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Bear River (Digby)

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Cooling — prices have eased over the past two years.

Bear River (Digby)'s price per square foot fell 7% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 12 recent and 15 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.

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

Some recent salesAs of August 2026 · 2021 census
$172,500typical house · 24mo5th pctile · NS
-7%price trend · 2yr5th pctile · NS
325homes
662residents

Sells in a median 37 days — faster than 36% of Nova Scotia areas · 12 sold

Sells for a median 93% of original asking — 33% at or above ask · 12 sold

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

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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Median sale$172,50024 mo
Registry sales1224 mo
24-mo change-7%
Median days on market37 days12 sold
Median assessment$176,1002026
OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $172,500 over the last 24 months — -7% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +70% over three years.

As of the 2021 Census, about 662 people live here, with a median household income near $51,200. 72% of homes are owner-occupied and 83% are single-detached.

Roughly 14 homes were added in the last five years — about 7.1% of the stock.

Price-per-square-foot trajectoryPVSC · Sales
Median sale price per square foot in Bear River (Digby) went from $189 in 2022 to $201 in 2026.20222023202420252026$201/ft²$189
Median sale price per square foot in Bear River (Digby) went from $189 in 2022 to $201 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $75,500 and $337,500 (10th–90th percentile).

How Bear River (Digby) compares to Nova ScotiaPVSC + Census · vs NS
Typical house · 24mo$172,5005th percentile
Price trend · 2yr-7%5th percentile
Assessed values · 3yr+70%vs NS +52%
Median year built1977vs NS 1979
Median household income$51,200vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied72%vs NS 67%
Single-detached83%vs NS 64%
Median age54vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Bear River (Digby); 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 14 new homes were built in Bear River (Digby) over the last five years — roughly 7.1% of its homes. 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$140/ft² · 40 homes
1960–79$165/ft² · 70 homes
1980–99$151/ft² · 52 homes
2000–17$245/ft² · 17 homes
2018+$296/ft² · 17 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$183/ft² · 309 homes

Where recent sales landed

76%21%
Under $300k · 75.9%$300–500k · 20.7%$500–750k · 3.4%
Recorded salesRegistry · 21 years · ungated
2026-07-15510 Tom Wallace, Morganville$135,000
2026-06-301115 Lansdowne, Bear River$150,000
2025-11-061366 River, Bear River$185,000
2025-10-20206 Morganville, Bear River$225,000
2025-07-046910 Sissiboo, Bear River$75,000
2025-06-161165 River, Bear River$80,000
2025-04-17206 Morganville, Bear River$57,000
2025-01-311537 Lansdowne, Bear River$200,000
2024-12-041388 River, Bear River$189,000
2024-10-30271 Riverview, Bear River$413,000
2024-10-301586 Lansdowne, Bear River$350,000
2024-10-2554 Bell, Bear River$160,000

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
Population662
Median age54
Avg household size2.1
Median household income$51,200
Owner-occupied72%
Rented28%
Single-detached83% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 20162.2% (NS 5.2%)

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

More in Digby
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North Range$220,000+35%1,026
Bay View$255,000+27%568
Freeport$148,000+13%515
Smiths Cove$275,000+4%375

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How to read this profile

An area profile for Bear River (Digby)— 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.