Cape Breton
One of 49 municipalities · 33,428 parcels · Updated weekly
Rising, but more slowly than most of Nova Scotia.
Cape Breton's price per square foot rose 15% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 1,572 recent and 1,737 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.
Sells in a median 17 days — faster than 93% of Nova Scotia areas · 1,274 sold
Sells for a median 95% of original asking — 30% at or above ask · 1,272 sold
0% cut their price before selling · 1,277 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 — +15% 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 +40.6% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.
Most recent sales landed between $95,000 and $425,000 (10th–90th percentile).
The blue dot marks Cape Breton; where a province-wide percentile exists it is shown, otherwise the Nova Scotia figure is given for reference.
About 582 new homes were built in Cape Breton over the last five years — roughly 1.9% of its homes. New homes trade near $253/ft² against $180/ft² for existing — a +40.6% 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
| 2026-07-30 | 3095 Macleod, River Ryan | $259,900 |
| 2026-07-30 | 117 Carmichael, Sydney River | $799,000 |
| 2026-07-30 | 595 Westmount, Westmount | $266,000 |
| 2026-07-29 | 49 Bernard Lind, Sydney | $432,000 |
| 2026-07-28 | 36 Clyde, Sydney Mines | $150,000 |
| 2026-07-28 | 99 Hillcrest, Coxheath | $515,000 |
| 2026-07-27 | 79 Staney Brae, Georges River | $383,000 |
| 2026-07-27 | 66 Ingrahams, Westmount | $320,000 |
| 2026-07-27 | 136 Mountain View, Sydney Forks | $820,000 |
| 2026-07-27 | 17 Fulton, Westmount | $115,000 |
| 2026-07-23 | 2190 Highway 28, South Bar | $290,000 |
| 2026-07-23 | 69 Peppett, North Sydney | $225,000 |
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.
Census figures are apportioned from 2021 dissemination areas to this boundary by parcel share — an honest approximation, not a direct count.
| Sydney | $233,650 | +9% | 5,900 |
| Glace Bay | $208,000 | +17% | 4,768 |
| Sydney Mines | $174,750 | +16% | 2,084 |
| North Sydney | $190,500 | +14% | 1,878 |
| New Waterford | $170,000 | +9% | 1,841 |
| Northside East Bay | $250,000 | +31% | 1,741 |
| Westmount | $278,500 | +12% | 1,252 |
| Sydney River | $417,500 | +18% | 1,134 |
| Coxheath | $364,500 | +11% | 1,124 |
| Albert Bridge | $300,000 | +36% | 965 |
| Marion Bridge | $284,250 | +42% | 904 |
| Howie Centre | $376,500 | +29% | 769 |
| Reserve Mines | $164,500 | +18% | 714 |
| Georges River | $350,000 | -4% | 694 |
| Dominion | $200,840 | +24% | 619 |
| Sydney Forks | $285,000 | +28% | 565 |
| Port Morien | $150,000 | -10% | 522 |
| Florence | $160,000 | +0% | 495 |
| New Victoria | $290,000 | +17% | 485 |
| River Ryan | $254,950 | +31% | 484 |
| Catalone | $259,000 | +13% | 468 |
| Mira Road | $290,000 | +17% | 457 |
| Louisbourg | $147,000 | +3% | 420 |
| Millville | $237,500 | +3% | 409 |
| Grand Lake Road | $312,450 | +27% | 393 |
| Scotchtown | $159,500 | +38% | 303 |
| Bras d'Or | $352,500 | -18% | 288 |
| South Bar | $260,000 | +18% | 264 |
| Alder Point | — | -4% | 252 |
| Prime Brook | — | -1% | 226 |
| Gardiner Mines | — | +0% | 223 |
| Mill Creek | — | -21% | 222 |
| Lingan | — | -15% | 210 |
| Donkin | — | -18% | 181 |
| Little Bras d'Or | — | -26% | 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) · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (Open Government Licence – Canada) · governance boundaries © Open Data Nova Scotia & HRM (OGL) · market data as of August 2026.