Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY-SA 3.0Westville sits 48% below Nova Scotia’s towns on home values
In figures: $130,000 for the median home in 2021, $250,000 for the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns. The median sale in 2023 was $166,000, across 90 buyers. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $120,000.
What Westville’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. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $150K
- Owners
- 1,125
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $250K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $191K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.4×
- Buyers
- 90
- 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 Westville is assessed 32% lower than across Nova Scotia’s towns
Assessors listed 1,365 residential properties in Westville for 2024, 87% 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.
The homes of Westville, by period and type
Westville had 1,565 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 74% of them single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Westville | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 2% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 6% | 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.
Westville permitted 4.6 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 13.5 of Nova Scotia’s towns
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Westville created 38 homes, about 6 a year. 81% were single-unit buildings, beside 63% for Nova Scotia’s towns.
The busiest year: 2023, with 15 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.
Westville against Nova Scotia’s towns: 48% under the $250,000 median
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 Westville: Trenton
Next to Westville: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westville | $130K | $150K | 72% | |
| Pictou County, Subdivision B | $170K | $204K | 85% | 3.8 |
| Stellarton | $150K | $168K | 62% | 4.2 |
| New Glasgow | $174K | $195K | 56% | 6.6 |
| Trenton | $120K | $129K | 74% | 9.1 |
| Pictou County, Subdivision C | $180K | $219K | 88% | 12 |
| Pictou | $150K | $165K | 66% | 13.5 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Westville
Is Westville expensive for Nova Scotia?
Less than most: Nova Scotia’s towns have a median of $250,000, and Westville sits below it.
How many households in Westville are in core housing need?
In Westville, 6% of households are in core housing need, against 8% for Nova Scotia’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
What is the average house price in Westville?
Buyers paid $191,000 on average in 2023, or 2.4 years of their income at the median.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Only in total: Statistics Canada releases each town’s median and average sale and its number of buyers, never a single sale.
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).