Photo: CP Hoffman from Washington, DC, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Schmidtville’s home values run 2.2 times those of the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns
In figures: $548,000 for the median home in 2021, $250,000 for the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns. Statistics Canada counted 8,470 buyers in 2023, paying a median $493,000. Schmidtville 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 Schmidtville
Each source sits beside its own median for Nova Scotia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $668K
- Owners
- 1,375
- 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).
Halifax’s detached houses are assessed at 2.4 times the median of 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.
More apartments than most: 92% of the homes in Schmidtville (Nova Scotia’s towns: 5%)
Schmidtville had 10,315 occupied homes at the 2021 census. At least half predate 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
| Schmidtville | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 15% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 6% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 9% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 16% | 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.
Building ahead of Nova Scotia’s towns: 24.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Halifax, against 13.5
Some 4,387 homes a year: 26,323 in all were permitted in Halifax from 2018 to 2023. Very few were houses: 19% in single-unit buildings (Nova Scotia’s towns: 63%). Nobody publishes monthly permits for Schmidtville alone, so this card uses the figure for 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.
Schmidtville is 119% 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 Schmidtville: North End, South End and Westmount
Next to Schmidtville: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schmidtville | $548K | $668K | 14% | |
| North End | $500K | $531K | 24% | 1.8 |
| South End | $420K | $611K | 49% | 2.8 |
| Westmount | $500K | $548K | 51% | 3.3 |
| Windsor Park | $400K | $426K | 40% | 3.4 |
| Manor Park | $300K | $329K | 49% | 3.7 |
| Austinville | $360K | $402K | 29% | 4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Schmidtville
Is Schmidtville expensive for Nova Scotia?
On census values, Schmidtville ranks among the dearer of Nova Scotia’s towns (median $250,000).
How many households in Schmidtville are in core housing need?
Above the norm for Nova Scotia’s towns (8%): 16% in Schmidtville, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).