Photo: William Booth · Public domainOwners in Shelburne value their homes 40% below the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Owners put the median home at $150,000 at the 2021 census; for Nova Scotia’s towns the median is $250,000. The median sale in 2023 was $170,000, across 50 buyers. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $129,000.
Three ways to price a home in Shelburne
Three sources, each set against Nova Scotia’s towns only: provinces measure value differently, so they don’t line up across borders. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $184K
- Owners
- 530
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $250K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $192K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.9×
- Buyers
- 50
- 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).
Shelburne’s detached houses are assessed 22% below the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Assessors listed 770 residential properties in Shelburne for 2024, 82% of them detached houses.
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.
Core housing need: 14% of Shelburne’s households, where Nova Scotia’s towns sit at 8%
Of the 795 homes people lived in across Shelburne at the 2021 census, 72% were single-detached houses. Over half went up before 1961.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Shelburne | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 14% | 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.
Shelburne is 40% below the $250,000 median of Nova Scotia’s towns
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.
Shelburne’s neighbours by home value
The places around Shelburne at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Shelburne with figures are 4–47 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelburne | $150K | $184K | 66% | |
| Shelburne | $174K | $221K | 84% | 3.7 |
| Barrington | $180K | $207K | 84% | 38.8 |
| Argyle | $170K | $205K | 91% | 47 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Shelburne
Is Shelburne expensive for Nova Scotia?
On census values, Shelburne sits among the cheaper of Nova Scotia’s towns (median $250,000).
What is the average house price in Shelburne?
Buyers paid $192,000 on average in 2023, or 1.9 years of their income at the median.
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. 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).