Photo: Nova Scotia Archives · Public domainLittle is being built in Yarmouth: 4.4 new homes a year per 1,000, against 13.5 for Nova Scotia’s towns
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $174,000; the average was $206,000. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. Sales are published too: 110 buyers in 2023, at a median $205,000.
What Yarmouth’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.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $206K
- Owners
- 1,425
- Nova Scotia’s towns
- $250K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $195K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 1.9×
- Buyers
- 110
- 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 Yarmouth is assessed 10% lower than across Nova Scotia’s towns
Detached houses account for 70% of the 2,130 properties on Yarmouth’s 2024 roll.
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.
Apartments are 32% of Yarmouth’s homes, against 5% for Nova Scotia’s towns
People lived in 3,260 homes in Yarmouth 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
| Yarmouth | Nova Scotia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 9% | 9% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 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.
Yarmouth’s busiest year for permits was 2019, with 25 new homes
Yarmouth issued permits for 90 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 15 a year. About 21% went into single-unit buildings, where Nova Scotia’s towns built 63%.
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.
Yarmouth is 30% 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.
Home values around Yarmouth
The places around Yarmouth at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
Questions about property prices in Yarmouth
Is Yarmouth expensive for Nova Scotia?
No: Yarmouth’s census median is below the $250,000 of Nova Scotia’s towns.
How many households in Yarmouth are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 9% of households in Yarmouth, where Nova Scotia’s towns sit at 8%.
What is the average house price in Yarmouth?
Buyers paid $195,000 on average in 2023, or 1.9 years of their income at the median.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
No. Sales are published as town figures (median, average, buyers); street-level or single sales aren’t released.
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).