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Ostrea Lake

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Among the faster-rising areas in Nova Scotia.

Ostrea Lake's price per square foot rose 27% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 24 recent and 25 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.

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

Some recent salesAs of August 2026 · 2021 census
$486,000typical house · 24mo74th pctile · NS
+27%price trend · 2yr80th pctile · NS
343homes
620residents

Sells in a median 69 days — faster than 8% of Nova Scotia areas · 19 sold

Sells for a median 93% of original asking — 21% at or above ask · 19 sold

0% cut their price before selling · 19 sold

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

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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Median sale$486,00024 mo
Registry sales2424 mo
24-mo change+27%
Median days on market69 days19 sold
Median assessment$422,4502026
OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $486,000 over the last 24 months — +27% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +39% over three years.

As of the 2021 Census, about 620 people live here, with a median household income near $65,000. 87% of homes are owner-occupied and 92% are single-detached.

Roughly 26 homes were added in the last five years — about 10.1% of the stock.

Price-per-square-foot trajectoryPVSC · Sales
Median sale price per square foot in Ostrea Lake went from $149 in 2022 to $260 in 2026.20222023202420252026$260/ft²$149
Median sale price per square foot in Ostrea Lake went from $149 in 2022 to $260 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $99,000 and $721,718 (10th–90th percentile).

How Ostrea Lake compares to Nova ScotiaPVSC + Census · vs NS
Typical house · 24mo$486,00074th percentile
Price trend · 2yr+27%80th percentile
Assessed values · 3yr+39%vs NS +52%
Median year built1994vs NS 1979
Median household income$65,000vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied87%vs NS 67%
Single-detached92%vs NS 64%
Median age54.8vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Ostrea Lake; 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 26 new homes were built in Ostrea Lake over the last five years — roughly 10.1% 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$250/ft² · 11 homes
1960–79$268/ft² · 83 homes
1980–99$281/ft² · 53 homes
2000–17$319/ft² · 71 homes
2018+$356/ft² · 40 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$296/ft² · 313 homes

Where recent sales landed

39%18%37%
Under $300k · 38.8%$300–500k · 18.4%$500–750k · 36.7%$750k+ · 6.1%
Recorded salesRegistry · 21 years · ungated
2026-07-151170 West Jeddore, West Jeddore$570,000
2026-06-162228 West Jeddore, West Jeddore$267,500
2026-05-29280 Moser Head, West Jeddore$945,000
2026-02-231303 West Jeddore, West Jeddore$746,026
2026-02-1823 Williams, Ostrea Lake$590,000
2025-12-151347 West Jeddore, West Jeddore$425,000
2025-12-10531 Ostrea Lake, Ostrea Lake$449,900
2025-12-031620 Ostrea Lake, Ostrea Lake$250,000
2025-11-041199 West Jeddore, West Jeddore$989,900
2025-10-272129 Ostrea Lake, Ostrea Lake$665,000
2025-10-031900 Ostrea Lake, Ostrea Lake$529,900
2025-10-02501 Ostrea Lake, Ostrea Lake$460,000

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
Population620
Median age54.8
Avg household size2.1
Median household income$65,000
Owner-occupied87%
Rented13%
Single-detached92% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 20163.1% (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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How to read this profile

An area profile for Ostrea Lake— 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.