Shortts Lake · Colchester
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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate
Among the faster-rising areas in Nova Scotia.
Shortts Lake's price per square foot rose 38% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 46 recent and 57 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.
A community within Colchester, on Nova Scotia's official governance map.
Sells in a median 28 days · 31 sold
Sells for a median 95% of original asking — 19% at or above ask · 31 sold
0% cut their price before selling · 31 sold
Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.
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Single-family homes here typically sold around $437,500 over the last 24 months — +38% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +55% over three years.
As of the 2021 Census, about 2,421 people live here, with a median household income near $73,981. 81% of homes are owner-occupied and 82% are single-detached.
Roughly 46 homes were added in the last five years — about 6.5% of the stock.
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Recorded sales
Registry of deeds · ungated| SEP 11 2026 | 341 Old Halifax Road, Pleasant Valley | $710,000 |
| AUG 26 2026 | 1877 Riverside Road, Riverside | $945,000 |
| AUG 18 2026 | 195 Brentwood Road, Brentwood | $264,000 |
| AUG 14 2026 | 179 Old Cloverdale Road, East Stewiacke | $114,000 |
| JUL 27 2026 | 183 Lakewood Drive, Shortts Lake | $600,000 |
| JUL 21 2026 | 4431 Cloverdale Road, East Stewiacke | $165,000 |
| JUL 06 2026 | 260 Loon Lane, Shortts Lake | $330,000 |
| JUN 30 2026 | 42 Stewiacke River Park Road, Mackay Siding | $510,000 |
| JUN 29 2026 | 3782 Alton Road, Alton | $520,000 |
| JUN 22 2026 | 200 Old Halifax Road, Pleasant Valley | $840,000 |
| JUN 15 2026 | 393 Cottage Lane, Shortts Lake | $1,050,000 |
| JUN 02 2026 | 1732 Riverside Road, Riverside | $600,000 |
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.
The figures · three reads
PVSC ROLL · REGISTRYAssessed $/ft² by era built
Pre-19602018+
Sale $/ft² by home type
Detached
Where recent sales landed
Under $300k$750k+
Price-per-square-foot trajectory PVSC · Sales
Most recent sales landed between $232,500 and $947,500 (10th–90th percentile).
How Shortts Lake compares to Nova Scotia PVSC + Census · vs NS
The blue dot marks Shortts Lake against the Nova Scotia tick; the province's own figure is given beside each rail. No position number is printed (DL-69 as applied, docs/16 §D.79).
Who lives here 2021 Census · apportioned
Census figures are apportioned from 2021 dissemination areas to this boundary by parcel share — an honest approximation, not a direct count.
The three reads in full.
Every era, every home type, every price band. PVSC as of 2026-10-04.
About 46 new homes were built in Shortts Lake over the last five years — roughly 6.5% 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
Recent sale price per ft², by home type
Where recent sales landed
| Bible Hill | $395,000 | +15% | 1,537 |
| Valley | $455,000 | +17% | 1,358 |
| Bass River | $230,000 | +12% | 933 |
| Brookfield | $365,184 | +84% | 847 |
| Tatamagouche | $270,000 | +16% | 800 |
| Salmon River | $354,000 | +11% | 702 |
| Great Village | $270,000 | +18% | 663 |
| East Mountain | $356,000 | +30% | 652 |
| Greenfield (Colchester) | $282,000 | +21% | 640 |
| Debert | $300,000 | +13% | 592 |
| Hilden | $335,000 | +18% | 545 |
| Brule | $325,000 | +7% | 533 |
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An area profile for Shortts 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, Open Data & Information Government Licence – PVSC & Participating Municipalities) · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (Statistics Canada Open Licence) · governance boundaries © Open Data Nova Scotia (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · market data as of October 2026.