Elmsdale · East Hants
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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate
Rising, but more slowly than most of Nova Scotia.
Elmsdale's price per square foot rose 12% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 47 recent and 55 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 15 days · 37 sold
Sells for a median 98% of original asking — 40% at or above ask · 38 sold
0% cut their price before selling · 38 sold
Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.
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Single-family homes here typically sold around $520,890 over the last 24 months — +12% 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 -9.2% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.
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Recorded sales
Registry of deeds · ungated| SEP 24 2026 | 141 Hemlock Drive, Elmsdale | $499,900 |
| AUG 31 2026 | 7 Vernon Court, Elmsdale | $625,000 |
| AUG 31 2026 | 42 Sam Crescent, Elmsdale | $548,000 |
| AUG 06 2026 | 19 Pinehill Drive, Elmsdale | $620,000 |
| JUL 30 2026 | 8 West Court, Elmsdale | $569,900 |
| JUL 28 2026 | 29 Sam Crescent, Elmsdale | $545,000 |
| JUL 28 2026 | 65 Tannery Drive, Elmsdale | $555,000 |
| JUL 16 2026 | 67 Tannery Drive, Elmsdale | $512,500 |
| JUL 03 2026 | 12 School Road, Elmsdale | $499,000 |
| JUN 12 2026 | 18 Tannery Drive, Elmsdale | $405,000 |
| MAY 29 2026 | 20 Sam Crescent, Elmsdale | $535,000 |
| MAY 20 2026 | 41 Elmwood Drive, Elmsdale | $570,000 |
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
DetachedSplit-level
Where recent sales landed
Under $300k$750k+
Price-per-square-foot trajectory PVSC · Sales
Most recent sales landed between $433,800 and $603,999 (10th–90th percentile).
How Elmsdale compares to Nova Scotia PVSC + Census · vs NS
The blue dot marks Elmsdale 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 35 new homes were built in Elmsdale over the last five years — roughly 7.1% of its homes. New homes trade near $256/ft² against $282/ft² for existing — a -9.2% 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
| Upper Rawdon | $261,000 | +18% | 1,472 |
| Enfield (East Hants) | $510,000 | +11% | 1,353 |
| Shubenacadie | $368,000 | +14% | 967 |
| Nine Mile River | $512,462 | +20% | 960 |
| East Uniacke | $510,000 | +17% | 923 |
| Lantz | $520,000 | +14% | 720 |
| Mount Uniacke | $495,000 | +13% | 631 |
| Lakelands | $512,750 | -2% | 586 |
| Milford | $403,950 | +21% | 387 |
| Belnan | $700,548 | +9% | 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, 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.