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Petite Rivière

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Rising, but more slowly than most of Nova Scotia.

Petite Rivière's price per square foot rose 13% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 47 recent and 40 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.

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

Active marketAs of August 2026 · 2021 census
$360,000typical house · 24mo52nd pctile · NS
+13%price trend · 2yr44th pctile · NS
991homes
1,940residents

Sells in a median 28 days — faster than 49% of Nova Scotia areas · 38 sold

Sells for a median 96% of original asking — 29% 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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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Median sale$360,00024 mo
Registry sales4724 mo
24-mo change+13%
Median days on market28 days38 sold
Median assessment$309,3002026
OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $360,000 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 +44% over three years.

As of the 2021 Census, about 1,940 people live here, with a median household income near $72,770. 90% of homes are owner-occupied and 95% are single-detached.

Roughly 53 homes were added in the last five years — about 6% of the stock.

Price-per-square-foot trajectoryPVSC · Sales
Median sale price per square foot in Petite Rivière went from $221 in 2022 to $320 in 2026.20222023202420252026$320/ft²$221
Median sale price per square foot in Petite Rivière went from $221 in 2022 to $320 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $184,400 and $567,000 (10th–90th percentile).

How Petite Rivière compares to Nova ScotiaPVSC + Census · vs NS
Typical house · 24mo$360,00052nd percentile
Price trend · 2yr+13%44th percentile
Assessed values · 3yr+44%vs NS +52%
Median year built1968vs NS 1979
Median household income$72,770vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied90%vs NS 67%
Single-detached95%vs NS 64%
Median age54vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Petite Rivière; 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 53 new homes were built in Petite Rivière over the last five years — roughly 6% 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$226/ft² · 402 homes
1960–79$236/ft² · 131 homes
1980–99$249/ft² · 176 homes
2000–17$306/ft² · 104 homes
2018+$361/ft² · 71 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$276/ft² · 955 homes

Where recent sales landed

37%41%16%
Under $300k · 36.8%$300–500k · 41.4%$500–750k · 16.1%$750k+ · 5.7%
Recorded salesRegistry · 21 years · ungated
2026-07-149 Crescent Point, West Dublin$815,000
2026-07-141162 Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant$345,000
2026-07-06430 Green Bay, Green Bay$622,500
2026-06-155168 Highway 331, Crescent Beach$700,000
2026-06-051945 Italy Cross, Petite Riviere$105,000
2026-05-147151 Highway 331, Broad Cove$229,500
2026-05-12Highway 331, West Dublin$355,000
2026-03-315888 Highway 331, Petite Riviere$623,900
2026-03-234760 Highway 331, West Dublin$351,200
2026-03-041641 Italy Cross, Petite Riviere$455,000
2026-02-19925 Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant$55,000
2026-01-08949 Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant$306,140

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
Population1,940
Median age54
Avg household size2.26
Median household income$72,770
Owner-occupied90%
Rented10%
Single-detached95% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 20162.5% (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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Blockhouse$310,000+19%424
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An area profile for Petite Rivière— 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.