Tidewater

Downtown Halifax

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Not enough price history yet to call a trend.

Downtown Halifax — too few prior-period sales to compare against; the assessment tide below is the steadier read.

A community within Halifax, on Nova Scotia's official governance map.

Active marketAs of August 2026 · 2021 census
$538,750typical condo · 24mo
-17%price trend · 2yr1st pctile · NS
914homes
12,123residents

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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Median sale$538,75024 mo
Registry sales7024 mo
24-mo change-17%
Median assessment$525,2002026
OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Condos here typically sold around $538,750 over the last 24 months — -17% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +25% over three years.

As of the 2021 Census, about 12,123 people live here, with a median household income near $57,600. 11% of homes are owner-occupied and 1% are single-detached.

Price-per-square-foot trajectoryPVSC · Sales
Median sale price per square foot in Downtown Halifax went from $502 in 2022 to $340 in 2025.2022202320242025$340/ft²$502
Median sale price per square foot in Downtown Halifax went from $502 in 2022 to $340 in 2025.

Most recent sales landed between $622,000 and $1,100,000 (10th–90th percentile).

How Downtown Halifax compares to Nova ScotiaPVSC + Census · vs NS
Typical condo · 24mo$538,750vs NS $405,000
Price trend · 2yr-17%1st percentile
Assessed values · 3yr+25%vs NS +52%
Median year built2002vs NS 1979
Median household income$57,600vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied11%vs NS 67%
Single-detached1%vs NS 64%
Median age28.6vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Downtown Halifax; 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 0 new homes were built in Downtown Halifax over the last five years — roughly 0% 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

Pre-1960$384/ft² · 46 homes
1980–99$406/ft² · 370 homes
2000–17$400/ft² · 320 homes

Where recent sales landed

41%31%26%
Under $300k · 1.9%$300–500k · 41.3%$500–750k · 31%$750k+ · 25.8%
Recorded salesRegistry · 21 years · ungated
2026-07-061477 Lower Water, Halifax$720,000
2026-06-295230 Tobin, Halifax$390,000
2026-06-151550 Dresden, Halifax$1,725,000
2026-06-041465 Brenton, Halifax$559,000
2026-06-011650 Granville, Halifax$470,000
2026-05-291550 Dresden, Halifax$499,900
2026-05-255230 Tobin, Halifax$390,000
2026-05-151477 Lower Water, Halifax$936,000
2026-05-115230 Tobin, Halifax$510,500
2026-04-165530 Artillery, Halifax$610,000
2026-04-141550 Dresden, Halifax$699,500
2026-04-091477 Lower Water, Halifax$995,000

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.

Who lives here2021 Census · apportioned
Population12,123
Median age28.6
Avg household size1.7
Median household income$57,600
Owner-occupied11%
Rented89%
Single-detached1% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 201619.8% (NS 5.2%)

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

More in Halifax
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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How to read this profile

An area profile for Downtown Halifax— 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.