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Prime Brook

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Too few recent sales to call a trend.

Prime Brook — the area's housing & 2021 census carry this profile instead.

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

Limited recent salesAs of August 2026 · 2021 census
+72%assessed · 3yr
1965median build year
226homes
461residents

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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Recent sales here are too few to report a reliable typical price — the figures below lean on the area's assessed values instead.

Assessed change+72%3 yr
Median assessment$216,2002026
OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Recent sales here are too thin to state a reliable typical price, so this profile leans on the area's assessed-value movement (+72% over three years), its housing stock, and the 2021 census, rather than a headline price.

As of the 2021 Census, about 461 people live here, with a median household income near $77,880. 88% of homes are owner-occupied and 88% are single-detached.

Roughly 2 homes were added in the last five years — about 0.9% of the stock.

Assessed-value movementPVSC
Median assessed value in Prime Brook moved +72% from 2023 to 2026. Too few recent arm's-length sales to chart a price-per-square-foot trajectory.20232026$216200$126000
Median assessed value in Prime Brook moved +72% from 2023 to 2026. Too few recent arm's-length sales to chart a price-per-square-foot trajectory.
How Prime Brook compares to Nova ScotiaPVSC + Census · vs NS
Assessed values · 3yr+72%vs NS +52%
Median year built1965vs NS 1979
Median household income$77,880vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied88%vs NS 67%
Single-detached88%vs NS 64%
Median age53.9vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Prime Brook; 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 2 new homes were built in Prime Brook over the last five years — roughly 0.9% 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$183/ft² · 93 homes
1960–79$208/ft² · 67 homes
1980–99$222/ft² · 33 homes
2000–17$289/ft² · 19 homes
2018+$305/ft² · 5 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$203/ft² · 207 homes

Where recent sales landed

71%24%
Under $300k · 70.6%$300–500k · 23.5%$500–750k · 5.9%
Recorded salesRegistry · 21 years · ungated
2025-11-201107 Gabarus, Prime Brook$275,000
2025-10-14186 Kenwood, Prime Brook$410,000
2025-08-20722 Alexandra, Prime Brook$265,000
2025-06-2493 Mira Lee, Dutch Brook$180,000
2025-06-041984 Gabarus, Dutch Brook$551,000
2025-05-1518 Gordon Whitney, Prime Brook$341,500
2025-05-022073 Highway 327, Dutch Brook$155,000
2025-03-1421 Gordon Whitney, Prime Brook$250,000
2024-10-2956 Macdougalls, Dutch Brook$250,000
2024-08-29372 Front Lake, Dutch Brook$450,000
2023-11-161191 Gabarus, Prime Brook$220,000
2023-10-1237 Reids, Prime Brook$167,000

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
Population461
Median age53.9
Avg household size2.25
Median household income$77,880
Owner-occupied88%
Rented12%
Single-detached88% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 20163.5% (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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How to read this profile

An area profile for Prime Brook— 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.