Sydney · Cape Breton
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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate
Rising, but more slowly than most of Nova Scotia.
Sydney's price per square foot rose 7% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 370 recent and 394 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.
Sells in a median 12 days · 298 sold
Sells for a median 95% of original asking — 33% at or above ask · 301 sold
1% cut their price before selling · 301 sold
Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.
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Single-family homes here typically sold around $234,450 over the last 24 months — +7% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +63% over three years.
As of the 2021 Census, about 21,885 people live here, with a median household income near $54,536. 52% of homes are owner-occupied and 57% are single-detached.
Roughly 23 homes were added in the last five years — about 0.4% of the stock.
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Recorded sales
Registry of deeds · ungated| SEP 25 2026 | 232 Cusack Drive, Sydney | $325,000 |
| SEP 21 2026 | 358 Columbia Street, Sydney | $210,000 |
| SEP 16 2026 | 84 Union Street, Sydney | $330,000 |
| SEP 15 2026 | 733 Kings Road, Sydney | $475,000 |
| SEP 14 2026 | 50 Lynne Drive, Sydney | $273,500 |
| SEP 11 2026 | 221 Cottage Road, Sydney | $259,500 |
| SEP 10 2026 | 73 Michael Street, Sydney | $519,000 |
| SEP 04 2026 | 69 Broadway, Sydney | $155,000 |
| AUG 31 2026 | 36 Common Street, Sydney | $380,000 |
| AUG 27 2026 | 147 Howe Street, Sydney | $290,000 |
| AUG 27 2026 | 693 Kings Road, Sydney | $332,000 |
| AUG 26 2026 | 277 Union Street, Sydney | $269,500 |
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
DetachedSplit-level
Where recent sales landed
Under $300k$500–750k
Price-per-square-foot trajectory PVSC · Sales
Most recent sales landed between $123,298 and $360,500 (10th–90th percentile).
How Sydney compares to Nova Scotia PVSC + Census · vs NS
The blue dot marks Sydney 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 2026-10-11.
About 23 new homes were built in Sydney over the last five years — roughly 0.4% 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
| Glace Bay | $206,500 | +14% | 4,768 |
| Sydney Mines | $177,500 | +19% | 2,084 |
| 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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An area profile for Sydney — 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.