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Glace Bay

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Rising, broadly in step with Nova Scotia.

Glace Bay's price per square foot rose 17% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 225 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 August 2026 · 2021 census
$208,000typical house · 24mo12th pctile · NS
+17%price trend · 2yr60th pctile · NS
4,768homes
14,416residents

Sells in a median 22 days — faster than 63% of Nova Scotia areas · 192 sold

Sells for a median 94% of original asking — 31% at or above ask · 191 sold

0% cut their price before selling · 192 sold

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

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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Median sale$208,00024 mo
Registry sales22524 mo
24-mo change+17%
Median days on market22 days192 sold
Median assessment$170,6002026
OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $208,000 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 +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 +70.7% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.

Price-per-square-foot trajectoryPVSC · Sales
Median sale price per square foot in Glace Bay went from $139 in 2022 to $153 in 2026.20222023202420252026$153/ft²$139
Median sale price per square foot in Glace Bay went from $139 in 2022 to $153 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $80,000 and $335,300 (10th–90th percentile).

How Glace Bay compares to Nova ScotiaPVSC + Census · vs NS
Typical house · 24mo$208,00012th percentile
Price trend · 2yr+17%60th percentile
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; 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 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 $157/ft² for existing — a +70.7% 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

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%13%
Under $300k · 85.7%$300–500k · 13.3%$500–750k · 1%
Recorded salesRegistry · 21 years · ungated
2026-07-2014 Edina, Glace Bay$290,000
2026-07-08419 Phalen, Glace Bay$107,100
2026-07-07415 Phalen, Glace Bay$130,500
2026-07-03340 King Edward, Glace Bay$320,000
2026-06-3095 Wallace, Glace Bay$50,000
2026-06-305 First, Glace Bay$195,000
2026-06-2626 Turner, Glace Bay$245,000
2026-06-25815 Main, Glace Bay$295,000
2026-06-2572 Connaught, Glace Bay$210,000
2026-06-2311 Luke, Glace Bay$270,000
2026-06-16234 Douglas, Glace Bay$77,000
2026-06-1175 Lower Mclean, Glace Bay$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.

Who lives here2021 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.

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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) · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (Open Government Licence – Canada) · governance boundaries © Open Data Nova Scotia & HRM (OGL) · market data as of August 2026.