Cape Breton · Eastern
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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate
Rising, but more slowly than most of Nova Scotia.
Cape Breton's price per square foot rose 12% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 1,590 recent and 1,700 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.
Sells in a median 20 days · 1,253 sold
Sells for a median 95% of original asking — 28% at or above ask · 1,252 sold
1% cut their price before selling · 1,256 sold
Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.
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Single-family homes here typically sold around $235,000 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 +61% over three years.
As of the 2021 Census, about 93,694 people live here, with a median household income near $63,502. 71% of homes are owner-occupied and 74% are single-detached.
Roughly 582 homes were added in the last five years — about 1.9% of the stock, and new builds trade at a +42.5% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.
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Recorded sales
Registry of deeds · ungated| SEP 25 2026 | 232 Cusack Drive, Sydney | $325,000 |
| SEP 25 2026 | 137 Kimberly Drive, Sydney River | $350,000 |
| SEP 25 2026 | 33 Turnbull Street, Dominion | $300,000 |
| SEP 24 2026 | 19 Oram Drive, Florence | $215,000 |
| SEP 24 2026 | 130 Woods Road, Benacadie | $130,000 |
| SEP 24 2026 | 56 Villa Nova Road, Dominion | $160,000 |
| SEP 24 2026 | 101 Kenwood Drive, Sydney River | $275,000 |
| SEP 24 2026 | 135 Forrest Street, Sydney Mines | $210,000 |
| SEP 24 2026 | 20 Jessomes Lane, Long Island | $150,000 |
| SEP 23 2026 | 112 South Street, Glace Bay | $295,000 |
| SEP 21 2026 | 33 Convent Street, Sydney Mines | $202,000 |
| SEP 21 2026 | 358 Columbia Street, Sydney | $210,000 |
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.
The figures · three reads
PVSC ROLL · REGISTRYAssessed $/ft² by era built
Pre-19602018+
Sale $/ft² by home type
DetachedSplit-level
Where recent sales landed
Under $300k$750k+
Price-per-square-foot trajectory PVSC · Sales
Most recent sales landed between $95,000 and $425,250 (10th–90th percentile).
How Cape Breton compares to Nova Scotia PVSC + Census · vs NS
The blue dot marks Cape Breton against the Nova Scotia tick; the province's own figure is given beside each rail. No position number is printed (DL-69 as applied, docs/16 §D.79).
Who lives here 2021 Census · apportioned
Census figures are apportioned from 2021 dissemination areas to this boundary by parcel share — an honest approximation, not a direct count.
The three reads in full.
Every era, every home type, every price band. PVSC as of 2026-10-11.
About 582 new homes were built in Cape Breton over the last five years — roughly 1.9% of its homes. New homes trade near $258/ft² against $181/ft² for existing — a +42.5% 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
Recent sale price per ft², by home type
Where recent sales landed
| Sydney | $234,450 | +7% | 5,900 |
| Glace Bay | $206,500 | +14% | 4,768 |
| Sydney Mines | $177,500 | +19% | 2,084 |
| North Sydney | $194,000 | +20% | 1,878 |
| New Waterford | $169,000 | +9% | 1,841 |
| Northside East Bay | $237,000 | +17% | 1,741 |
| Westmount | $283,500 | +12% | 1,252 |
| Sydney River | $413,000 | +13% | 1,134 |
| Coxheath | $369,000 | +13% | 1,124 |
| Albert Bridge | $287,250 | +14% | 965 |
| Marion Bridge | $260,000 | +33% | 904 |
| Howie Centre | $370,000 | +23% | 769 |
| Reserve Mines | $169,000 | +10% | 714 |
| Georges River | $327,000 | -1% | 694 |
| Dominion | $216,000 | +29% | 619 |
| Sydney Forks | $285,000 | +17% | 565 |
| Port Morien | $137,500 | -9% | 522 |
| Florence | $188,500 | +2% | 495 |
| New Victoria | $244,000 | +23% | 485 |
| River Ryan | $259,900 | +40% | 484 |
| Catalone | $295,000 | -1% | 468 |
| Mira Road | $300,000 | +13% | 457 |
| Louisbourg | $156,000 | +3% | 420 |
| Millville | $250,000 | +1% | 409 |
| Grand Lake Road | $312,450 | +23% | 393 |
| Scotchtown | $159,500 | +52% | 303 |
| Bras d'Or | — | -39% | 288 |
| South Bar | $260,000 | +17% | 264 |
| Alder Point | — | -8% | 252 |
| Prime Brook | $257,500 | -3% | 226 |
| Gardiner Mines | — | -2% | 223 |
| Mill Creek | — | -26% | 222 |
| Lingan | — | +36% | 210 |
| Donkin | — | -36% | 181 |
| Little Bras d'Or | — | +14% | 174 |
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An area profile for Cape Breton — 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, Open Data & Information Government Licence – PVSC & Participating Municipalities) · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (Statistics Canada Open Licence) · governance boundaries © Open Data Nova Scotia (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · market data as of October 2026.