Photo: A Disappearing Act · CC BY-SA 4.0New building in Middleton runs at 1.1 homes a year per 1,000, well under 13.5 for Nova Scotia’s towns
Asked in 2021, owners gave a median value of $200,000; averaged, their homes came to $213,000. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. Sales are published too: 40 buyers in 2023, at a median $285,000.
What Middleton’s homes are worth, three ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Nova Scotia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $213K
- Owners
- 425
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $250K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $270K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.5×
- Buyers
- 40
- 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 Middleton carry assessments 9% over the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns
Detached houses account for 78% of the 600 properties on Middleton’s 2024 roll.
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: 19% of households in Middleton (Nova Scotia’s towns: 8%)
Middleton had 920 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 52% of them 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
| Middleton | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 12% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 19% | 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.
2018 was the year Middleton built most: 3 new homes permitted
Middleton issued permits for 8 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 1 a year. Most were houses: 100% went into single-unit buildings, against 63% for Nova Scotia’s towns.
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
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.
Middleton is cheaper than most of Nova Scotia’s towns: 20% under their $250,000 median
The census values of Nova Scotia’s towns, 90 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Home values around Middleton
Next to Middleton: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton | $200K | $213K | 46% | |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision C | $200K | $238K | 82% | 4.3 |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision B | $200K | $225K | 76% | 16.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Middleton
What is the average house price in Middleton?
An average of $270,000 in 2023, with the median sale at 2.5 times the buyer’s income.
Is Middleton expensive for Nova Scotia?
No: Middleton’s census median is below the $250,000 of Nova Scotia’s towns.
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).