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Birch Cove

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Rising, but among the slowest in Nova Scotia.

Birch Cove's price per square foot rose 3% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 71 recent and 73 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.

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

Active marketAs of August 2026 · 2021 census
$816,000typical house · 24mo99th pctile · NS
+3%price trend · 2yr16th pctile · NS
1,349homes
10,371residents

Sells in a median 26 days — faster than 53% of Nova Scotia areas · 70 sold

Sells for a median 97% of original asking — 21% at or above ask · 70 sold

0% cut their price before selling · 70 sold

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

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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Median sale$816,00024 mo
Registry sales7124 mo
24-mo change+3%
Median days on market26 days70 sold
Median assessment$668,5002026
OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $816,000 over the last 24 months — +3% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +32% over three years.

Condos here sold around $377,000 over the same period (43 sales), counted separately from houses.

As of the 2021 Census, about 10,371 people live here, with a median household income near $78,000. 32% of homes are owner-occupied and 17% are single-detached.

Roughly 33 homes were added in the last five years — about 2.5% of the stock.

Price-per-square-foot trajectoryPVSC · Sales
Median sale price per square foot in Birch Cove went from $284 in 2022 to $303 in 2026.20222023202420252026$303/ft²$284
Median sale price per square foot in Birch Cove went from $284 in 2022 to $303 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $534,000 and $980,000 (10th–90th percentile).

How Birch Cove compares to Nova ScotiaPVSC + Census · vs NS
Typical house · 24mo$816,00099th percentile
Price trend · 2yr+3%16th percentile
Assessed values · 3yr+32%vs NS +52%
Median year built2004vs NS 1979
Median household income$78,000vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied32%vs NS 67%
Single-detached17%vs NS 64%
Median age38.8vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Birch Cove; 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 33 new homes were built in Birch Cove over the last five years — roughly 2.5% 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$347/ft² · 116 homes
1960–79$305/ft² · 58 homes
1980–99$300/ft² · 294 homes
2000–17$292/ft² · 733 homes
2018+$319/ft² · 139 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$296/ft² · 865 homes

Where recent sales landed

28%31%37%
Under $300k · 4.9%$300–500k · 27.5%$500–750k · 30.7%$750k+ · 36.9%
Recorded salesRegistry · 21 years · ungated
2026-07-2994 Bedros, Halifax$703,000
2026-07-15116 Larry Uteck, Halifax$460,000
2026-07-15237 Transom, Halifax$840,000
2026-07-0883 Kearney Lake, Halifax$351,500
2026-07-06385 Starboard, Halifax$945,000
2026-06-30404 Starboard, Halifax$950,000
2026-06-29198 Cresthaven, Halifax$810,200
2026-06-2450 Helmsman, Halifax$982,500
2026-06-2412 Princes, Halifax$732,500
2026-06-1847 Crozier, Halifax$1,270,000
2026-06-18328 Fleetview, Halifax$650,000
2026-05-28322 Transom, Halifax$1,029,000

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
Population10,371
Median age38.8
Avg household size2.2
Median household income$78,000
Owner-occupied32%
Rented68%
Single-detached17% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 201621.6% (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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An area profile for Birch Cove— 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.