Cow Bay
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Rising, but more slowly than most of Nova Scotia.
Cow Bay's price per square foot rose 8% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 64 recent and 80 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.
Sells in a median 22 days — faster than 63% of Nova Scotia areas · 16 sold
Sells for a median 97% of original asking — 33% at or above ask · 18 sold
0% cut their price before selling · 18 sold
Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.
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Single-family homes here typically sold around $527,450 over the last 24 months — +8% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +33% over three years.
As of the 2021 Census, about 2,305 people live here, with a median household income near $97,000. 90% of homes are owner-occupied and 61% are single-detached.
Roughly 88 homes were added in the last five years — about 15.8% of the stock, and new builds trade at a +21.8% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.
Most recent sales landed between $403,227 and $741,000 (10th–90th percentile).
The blue dot marks Cow Bay; where a province-wide percentile exists it is shown, otherwise the Nova Scotia figure is given for reference.
About 88 new homes were built in Cow Bay over the last five years — roughly 15.8% of its homes. New homes trade near $375/ft² against $308/ft² for existing — a +21.8% 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
| 2026-07-22 | 256 Dyke, Cow Bay | $550,000 |
| 2026-07-15 | 157 Sailors, Eastern Passage | $502,500 |
| 2026-06-30 | 2357 Cow Bay, Cow Bay | $430,000 |
| 2026-06-30 | 169 Sailors, Eastern Passage | $514,900 |
| 2026-06-12 | 1585 Cow Bay, Cow Bay | $850,000 |
| 2026-04-30 | 17 Candytuft, Eastern Passage | $475,000 |
| 2026-04-30 | 1023 Cow Bay, Cow Bay | $845,000 |
| 2026-04-28 | 3 Moonlit, Eastern Passage | $517,500 |
| 2026-04-20 | 160 Dyke, Cow Bay | $628,200 |
| 2026-03-26 | 1437 Cow Bay, Cow Bay | $350,000 |
| 2026-01-28 | 75 Sailors, Eastern Passage | $445,000 |
| 2026-01-22 | 68 Sailors, Eastern Passage | $525,000 |
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.
| Bedford | $765,000 | +2% | 6,387 |
| Lower Sackville | $500,000 | +8% | 5,436 |
| Cole Harbour | $530,000 | +9% | 5,356 |
| Middle Sackville | $590,000 | +7% | 3,828 |
| Hammonds Plains | $703,200 | +7% | 3,647 |
| Fairview | $575,000 | +12% | 3,122 |
| Beaver Bank | $610,000 | +8% | 2,764 |
| Spryfield | $589,900 | +12% | 2,692 |
| North End | $632,000 | +15% | 2,623 |
| Clayton Park | $689,675 | +9% | 2,465 |
| Eastern Passage | $480,000 | +13% | 2,415 |
| Port Wallace | $665,450 | +11% | 2,394 |
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An area profile for Cow Bay— 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.