Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0Half the owned homes in Musquodoboit Harbour are valued above $300,000
That figure comes from 1,055 owner households at the 2021 census. In 2023, 8,470 homes changed hands at a median price of $493,000, by Statistics Canada’s count. Nobody publishes sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits for Musquodoboit Harbour alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Halifax.
What Musquodoboit Harbour’s homes are worth, three ways
Three sources, each set against Nova Scotia’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $319K
- Owners
- 1,055
- 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.
95% of Musquodoboit Harbour’s homes are detached houses, where Nova Scotia’s towns have 83%
At the 2021 census, Musquodoboit Harbour had 1,215 homes with someone living in them. The older half dates from 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
| Musquodoboit Harbour | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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
Halifax issued permits for 26,323 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 4,387 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 19%, where Nova Scotia’s towns built 63%.
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
Measured across 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.
Musquodoboit Harbour is dearer than most of Nova Scotia’s towns: 20% above their $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.
Lower values near Musquodoboit Harbour: Gaetz Brook and Meaghers Grant
Next to Musquodoboit Harbour: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musquodoboit Harbour | $300K | $319K | 87% | |
| Gaetz Brook | $250K | $299K | 86% | 9.8 |
| East Lawrencetown | $368K | $408K | 92% | 14.2 |
| Meaghers Grant | $200K | $235K | 88% | 17.3 |
| Lake Echo | $300K | $301K | 92% | 18.6 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Musquodoboit Harbour
How many households in Musquodoboit Harbour are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 6% of households in Musquodoboit Harbour, where Nova Scotia’s towns sit at 8%.
Is Musquodoboit Harbour expensive for Nova Scotia?
Above the norm for Nova Scotia’s towns, whose median home is worth $250,000; Musquodoboit Harbour’s is worth more.
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).