Photo: Plumzee · CC BY-SA 4.0Victoria County, Subdivision A’s average home value sits 46% above the median
The middle home was worth $150,000 at the 2021 census, the average $219,600. Statistics Canada counted 70 buyers in 2023, paying a median $220,000. The 2024 property assessment puts the median residential property at $121,000.
What Victoria County, Subdivision A’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. A census value is an owner’s guess at a selling price in May 2021, and prices have moved since.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $220K
- Owners
- 1,110
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $250K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $230K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.7×
- Buyers
- 70
- 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).
A detached house in Victoria County, Subdivision A is assessed 22% lower than across Nova Scotia’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 1,765 homes in Victoria County, Subdivision A, detached houses 84% 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.
How Victoria County, Subdivision A’s homes break down, by age and kind
The 2021 census counted 1,215 occupied homes in Victoria County, Subdivision A; 88% of them are single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 1981.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Victoria County, Subdivision A | 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 | 9% | 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.
Victoria County, Subdivision A is 40% 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.
Victoria County, Subdivision A’s neighbours by home value
The places around Victoria County, Subdivision A at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The nearest places to Victoria County, Subdivision A with figures are 54–70 km away.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria County, Subdivision A | $150K | $220K | 91% | |
| Inverness County, Subdivision A | $174K | $209K | 85% | 53.7 |
| Cape Breton | $160K | $184K | 71% | 61.9 |
| Victoria County, Subdivision B | $200K | $231K | 87% | 70.4 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Victoria County, Subdivision A
Is Victoria County, Subdivision A expensive for Nova Scotia?
Below the norm for Nova Scotia’s towns, whose median home is worth $250,000; Victoria County, Subdivision A’s is worth less.
What is the average house price in Victoria County, Subdivision A?
Homes sold for an average $230,000 in 2023; the median buyer paid 1.7 times their household income.
How many households in Victoria County, Subdivision A are in core housing need?
In line with Nova Scotia’s towns (8%): 9% in Victoria County, Subdivision A, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
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).