Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0Homes in Sheet Harbour are worth 40% less than the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Owners put the median home at $150,000 at the 2021 census; for Nova Scotia’s towns the median is $250,000. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. The median sale in 2023 was $493,000, across 8,470 buyers. For sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits, the only official count covers all of the city of Halifax, Sheet Harbour included.
Sheet Harbour’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
- $186K
- Owners
- 1,355
- 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
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 need than most: 11% of households in Sheet Harbour (Nova Scotia’s towns: 8%)
The 2021 census counted 1,545 occupied homes in Sheet Harbour; 92% 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
| Sheet Harbour | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | under 1% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 11% | 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.
24.4 new homes a year per 1,000 in Halifax: more than Nova Scotia’s towns (13.5)
Some 4,387 homes a year: 26,323 in all were permitted in Halifax from 2018 to 2023. 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
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. · Monthly permits: one figure for all of the Halifax metro area
Sheet Harbour is cheaper than most of Nova Scotia’s towns: 40% under 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.
Home values around Sheet Harbour
Next to Sheet Harbour: 2021 census values and the share of owners. Distances here run 53–68 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Sheet Harbour.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheet Harbour | $150K | $186K | 89% | |
| St. Mary's | $150K | $172K | 90% | 53.3 |
| Pictou County, Subdivision B | $170K | $204K | 85% | 65.7 |
| Colchester County, Subdivision C | $200K | $232K | 81% | 67 |
| Stewiacke | $220K | $237K | 61% | 67.9 |
| Stellarton | $150K | $168K | 62% | 68.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Sheet Harbour
Is Sheet Harbour expensive for Nova Scotia?
Less than most: Nova Scotia’s towns have a median of $250,000, and Sheet Harbour sits below 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).