Photo: chester902 · Public domainHomes in Wolfville sell for 2.2 times the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
A median of $400,000 and a mean of $422,000: that is how owners valued their homes in 2021. Assessors valued the median residential property at $391,000 for 2024. From 2018 to 2023, Wolfville issued permits for some 28 new homes a year.
What Wolfville’s homes are worth, three ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Nova Scotia’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $422K
- Owners
- 940
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $250K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $480K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 2.7×
- Buyers
- 105
- 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 Wolfville is assessed at 2.2 times the middle of Nova Scotia’s towns
Assessors listed 1,435 residential properties in Wolfville for 2024, 61% of them detached houses and 4% condos.
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.
52% of Wolfville lives in apartments, where Nova Scotia’s towns have 5%
Wolfville had 2,440 occupied homes at the 2021 census. Half went up before 2001.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Nova Scotia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Wolfville | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 7% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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.
Permits in Wolfville ran at 12.7 homes a year per 1,000, near the 13.5 of Nova Scotia’s towns
Multi-unit buildings took most: single-unit ones were just 16%, where Nova Scotia’s towns built 63%.
Most in 2019: 100 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.
Wolfville is dearer than most of Nova Scotia’s towns: 60% above their $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 Wolfville: Kings County, Subdivision D, Kings County, Subdivision B and Kings County, Subdivision C
Next to Wolfville: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfville | $400K | $422K | 39% | |
| Kings County, Subdivision D | $260K | $314K | 85% | 2.7 |
| Kings County, Subdivision B | $250K | $284K | 74% | 8.9 |
| Kings County, Subdivision C | $250K | $257K | 66% | 10.7 |
| Kentville | $250K | $291K | 55% | 11.2 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Wolfville
Is Wolfville expensive for Nova Scotia?
Dearer than the middle: Nova Scotia’s towns come to $250,000, Wolfville to more.
What is the average house price in Wolfville?
Buyers paid $480,000 on average in 2023, or 2.7 years of their income at the median.
How many households in Wolfville are in core housing need?
In line with Nova Scotia’s towns (8%): 8% in Wolfville, counting the households whose home falls short on cost, size or repair.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Canada has no open register of individual sales; Statistics Canada publishes medians and averages by town only.
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).