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Pictou

One of 49 municipalities · 10,025 parcels · Updated weekly

Among the faster-rising areas in Nova Scotia.

Pictou's price per square foot rose 29% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 438 recent and 436 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.

Active marketAs of August 2026 · 2021 census
$295,000typical house · 24mo60th pctile · NS
+29%price trend · 2yr91st pctile · NS
10,025homes
21,578residents

Sells in a median 38 days — faster than 48% of Nova Scotia areas · 352 sold

Sells for a median 93% of original asking — 18% at or above ask · 349 sold

0% cut their price before selling · 352 sold

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

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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Median sale$295,00024 mo
Registry sales43824 mo
24-mo change+29%
Median days on market38 days352 sold
Median assessment$246,6502026
OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $295,000 over the last 24 months — +29% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +47% over three years.

As of the 2021 Census, about 21,578 people live here, with a median household income near $67,966. 84% of homes are owner-occupied and 83% are single-detached.

Roughly 369 homes were added in the last five years — about 4.5% of the stock, and new builds trade at a +33.7% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.

Price-per-square-foot trajectoryPVSC · Sales
Median sale price per square foot in Pictou went from $171 in 2022 to $239 in 2026.20222023202420252026$239/ft²$171
Median sale price per square foot in Pictou went from $171 in 2022 to $239 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $116,072 and $556,450 (10th–90th percentile).

How Pictou compares to Nova ScotiaPVSC + Census · vs NS
Typical house · 24mo$295,00060th percentile
Price trend · 2yr+29%91st percentile
Assessed values · 3yr+47%vs NS +52%
Median year built1981vs NS 1979
Median household income$67,966vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied84%vs NS 67%
Single-detached83%vs NS 64%
Median age52.2vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Pictou; 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 369 new homes were built in Pictou over the last five years — roughly 4.5% of its homes. New homes trade near $278/ft² against $208/ft² for existing — a +33.7% 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$162/ft² · 1363 homes
1960–79$180/ft² · 2509 homes
1980–99$193/ft² · 2406 homes
2000–17$258/ft² · 1464 homes
2018+$295/ft² · 523 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$203/ft² · 9274 homes
Split-level$208/ft² · 589 homes

Where recent sales landed

59%31%
Under $300k · 59%$300–500k · 30.6%$500–750k · 7.7%$750k+ · 2.6%
Recorded salesRegistry · 21 years · ungated
2026-07-2431 Fourth, Mclellans Brook$310,000
2026-07-23566 Wallace, Hazel Glen$425,000
2026-07-205569 East River West Side, Eureka$240,000
2026-07-1741 Sand Piper, Black Point$315,000
2026-07-16378 Maclellans Brook, Plymouth$280,000
2026-07-16149 Harris, Haliburton$399,999
2026-07-151379 Alma, Loch Broom$369,000
2026-07-1525 Dewtie, Greenwood$535,000
2026-07-15145 Harris, Haliburton$350,000
2026-07-1028 Surf Cove, Caribou Island$100,000
2026-07-071911 Granton Abercrombie, Abercrombie$1,537,000
2026-07-06357 O Maclean, Scotsburn$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
Population21,578
Median age52.2
Avg household size2.2
Median household income$67,966
Owner-occupied84%
Rented16%
Single-detached83% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 20163.2% (NS 5.2%)

Census figures are apportioned from 2021 dissemination areas to this boundary by parcel share — an honest approximation, not a direct count.

Communities
Durham$286,390+16%1,228
Kings Head$287,500+34%1,119
Hopewell$280,749+10%1,034
Lyons Brook$321,500+24%701
River John$275,950+7%660
Greenwood (Pictou)$190,000+21%577
Abercrombie$382,500+23%551
Toney River$336,125+43%548
Plymouth$280,000+58%470
Pictou Landing$312,500+69%396
Caribou Island$375,000+17%387
Chance Harbour$283,500+12%374
Thorburn$245,000-3%352
Linacy$255,000+12%302
Little Harbour$481,000+8%266
Marshville-13%264
Caribou River-1%253
Black Point-5%211
McLellans Brook+40%169
Frasers Mountain+45%164

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An area profile for Pictou— 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.