Donkin · Cape Breton
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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate
Recent sales here are too few to report a reliable typical price — the figures above lean on the area's assessed values instead.
Too few recent sales to call a trend.
Donkin — the area's housing & 2021 census carry this profile instead.
A community within Cape Breton, on Nova Scotia's official governance map.
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Recent sales here are too thin to state a reliable typical price, so this profile leans on the area's assessed-value movement (+86% over three years), its housing stock, and the 2021 census, rather than a headline price.
As of the 2021 Census, about 439 people live here, with a median household income near $67,500. 82% of homes are owner-occupied and 84% are single-detached.
Roughly 5 homes were added in the last five years — about 3.4% of the stock.
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Recorded sales
Registry of deeds · ungated| OCT 24 2025 | 742 Donkin Highway, Donkin | $125,000 |
| AUG 06 2025 | 29 South Street, Donkin | $80,000 |
| JUN 25 2025 | 593 Donkin Highway, Donkin | $150,000 |
| OCT 23 2024 | 111 North Street, Donkin | $230,000 |
| AUG 30 2024 | 419 Donkin Highway, Donkin | $250,000 |
| JUL 25 2024 | 818 Donkin Highway, Donkin | $120,000 |
| JUN 11 2024 | 111 North Street, Donkin | $195,000 |
| MAR 28 2024 | 758 Donkin Highway, Donkin | $108,000 |
| DEC 20 2023 | 936 Long Beach Road, Donkin | $275,500 |
| AUG 03 2023 | 8 Middle Street, Donkin | $154,900 |
| AUG 23 2022 | 29 South Street, Donkin | $59,000 |
| AUG 04 2022 | 125 South Street, Donkin | $87,500 |
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.
The figures · three reads
PVSC ROLL · REGISTRYAssessed $/ft² by era built
Pre-19602018+
Sale $/ft² by home type
Detached
Where recent sales landed
Under $300k
Assessed-value movement PVSC
How Donkin compares to Nova Scotia PVSC + Census · vs NS
The blue dot marks Donkin 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 2026-10-11.
About 5 new homes were built in Donkin over the last five years — roughly 3.4% of its homes. 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
| Sydney | $234,450 | +7% | 5,900 |
| Glace Bay | $206,500 | +14% | 4,768 |
| Sydney Mines | $177,500 | +19% | 2,084 |
| North Sydney | $194,000 | +20% | 1,878 |
| New Waterford | $169,000 | +9% | 1,841 |
| Northside East Bay | $237,000 | +17% | 1,741 |
| Westmount | $283,500 | +12% | 1,252 |
| Sydney River | $413,000 | +13% | 1,134 |
| Coxheath | $369,000 | +13% | 1,124 |
| Albert Bridge | $287,250 | +14% | 965 |
| Marion Bridge | $260,000 | +33% | 904 |
| Howie Centre | $370,000 | +23% | 769 |
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An area profile for Donkin — 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.