Photo: misterjerk2 · CC BY-SA 3.0Home values in Upper Tantallon run 79% higher than the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Owners put the median home at $448,000 at the 2021 census; for Nova Scotia’s towns the median is $250,000. 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 Upper Tantallon alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Halifax.
Three ways to price a home in Upper Tantallon
Three sources, each set against Nova Scotia’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $464K
- Owners
- 1,650
- 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
Of Halifax’s 131,695 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 71% are detached houses and 7% are condos.
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.
Since 2001: 53% of the homes in Upper Tantallon, where Nova Scotia’s towns have 17%
At the 2021 census, 96% of Upper Tantallon’s 1,835 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Neighbourhood figures add up small census areas, and rounding can leave the parts a little under the total.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Upper Tantallon | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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
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%.
Most 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
Shared with the rest of 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.
Upper Tantallon is 79% 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 Upper Tantallon: Head of St Margarets Bay, Hubley and Hammonds Plains
The places around Upper Tantallon at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Tantallon | $448K | $464K | 89% | |
| Head of St Margarets Bay | $392K | $496K | 89% | 3.9 |
| Hubley | $400K | $471K | 93% | 4.8 |
| Hammonds Plains | $400K | $477K | 93% | 8.1 |
| Timberlea | $324K | $374K | 85% | 13.3 |
| Middle Sackville | $348K | $322K | 85% | 15.4 |
| Bedford | $448K | $527K | 58% | 15.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Upper Tantallon
Is Upper Tantallon expensive for Nova Scotia?
More than most: Nova Scotia’s towns have a median of $250,000, and Upper Tantallon sits above it.
How many households in Upper Tantallon are in core housing need?
Below the norm for Nova Scotia’s towns (8%): 5% in Upper Tantallon, 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).