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Sydney Mines · Cape Breton

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Median sale$177,500Registry · house · 24 mo
Registry sales9124 mo · arm’s-length
24-mo change+19%Registry · mix-controlled $/ft²
For sale now39MLS® · active + pending
Median days on market23 daysMLS® · 68 sold
Median assessment$173,600PVSC roll 2026

PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Rising, broadly in step with Nova Scotia.

Sydney Mines's price per square foot rose 19% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 91 recent and 98 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.

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

Active marketAs of October 2026 · 2021 census
$177,500typical house · 24mo
+19%price trend · 2yr
2,084homes
6,064residents

Sells in a median 23 days · 68 sold

Sells for a median 94% of original asking — 24% at or above ask · 68 sold

2% cut their price before selling · 68 sold

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

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OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $177,500 over the last 24 months — +19% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +60% over three years.

As of the 2021 Census, about 6,064 people live here, with a median household income near $58,800. 72% of homes are owner-occupied and 74% are single-detached.

Roughly 10 homes were added in the last five years — about 0.6% of the stock.

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Recorded sales

Registry of deeds · ungated

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.

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The figures · three reads

PVSC ROLL · REGISTRY

Assessed $/ft² by era built

Pre-19602018+

Sale $/ft² by home type

DetachedSplit-level

Where recent sales landed

Under $300k$300–500k

Price-per-square-foot trajectory PVSC · Sales

Median sale price per square foot in Sydney Mines went from $141 in 2022 to $180 in 2026.20222023202420252026$180/ft²$141
Median sale price per square foot in Sydney Mines went from $141 in 2022 to $180 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $90,000 and $320,600 (10th–90th percentile).

How Sydney Mines compares to Nova Scotia PVSC + Census · vs NS

Typical house · 24mo$177,500vs NS $405,500
Price trend · 2yr+19%vs NS +13%
Assessed values · 3yr+60%vs NS +52%
Median year built1971vs NS 1979
Median household income$58,800vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied72%vs NS 67%
Single-detached74%vs NS 64%
Median age49.6vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Sydney Mines 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

Population6,064
Median age49.6
Avg household size2.2
Median household income$58,800
Owner-occupied72%
Rented28%
Single-detached74% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 20161.3% (NS 5.2%)

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 2026-10-11.

About 10 new homes were built in Sydney Mines over the last five years — roughly 0.6% 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$127/ft² · 666 homes
1960–79$160/ft² · 434 homes
1980–99$177/ft² · 407 homes
2000–17$220/ft² · 146 homes
2018+$228/ft² · 20 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$148/ft² · 1860 homes
Split-level$179/ft² · 177 homes

Where recent sales landed

87%13%
Under $300k · 86.8%$300–500k · 13.2%
More in Cape Breton
Sydney$234,450+7%5,900
Glace Bay$206,500+14%4,768
North Sydney$194,000+20%1,878
New Waterford$169,000+9%1,841
Northside East Bay$237,000+17%1,741
Westmount$283,500+12%1,252
Sydney River$413,000+13%1,134
Coxheath$369,000+13%1,124
Albert Bridge$287,250+14%965
Marion Bridge$260,000+33%904
Howie Centre$370,000+23%769
Reserve Mines$169,000+10%714

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How to read this profile

An area profile for Sydney Mines — 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.

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