Photo: Thorfinn Stainforth · CC BY-SA 3.0In South End, the average home is worth 45% more than the median one
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $420,000; averaged, their homes came to $610,850. Statistics Canada counted 8,470 buyers in 2023, paying a median $493,000. Nobody publishes sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits for South End alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Halifax.
South End’s homes, by three sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Nova Scotia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $611K
- Owners
- 4,700
- 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.
40% of South End lives in apartments, where Nova Scotia’s towns have 5%
The 2021 census counted 9,445 occupied homes in South End. 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
| South End | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 7% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 15% | 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
Building permits added 26,323 homes in Halifax between 2018 and 2023: some 4,387 a year. Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 19%, where Nova Scotia’s towns built 63%. South End shares its monthly permits numbers with the rest of the Halifax metro area.
A peak in 2023: 5,355 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 5,538 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 15% fewer
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.
South End is dearer than most of Nova Scotia’s towns: 68% 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 South End: Mount Royale
Next to South End: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South End | $420K | $611K | 49% | |
| Westmount | $500K | $548K | 51% | 2.4 |
| Schmidtville | $548K | $668K | 14% | 2.8 |
| North End | $500K | $531K | 24% | 3.8 |
| Windsor Park | $400K | $426K | 40% | 4.6 |
| Fairview | $400K | $425K | 37% | 4.9 |
| Mount Royale | $348K | $354K | 28% | 5.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in South End
Is South End expensive for Nova Scotia?
On census values, South End ranks among the dearer of Nova Scotia’s towns (median $250,000).
How many households in South End are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 15% of South End’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 8% of Nova Scotia’s towns.
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).