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Colchester

One of 49 municipalities · 14,711 parcels · Updated weekly

Rising, broadly in step with Nova Scotia.

Colchester's price per square foot rose 19% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 875 recent and 958 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.

Active marketAs of August 2026 · 2021 census
$349,000typical house · 24mo68th pctile · NS
+19%price trend · 2yr68th pctile · NS
14,711homes
36,585residents

Sells in a median 28 days — faster than 67% of Nova Scotia areas · 682 sold

Sells for a median 96% of original asking — 27% at or above ask · 682 sold

0% cut their price before selling · 684 sold

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

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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Median sale$349,00024 mo
Registry sales87524 mo
24-mo change+19%
Median days on market28 days682 sold
Median assessment$294,6002026
OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $349,000 over the last 24 months — +19% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +65% over three years.

Condos here sold around $212,000 over the same period (15 sales), counted separately from houses.

As of the 2021 Census, about 36,585 people live here, with a median household income near $70,470. 80% of homes are owner-occupied and 79% are single-detached.

Roughly 642 homes were added in the last five years — about 5.3% of the stock, and new builds trade at a +36.3% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.

Price-per-square-foot trajectoryPVSC · Sales
Median sale price per square foot in Colchester went from $191 in 2022 to $281 in 2026.20222023202420252026$281/ft²$191
Median sale price per square foot in Colchester went from $191 in 2022 to $281 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $130,000 and $575,000 (10th–90th percentile).

How Colchester compares to Nova ScotiaPVSC + Census · vs NS
Typical house · 24mo$349,00068th percentile
Price trend · 2yr+19%68th percentile
Assessed values · 3yr+65%vs NS +52%
Median year built1986vs NS 1979
Median household income$70,470vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied80%vs NS 67%
Single-detached79%vs NS 64%
Median age48.3vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Colchester; 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 642 new homes were built in Colchester over the last five years — roughly 5.3% of its homes. New homes trade near $308/ft² against $226/ft² for existing — a +36.3% 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

Pre-1960$183/ft² · 1669 homes
1960–79$195/ft² · 3086 homes
1980–99$208/ft² · 4414 homes
2000–17$262/ft² · 2053 homes
2018+$306/ft² · 822 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$229/ft² · 12577 homes
Split-level$210/ft² · 1570 homes
Manufactured$191/ft² · 452 homes
Semi-detached$295/ft² · 60 homes

Where recent sales landed

48%39%12%
Under $300k · 48%$300–500k · 38.5%$500–750k · 11.7%$750k+ · 1.8%
Recorded salesRegistry · 21 years · ungated
2026-07-302352 Lilyvale, Greenfield$100,000
2026-07-28924 Meadowvale, Meadowvale$99,900
2026-07-28No 311, Nuttby$140,000
2026-07-27914 West North River, North River$298,000
2026-07-2732 Palaeo, Debert$390,000
2026-07-27183 Lakewood, Shortts Lake$600,000
2026-07-24377 Cloverdale, Birch Hill$255,000
2026-07-2498 Archibald, Harmony$580,000
2026-07-2311 Elder, Salmon River$440,000
2026-07-23107 Highway 289, Brookfield$330,000
2026-07-235323 Highway 289, Upper Stewiacke$849,900
2026-07-2372 Morley, Truro Heights$338,500

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.

Who lives here2021 Census · apportioned
Population36,585
Median age48.3
Avg household size2.25
Median household income$70,470
Owner-occupied80%
Rented20%
Single-detached79% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 20163.7% (NS 5.2%)

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

Communities
Bible Hill$400,000+16%1,537
Valley$446,500+19%1,358
Shortts Lake$440,000+40%992
Bass River$219,500+12%933
Brookfield$330,000+82%847
Tatamagouche$270,000+17%800
Salmon River$335,000+5%702
Great Village$267,250+11%663
East Mountain$369,000+39%652
Greenfield (Colchester)$285,000+27%640
Debert$315,000+21%592
Hilden$342,500+12%545
Brule$325,000+5%533
North River$328,500+35%497
Brule Shore$285,000-4%477
Truro Heights$344,250+18%420
Shubenacadie East$416,500-4%413
Belmont$212,500+77%396
Lower Truro$355,344+15%383
Onslow Mountain$361,845+16%316
Masstown$365,000+18%294
Murray Siding$412,556+48%286
Lower Onslow$332,500+28%250
Crowes Mills+12%185

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How to read this profile

An area profile for Colchester— 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.