Cumberland · Northern
One of 49 municipalities · 11,348 parcels · Updated weekly
PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate
Among the faster-rising areas in Nova Scotia.
Cumberland's price per square foot rose 23% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 539 recent and 628 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.
Sells in a median 46 days · 385 sold
Sells for a median 91% of original asking — 17% at or above ask · 383 sold
0% cut their price before selling · 386 sold
Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.
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Single-family homes here typically sold around $221,000 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 +57% over three years.
As of the 2021 Census, about 20,479 people live here, with a median household income near $60,366. 84% of homes are owner-occupied and 88% are single-detached.
Roughly 406 homes were added in the last five years — about 5.3% of the stock, and new builds trade at a +22.9% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.
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Recorded sales
Registry of deeds · ungated| SEP 23 2026 | 9 Princess Street, Springhill | $154,000 |
| SEP 22 2026 | 2193 Newville Road, Lakelands | $325,000 |
| SEP 18 2026 | 4 Starr Street, Springhill | $88,000 |
| SEP 18 2026 | 7337 Highway 366, Northport | $162,500 |
| SEP 17 2026 | 39 Mitchell Island Drive, Linden | $260,000 |
| SEP 17 2026 | 743 Chapman Settlement Road, Chapman Settlement | $56,000 |
| SEP 16 2026 | 144 Smith Road, Nappan | $355,000 |
| SEP 16 2026 | 5939 Highway 366, Lorneville | $525,000 |
| SEP 16 2026 | 46 Maple Street, Springhill | $145,000 |
| SEP 14 2026 | 1698 West Bay Road, West Bay | $375,000 |
| SEP 14 2026 | 52 Seastone Drive, Port Howe | $178,000 |
| SEP 11 2026 | 2242 Highway 6, Truemanville | $355,000 |
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
DetachedSemi-detached
Where recent sales landed
Under $300k$750k+
Price-per-square-foot trajectory PVSC · Sales
Most recent sales landed between $75,000 and $473,000 (10th–90th percentile).
How Cumberland compares to Nova Scotia PVSC + Census · vs NS
The blue dot marks Cumberland 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 2026-10-04.
About 406 new homes were built in Cumberland over the last five years — roughly 5.3% of its homes. New homes trade near $247/ft² against $201/ft² for existing — a +22.9% 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
| Springhill | $150,000 | +14% | 1,874 |
| Parrsboro | $202,500 | +36% | 1,615 |
| Gulf Shore | $320,000 | +22% | 1,281 |
| Wentworth | $318,500 | +23% | 1,065 |
| Brookdale | $290,000 | +29% | 952 |
| Port Howe | $210,000 | +21% | 860 |
| River Hebert | $159,250 | -4% | 691 |
| Pugwash | $250,000 | +2% | 644 |
| Tidnish Cross Roads | $230,000 | +42% | 521 |
| East Amherst | $370,000 | +6% | 501 |
| Amherst Shore | — | +7% | 389 |
| Linden | — | +49% | 387 |
| Tidnish Bridge | $189,000 | -2% | 323 |
| Northport | — | +24% | 245 |
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An area profile for Cumberland — 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.