Chester
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Among the faster-rising areas in Nova Scotia.
Chester's price per square foot rose 23% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 286 recent and 352 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.
Sells in a median 20 days — faster than 80% of Nova Scotia areas · 239 sold
Sells for a median 95% of original asking — 23% at or above ask · 242 sold
0% cut their price before selling · 242 sold
Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.
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Single-family homes here typically sold around $416,000 over the last 24 months — +23% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +56% over three years.
Condos here sold around $461,750 over the same period (10 sales), counted separately from houses.
As of the 2021 Census, about 10,764 people live here, with a median household income near $63,835. 84% of homes are owner-occupied and 88% are single-detached.
Roughly 371 homes were added in the last five years — about 6.8% of the stock, and new builds trade at a +14.3% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.
Most recent sales landed between $180,000 and $942,500 (10th–90th percentile).
The blue dot marks Chester; where a province-wide percentile exists it is shown, otherwise the Nova Scotia figure is given for reference.
About 371 new homes were built in Chester over the last five years — roughly 6.8% of its homes. New homes trade near $336/ft² against $294/ft² for existing — a +14.3% 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 | 439 Wallaback, Mill Road | $754,999 |
| 2026-07-28 | 25 Sea Oaks, Martins Point | $925,000 |
| 2026-07-27 | 25 Ocean Marina, Deep Cove | $245,000 |
| 2026-07-20 | 24 Queen, Chester | $796,200 |
| 2026-07-16 | 60 King, Chester | $1,650,000 |
| 2026-07-16 | 749 Dauphinees Mill Lake, Hubbards | $150,000 |
| 2026-07-15 | 211 Old Trunk 3, Chester | $165,000 |
| 2026-07-13 | 34 North Middle River, Windsor Road | $205,600 |
| 2026-07-10 | 299 Armstrong, Windsor Road | $344,500 |
| 2026-07-10 | 84 Chester Commons, East Chester | $380,000 |
| 2026-07-10 | 36 Otter Point, East Chester | $571,500 |
| 2026-07-06 | 67 Water, Chester | $3,241,500 |
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.
| New Ross | $448,950 | +60% | 714 |
| Chester | $602,204 | +13% | 695 |
| Mill Cove | $570,000 | +1% | 591 |
| Chester Basin | $407,000 | +15% | 567 |
| Marriotts Cove | $430,000 | -2% | 375 |
| Forties | $266,640 | -18% | 337 |
| New Russell | $339,000 | +37% | 335 |
| Blandford | $406,500 | +20% | 330 |
| East Chester | $424,900 | +55% | 319 |
| Martins Point | $392,450 | +14% | 311 |
| Windsor Road | $307,000 | +24% | 274 |
| Western Shore | $275,000 | +13% | 273 |
| Fox Point | $540,000 | +41% | 252 |
| Hubbards (Chester) | — | +31% | 219 |
| Simms Settlement | — | -9% | 201 |
| Chester Grant | $420,000 | +101% | 198 |
| Gold River | — | +54% | 155 |
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An area profile for Chester— 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.