Truro · Northern
One of 49 municipalities · 2,681 parcels · Updated weekly
PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate
Rising, but more slowly than most of Nova Scotia.
Truro's price per square foot rose 13% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 233 recent and 244 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.
Sells in a median 19 days · 183 sold
Sells for a median 96% of original asking — 24% at or above ask · 182 sold
0% cut their price before selling · 183 sold
Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.
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Single-family homes here typically sold around $328,000 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 +72% over three years.
As of the 2021 Census, about 13,378 people live here, with a median household income near $54,735. 43% of homes are owner-occupied and 42% are single-detached.
Roughly 26 homes were added in the last five years — about 1.3% of the stock, and new builds trade at a +47.4% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.
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Recorded sales
Registry of deeds · ungated| SEP 28 2026 | 66 Melrose Terrace, Truro | $320,000 |
| SEP 24 2026 | 26 Hampstead Court, Truro | $530,000 |
| SEP 18 2026 | 281 Lower Truro Road, Truro | $103,500 |
| SEP 15 2026 | 9 Fundy Drive, Truro | $287,325 |
| SEP 14 2026 | 223 Brunswick Street, Truro | $299,900 |
| SEP 11 2026 | 1 Hillcrest Street, Truro | $450,000 |
| SEP 10 2026 | 50 Archibald Street, Truro | $330,000 |
| AUG 27 2026 | 567 Young Street, Truro | $360,000 |
| AUG 21 2026 | 45 Normandy Avenue, Truro | $225,000 |
| AUG 21 2026 | 32 James Street, Truro | $315,000 |
| AUG 19 2026 | 10 Nova Drive, Truro | $295,000 |
| AUG 17 2026 | 35 Fairview Drive, Truro | $470,000 |
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 $200,000 and $486,600 (10th–90th percentile).
How Truro compares to Nova Scotia PVSC + Census · vs NS
The blue dot marks Truro 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 26 new homes were built in Truro over the last five years — roughly 1.3% of its homes. New homes trade near $311/ft² against $211/ft² for existing — a +47.4% premium per square foot, after holding size constant. 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
| Truro | $328,000 | +13% | 2,681 |
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An area profile for Truro — 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.