Photo: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Owners in Inverness County, Subdivision A value their homes 30% below the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Owners valued the median home at $174,000 in 2021, where the median of Nova Scotia’s towns was $250,000. The census figure is the owner’s own reckoning of value in May 2021; actual sale prices may differ. Statistics Canada counted 145 buyers in 2023, paying a median $140,000.
What Inverness County, Subdivision A’s homes are worth, three ways
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
- $209K
- Owners
- 2,030
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $250K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $158K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 0.9×
- Buyers
- 145
- 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 Inverness County, Subdivision A carry assessments 24% under the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 3,255 homes in Inverness County, Subdivision A, detached houses 87% of them.
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.
Major repairs needed: 11% of the homes in Inverness County, Subdivision A, where Nova Scotia’s towns have 9%
At the 2021 census, 87% of Inverness County, Subdivision A’s 2,395 occupied homes were single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Inverness County, Subdivision A | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 11% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 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.
Inverness County, Subdivision A is 30% below 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 Inverness County, Subdivision A: Victoria County, Subdivision A and Cape Breton
The places around Inverness County, Subdivision A at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. Distances here run 49–79 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Inverness County, Subdivision A.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness County, Subdivision A | $174K | $209K | 85% | |
| Inverness | $200K | $239K | 81% | 49.2 |
| Victoria County, Subdivision B | $200K | $231K | 87% | 50.8 |
| Victoria County, Subdivision A | $150K | $220K | 91% | 53.7 |
| Cape Breton | $160K | $184K | 71% | 78.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Inverness County, Subdivision A
What is the average house price in Inverness County, Subdivision A?
The average sale was $158,000 in 2023, and at the median, buyers paid 0.9 times their income.
Is Inverness County, Subdivision A expensive for Nova Scotia?
On census values, Inverness County, Subdivision A sits among the cheaper of Nova Scotia’s towns (median $250,000).
How many households in Inverness County, Subdivision A are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 10% of households in Inverness County, Subdivision A, where Nova Scotia’s towns sit at 8%.
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. 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).