Sydney River · Cape Breton
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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate
Rising, broadly in step with Nova Scotia.
Sydney River's price per square foot rose 13% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 73 recent and 59 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 4 days · 52 sold
Sells for a median 97% of original asking — 31% at or above ask · 52 sold
0% cut their price before selling · 52 sold
Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.
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Single-family homes here typically sold around $413,000 over the last 24 months — +13% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +46% over three years.
As of the 2021 Census, about 3,537 people live here, with a median household income near $87,000. 86% of homes are owner-occupied and 78% are single-detached.
Roughly 21 homes were added in the last five years — about 1.9% of the stock.
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Recorded sales
Registry of deeds · ungated| SEP 25 2026 | 137 Kimberly Drive, Sydney River | $350,000 |
| SEP 24 2026 | 101 Kenwood Drive, Sydney River | $275,000 |
| AUG 25 2026 | 42 Bardmoor Crescent, Sydney River | $478,500 |
| AUG 20 2026 | 189 Macrae Avenue, Sydney River | $266,000 |
| AUG 17 2026 | 24 Hampton Drive, Sydney River | $750,000 |
| AUG 10 2026 | 54 Englewood Crescent, Sydney River | $632,549 |
| JUL 30 2026 | 117 Carmichael Drive, Sydney River | $799,000 |
| JUL 15 2026 | 51 Avondale Court, Sydney River | $679,000 |
| JUL 14 2026 | 81 Woodlawn Drive, Sydney River | $325,000 |
| JUL 06 2026 | 86 Carmichael Drive, Sydney River | $565,000 |
| JUN 30 2026 | 234 Riverview Drive, Sydney River | $501,000 |
| JUN 16 2026 | 60 Riverside Drive, Sydney River | $380,000 |
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
DetachedSplit-level
Where recent sales landed
Under $300k$750k+
Price-per-square-foot trajectory PVSC · Sales
Most recent sales landed between $261,000 and $750,000 (10th–90th percentile).
How Sydney River compares to Nova Scotia PVSC + Census · vs NS
The blue dot marks Sydney River 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 21 new homes were built in Sydney River over the last five years — roughly 1.9% 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
Recent sale price per ft², by home type
Where recent sales landed
| Sydney | $234,450 | +7% | 5,900 |
| 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 |
| 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 River — 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.