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Thorburn

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Holding flat while most of Nova Scotia rose.

Thorburn's price per square foot fell 3% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 13 recent and 24 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.

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

Some recent salesAs of August 2026 · 2021 census
$245,000typical house · 24mo19th pctile · NS
-3%price trend · 2yr9th pctile · NS
352homes
717residents

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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate

Median sale$245,00024 mo
Registry sales1324 mo
24-mo change-3%
Median assessment$194,3002026
OverviewPVSC + 2021 Census

Single-family homes here typically sold around $245,000 over the last 24 months — -3% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +61% over three years.

As of the 2021 Census, about 717 people live here, with a median household income near $71,500. 88% of homes are owner-occupied and 87% are single-detached.

Roughly 5 homes were added in the last five years — about 1.9% of the stock.

Price-per-square-foot trajectoryPVSC · Sales
Median sale price per square foot in Thorburn went from $156 in 2022 to $180 in 2026.20222023202420252026$180/ft²$156
Median sale price per square foot in Thorburn went from $156 in 2022 to $180 in 2026.

Most recent sales landed between $77,200 and $321,000 (10th–90th percentile).

How Thorburn compares to Nova ScotiaPVSC + Census · vs NS
Typical house · 24mo$245,00019th percentile
Price trend · 2yr-3%9th percentile
Assessed values · 3yr+61%vs NS +52%
Median year built1976vs NS 1979
Median household income$71,500vs NS $67,500
Owner-occupied88%vs NS 67%
Single-detached87%vs NS 64%
Median age52vs NS 47

The blue dot marks Thorburn; 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 5 new homes were built in Thorburn 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

Pre-1960$140/ft² · 78 homes
1960–79$159/ft² · 68 homes
1980–99$178/ft² · 80 homes
2000–17$232/ft² · 27 homes
2018+$245/ft² · 5 homes

Recent sale price per ft², by home type

Detached$153/ft² · 326 homes

Where recent sales landed

73%27%
Under $300k · 73%$300–500k · 27%
Recorded salesRegistry · 21 years · ungated
2026-04-0987 New, Thorburn$325,000
2026-01-15619 Park Falls, Sutherlands River$305,000
2025-12-10Macdonald, Thorburn$254,000
2025-12-048724 Highway 4, Telford$190,000
2025-10-01235 Thorburn, Thorburn$275,000
2025-09-05436 Finlay Dan, Thorburn$120,000
2025-06-267424 Highway 4, Pine Tree$350,000
2025-06-06144 Macdonald, Thorburn$300,000
2025-05-0144 Grist Mill, Mcphersons Mills$245,000
2024-12-168712 Highway 4, Telford$66,500
2024-11-14346 Thorburn, Thorburn$202,000
2024-09-18100 Old, Thorburn$175,000

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
Population717
Median age52
Avg household size2.2
Median household income$71,500
Owner-occupied88%
Rented12%
Single-detached87% (NS 63.7%)
Built since 20163.8% (NS 5.2%)

Census figures are apportioned from 2021 dissemination areas to this boundary by parcel share — an honest approximation, not a direct count.

More in Pictou
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Hopewell$280,749+10%1,034
Lyons Brook$321,500+24%701
River John$275,950+7%660
Greenwood (Pictou)$190,000+21%577
Abercrombie$382,500+23%551
Toney River$336,125+43%548
Plymouth$280,000+58%470
Pictou Landing$312,500+69%396
Caribou Island$375,000+17%387
Chance Harbour$283,500+12%374

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An area profile for Thorburn— 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.