Elmsdale
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Rising, but more slowly than most of Nova Scotia.
Elmsdale's price per square foot rose 13% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 47 recent and 50 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.
A community within East Hants, on Nova Scotia's official governance map.
Sells in a median 14 days — faster than 80% of Nova Scotia areas · 41 sold
Sells for a median 98% of original asking — 41% at or above ask · 42 sold
0% cut their price before selling · 42 sold
Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.
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Single-family homes here typically sold around $513,000 over the last 24 months — +13% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +49% over three years.
As of the 2021 Census, about 1,484 people live here, with a median household income near $92,000. 76% of homes are owner-occupied and 77% are single-detached.
Roughly 35 homes were added in the last five years — about 7.1% of the stock, and new builds trade at a -15.7% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.
Most recent sales landed between $421,200 and $597,000 (10th–90th percentile).
The blue dot marks Elmsdale; where a province-wide percentile exists it is shown, otherwise the Nova Scotia figure is given for reference.
About 35 new homes were built in Elmsdale over the last five years — roughly 7.1% of its homes. New homes trade near $242/ft² against $287/ft² for existing — a -15.7% 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
| 2026-07-28 | 65 Tannery, Elmsdale | $555,000 |
| 2026-07-16 | 67 Tannery, Elmsdale | $512,500 |
| 2026-07-03 | 12 School, Elmsdale | $499,000 |
| 2026-06-12 | 18 Tannery, Elmsdale | $405,000 |
| 2026-05-29 | 20 Sam, Elmsdale | $535,000 |
| 2026-05-20 | 41 Elmwood, Elmsdale | $570,000 |
| 2026-04-23 | 9 Vernon, Elmsdale | $513,000 |
| 2026-04-16 | 10 West, Elmsdale | $569,900 |
| 2026-04-01 | 5 Sam, Elmsdale | $547,500 |
| 2026-03-23 | 9 West, Elmsdale | $569,900 |
| 2026-02-11 | 4 Rhodas, Elmsdale | $599,999 |
| 2026-01-30 | 656 Highway 2, Elmsdale | $300,000 |
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.
| Upper Rawdon | $246,000 | +15% | 1,472 |
| Enfield (East Hants) | $507,500 | +14% | 1,353 |
| Shubenacadie | $375,000 | +20% | 967 |
| Nine Mile River | $509,950 | +18% | 960 |
| East Uniacke | $505,000 | +19% | 923 |
| Lantz | $500,000 | +17% | 720 |
| Mount Uniacke | $496,450 | +18% | 631 |
| Lakelands | $500,000 | +6% | 586 |
| Milford | $447,518 | +23% | 387 |
| Belnan | $665,274 | +6% | 367 |
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An area profile for Elmsdale— 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.