Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Apartments make up 42% of the homes in Truro, where Nova Scotia’s towns have 5%
Going by owners’ own estimates in 2021, the typical home is worth $194,000, the average one $219,200. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. Sales are published too: 270 buyers in 2023, at a median $300,000.
Truro’s homes, by three sources
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
- $219K
- Owners
- 2,695
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $250K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $290K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.6×
- Buyers
- 270
- 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).
Detached houses make up 72% of Truro’s residential properties
In 2024, Truro had 3,655 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 72% of them and condos 1%.
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: 14% of households in Truro (Nova Scotia’s towns: 8%)
People lived in 6,350 homes in Truro at the 2021 census. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Truro | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 3% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 8% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 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.
Truro permitted 21.9 new homes a year per 1,000, above the 13.5 of Nova Scotia’s towns
Truro issued permits for 741 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 124 a year. Apartments and other multi-unit buildings dominate: only 6% were single-unit, against 63% for Nova Scotia’s towns.
The busiest year: 2022, with 247 new homes
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.
Truro is cheaper than most of Nova Scotia’s towns: 22% 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 Truro
The places around Truro at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truro | $194K | $219K | 43% | |
| Millbrook 27 | – | – | 15% | 3.7 |
| Colchester County, Subdivision C | $200K | $232K | 81% | 8 |
| Colchester County, Subdivision B | $200K | $227K | 78% | 9.9 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Truro
What is the average house price in Truro?
Homes sold for an average $290,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 2.6 times their household income.
Is Truro expensive for Nova Scotia?
No: Truro’s census median is below the $250,000 of Nova Scotia’s towns.
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).