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Glace Bay · Cape Breton

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Median sale$206,500Registry · house · 24 mo
Registry sales22424 mo · arm’s-length
24-mo change+14%Registry · mix-controlled $/ft²
For sale now106MLS® · active + pending
Median days on market26 daysMLS® · 184 sold
Median assessment$170,600PVSC roll 2026

PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Rising, broadly in step with Nova Scotia.

Glace Bay's price per square foot rose 14% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 224 recent and 294 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.

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

Active marketAs of October 2026 · 2021 census
$206,500typical house · 24mo
+14%price trend · 2yr
4,768homes
14,416residents

Sells in a median 26 days · 184 sold

Sells for a median 94% of original asking — 27% at or above ask · 183 sold

0% cut their price before selling · 184 sold

Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.

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OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $206,500 over the last 24 months — +14% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +62% over three years.

As of the 2021 Census, about 14,416 people live here, with a median household income near $57,191. 68% of homes are owner-occupied and 70% are single-detached.

Roughly 78 homes were added in the last five years — about 1.8% of the stock, and new builds trade at a +69.6% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.

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Recorded sales

Registry of deeds · ungated
SEP 23 2026112 South Street, Glace Bay$295,000
SEP 09 2026105 Ocean Avenue, Glace Bay$73,000
SEP 09 2026459 York Street, Glace Bay$70,000
AUG 31 20262 Low Street, Glace Bay$140,000
AUG 27 2026121 Victoria Street, Glace Bay$199,900
AUG 27 2026399 York Street, Glace Bay$238,000
AUG 20 20266 Rosewood Avenue, Glace Bay$315,000
AUG 20 202634 Water Street, Glace Bay$279,900
AUG 19 2026457 Phalen Road, Glace Bay$156,000
AUG 13 202612 Don-gordon Street, Glace Bay$245,500
AUG 13 202636 Kent Street, Glace Bay$250,000
AUG 12 202616 Seventh Street, Glace Bay$145,000

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.

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The figures · three reads

PVSC ROLL · REGISTRY

Assessed $/ft² by era built

Pre-19602018+

Sale $/ft² by home type

DetachedSplit-level

Where recent sales landed

Under $300k$500–750k

Price-per-square-foot trajectory PVSC · Sales

Median sale price per square foot in Glace Bay went from $139 in 2022 to $141 in 2026.20222023202420252026$141/ft²$139
Median sale price per square foot in Glace Bay went from $139 in 2022 to $141 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $80,000 and $327,300 (10th–90th percentile).

How Glace Bay compares to Nova Scotia PVSC + Census · vs NS

Typical house · 24mo$206,500vs NS $405,500
Price trend · 2yr+14%vs NS +13%
Assessed values · 3yr+62%vs NS +52%
Median year built1966vs NS 1979
Median household income$57,191vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied68%vs NS 67%
Single-detached70%vs NS 64%
Median age49.7vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Glace Bay 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

Population14,416
Median age49.7
Avg household size2.17
Median household income$57,191
Owner-occupied68%
Rented32%
Single-detached70% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 20161.5% (NS 5.2%)

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 78 new homes were built in Glace Bay over the last five years — roughly 1.8% of its homes. New homes trade near $268/ft² against $158/ft² for existing — a +69.6% 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

Pre-1960$128/ft² · 2006 homes
1960–79$154/ft² · 1177 homes
1980–99$169/ft² · 704 homes
2000–17$231/ft² · 288 homes
2018+$248/ft² · 91 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$155/ft² · 4482 homes
Split-level$174/ft² · 283 homes

Where recent sales landed

86%14%
Under $300k · 85.7%$300–500k · 13.5%$500–750k · 0.8%
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Sydney Mines$177,500+19%2,084
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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
Reserve Mines$169,000+10%714

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How to read this profile

An area profile for Glace Bay — 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.

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