West River · Antigonish
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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate
Rising, but more slowly than most of Nova Scotia.
West River's price per square foot rose 12% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 89 recent and 113 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.
A community within Antigonish, on Nova Scotia's official governance map.
Sells in a median 38 days · 64 sold
Sells for a median 95% of original asking — 22% at or above ask · 64 sold
0% cut their price before selling · 64 sold
Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.
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Single-family homes here typically sold around $350,000 over the last 24 months — +12% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +43% over three years.
As of the 2021 Census, about 8,430 people live here, with a median household income near $71,500. 67% of homes are owner-occupied and 62% are single-detached.
Roughly 115 homes were added in the last five years — about 4.7% of the stock.
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Recorded sales
Registry of deeds · ungated| SEP 25 2026 | 6380 Highway 245, Mcarras Brook | $277,500 |
| SEP 25 2026 | 5410 Highway 7, West River | $250,000 |
| SEP 17 2026 | 1428 Addington Forks Road, Addington Forks | $338,000 |
| SEP 14 2026 | 63 Reeves Road, Glen Road | $505,000 |
| SEP 08 2026 | 212 Clydesdale Road, Clydesdale | $190,000 |
| SEP 03 2026 | 67 Mountain View Drive, Pleasant Valley | $545,000 |
| SEP 01 2026 | 228 Old Pinevale Road, Pinevale | $229,000 |
| AUG 31 2026 | 55 Old Highway 245, Sylvan Valley | $313,000 |
| AUG 31 2026 | 37 Eagle Road, West Lochaber | $189,900 |
| AUG 25 2026 | 12 Old Maryvale Road, Maryvale | $133,333 |
| AUG 12 2026 | 263 Old Maryvale Road, Maryvale | $445,000 |
| JUL 30 2026 | 69 Elliott Lane, West River | $680,000 |
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 $131,666 and $651,980 (10th–90th percentile).
How West River compares to Nova Scotia PVSC + Census · vs NS
The blue dot marks West 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 115 new homes were built in West River over the last five years — roughly 4.7% 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
| Pomquet | $253,750 | +21% | 2,262 |
| Lower South River | $382,500 | +26% | 787 |
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An area profile for West 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.