8,470 homes changed hands at a median price of $493,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. Mount Royale 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.
Three ways to price a home in Mount Royale
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Nova Scotia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $354K
- Owners
- 1,235
- 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
The 2024 assessment roll counts 131,695 homes in Halifax: detached houses make 71% of them, 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.
74% of Mount Royale lives in apartments, where Nova Scotia’s towns have 5%
At the 2021 census, Mount Royale had 4,375 homes with someone living in them. 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
| Mount Royale | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 16% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 2% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 14% | 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
Over 2018–2023, 26,323 homes were permitted in Halifax, close to 4,387 each year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 19%, where Nova Scotia’s towns built 63%.
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. · Area behind the monthly permits figures: the Halifax metro area
Mount Royale is dearer than most of Nova Scotia’s towns: 39% above their $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.
Mount Royale’s neighbours by home value
Next to Mount Royale: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Royale | $348K | $354K | 28% | |
| Fairview | $400K | $425K | 37% | 1.5 |
| Clayton Park West | $448K | $468K | 33% | 2.9 |
| Westmount | $500K | $548K | 51% | 3 |
| Windsor Park | $400K | $426K | 40% | 3.4 |
| North End | $500K | $531K | 24% | 4.7 |
| South End | $420K | $611K | 49% | 5.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Mount Royale
How many households in Mount Royale are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Nova Scotia’s towns (8%): 14% in Mount Royale, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Is Mount Royale expensive for Nova Scotia?
More than most: Nova Scotia’s towns have a median of $250,000, and Mount Royale sits above it.
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).