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Bass River

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Rising, but more slowly than most of Nova Scotia.

Bass River's price per square foot rose 12% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 60 recent and 47 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.

A community within Colchester, on Nova Scotia's official governance map.

Active marketAs of August 2026 · 2021 census
$219,500typical house · 24mo14th pctile · NS
+12%price trend · 2yr41st pctile · NS
933homes
1,812residents

Sells in a median 58 days — faster than 13% of Nova Scotia areas · 43 sold

Sells for a median 91% of original asking — 16% at or above ask · 43 sold

0% cut their price before selling · 43 sold

Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.

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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Median sale$219,50024 mo
Registry sales6024 mo
24-mo change+12%
Median days on market58 days43 sold
Median assessment$176,6002026
OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $219,500 over the last 24 months — +12% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +64% over three years.

As of the 2021 Census, about 1,812 people live here, with a median household income near $63,200. 89% of homes are owner-occupied and 92% are single-detached.

Roughly 37 homes were added in the last five years — about 4.6% of the stock, and new builds trade at a +64% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.

Price-per-square-foot trajectoryPVSC · Sales
Median sale price per square foot in Bass River went from $265 in 2022 to $231 in 2026.20222023202420252026$231/ft²$265
Median sale price per square foot in Bass River went from $265 in 2022 to $231 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $65,300 and $432,792 (10th–90th percentile).

How Bass River compares to Nova ScotiaPVSC + Census · vs NS
Typical house · 24mo$219,50014th percentile
Price trend · 2yr+12%41st percentile
Assessed values · 3yr+64%vs NS +52%
Median year built1977vs NS 1979
Median household income$63,200vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied89%vs NS 67%
Single-detached92%vs NS 64%
Median age51.2vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Bass River; where a province-wide percentile exists it is shown, otherwise the Nova Scotia figure is given for reference.

Built form & new constructionPVSC · as of 2026-08-30

About 37 new homes were built in Bass River over the last five years — roughly 4.6% of its homes. New homes trade near $292/ft² against $178/ft² for existing — a +64% premium per square foot, after holding size constant. Counts detached, semi, townhouse and small multi-unit homes only — apartment and commercial development are tracked separately, so this is not a count of all new housing units.

Assessed value per ft², by era built

Pre-1960$148/ft² · 254 homes
1960–79$166/ft² · 191 homes
1980–99$174/ft² · 233 homes
2000–17$237/ft² · 81 homes
2018+$295/ft² · 45 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$200/ft² · 909 homes

Where recent sales landed

69%25%
Under $300k · 69.2%$300–500k · 25.2%$500–750k · 5.6%
Recorded salesRegistry · 21 years · ungated
2026-07-16308 Highway 2, Lower Five Islands$265,000
2026-07-1043 Judge Fulton, Bass River$275,000
2026-07-08376 Highway 2, Lower Five Islands$185,000
2026-06-30270 Bay Shore, Five Houses$224,000
2026-06-111009 Trout Lake, Hart Lake$121,000
2026-06-0387 Maple, Bass River$424,500
2026-05-071197 Highway 2, Five Islands$349,000
2026-03-3142 Memory, Lower Economy$270,000
2026-03-26607 Highway 2, Lower Five Islands$130,000
2026-02-205718 Highway 2, Bass River$200,000
2026-01-22863 Gray, Debert$558,000
2026-01-0967 Bay Shore, Five Houses$97,000

Source: PVSC sales records — single-parcel transfers of $50,000 or more. Multi-parcel conveyances and nominal family transfers are excluded because they aren't market sales.

Who lives here2021 Census · apportioned
Population1,812
Median age51.2
Avg household size2.2
Median household income$63,200
Owner-occupied89%
Rented11%
Single-detached92% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 20163% (NS 5.2%)

Census figures are apportioned from 2021 dissemination areas to this boundary by parcel share — an honest approximation, not a direct count.

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Debert$315,000+21%592
Hilden$342,500+12%545
Brule$325,000+5%533

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An area profile for Bass River— how the area has moved, never a per-home estimate or a forecast. Market figures cover the last 24 months of arm's-length single-family sales (Property Valuation Services Corporation); the trend is on median price per square foot, which controls for which homes happened to sell. Where recent sales are too thin to be reliable, the typical-price figure is suppressed and the assessed-value movement is shown instead. New-build premiums hold home size constant. Demographics are from the 2021 Census of Canada, apportioned from dissemination areas to this boundary by parcel share.

Sources — PVSC (sales & assessment) · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (Open Government Licence – Canada) · governance boundaries © Open Data Nova Scotia & HRM (OGL) · market data as of August 2026.