Photo: Paulo O from Halifax, Canada · CC BY 2.0Owners put the median home in Woodlawn at $300,000
That figure comes from 6,485 owner households at the 2021 census. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since. Statistics Canada counted 8,470 buyers in 2023, paying a median $493,000. Figures for sale prices, assessed values, values by property type and building permits are published for the city of Halifax as a whole, not for Woodlawn alone.
Three ways to price a home in Woodlawn
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
- $349K
- Owners
- 6,485
- 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
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.
The homes of Woodlawn, by period and type
At the 2021 census, 67% of Woodlawn’s 8,365 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980. 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
| Woodlawn | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Halifax created 26,323 homes, about 4,387 a year. Very few were houses: 19% in single-unit buildings (Nova Scotia’s towns: 63%).
The busiest year: 2023, with 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
Source area for monthly permits: the Halifax metro area
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.
Woodlawn is 20% 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.
Woodlawn’s neighbours by home value
The places around Woodlawn at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn | $300K | $349K | 78% | |
| Manor Park | $300K | $329K | 49% | 2.7 |
| Portland Estates | $428K | $416K | 55% | 3.3 |
| Westphal | $348K | $331K | 92% | 3.6 |
| Austinville | $360K | $402K | 29% | 4 |
| Cole Harbour | $320K | $340K | 83% | 4.7 |
| North End | $500K | $531K | 24% | 6.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Woodlawn
Is Woodlawn expensive for Nova Scotia?
Above the norm for Nova Scotia’s towns, whose median home is worth $250,000; Woodlawn’s is worth more.
How many households in Woodlawn are in core housing need?
8% of Woodlawn’s households, near the 8% of Nova Scotia’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair and can’t afford a better one nearby.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Not here: individual sales sit with provincial registries and aren’t open, so the published figures are town medians and averages.
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).