Land for sale in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
323 land and acreage listings in Cumberland County. Median asking price $85,000; 46 bare-land lots of 10 acres or more at a median $3,986/ac. 92 have ocean, lake or river frontage and 13 a creek through the land.
Listed this week in Cumberland County
| Listing | Price | Acres | Per acre | Water | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 acres on a lake Lake Killarney |
$72,000 | 80 | $900/ac | Lakefront | below market |
| 6 acres East Mapleton |
$449,000 | 6 | $74,833/ac | ||
| Land Parrsboro |
$44,500 | Not stated | – | ||
| Land on the ocean Lot 9 · West Bay Shores, West Bay |
$49,900 | Not stated | – | Oceanfront | |
| 172 acres Lakelands |
$299,000 | 172 | $1,738/ac | above market | |
| 3 acres North Wallace |
$222,000 | 3 | $74,000/ac |
Price cuts in Cumberland County
| Listing | Price | Acres | Per acre | Water | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 acres Springhill |
$21,500 was $29,999 | 1.2 | $18,058/ac | below market | |
| 15 acres with a creek Hansford |
$45,000 was $59,900 | 15 | $3,000/ac | Creek through | below market |
| 0.19-acre lot Springhill |
$13,000 was $17,000 | 0.19 | $68,313/ac | below market | |
| 0.55-acre lot Wallace |
$29,900 was $35,000 | 0.55 | $54,157/ac | below market | |
| 5.5 acres Upper Nappan |
$195,000 was $225,000 | 5.5 | $35,455/ac | ||
| 10.5 acres on the ocean Malagash Centre |
$89,999 was $99,999 | 10.5 | $8,571/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
| 41.4 acres on a lake Hartford |
$90,000 was $100,000 | 41.4 | $2,177/ac | Lakefront | below market |
| 1.7 acres on the ocean Lot 14 · Port Howe |
$49,500 was $54,900 | 1.7 | $29,197/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
| 0.52-acre lot Lot 5 · Sutherland Lake |
$74,900 was $82,500 | 0.52 | $145,268/ac | above market | |
| 1.1 acres Maccan |
$199,000 was $219,000 | 1.1 | $180,909/ac |
By town
Price per acre by lot size in Cumberland County
Median asking price per acre of the 261 listings of 1 acre or more that state a size.
All listings in Cumberland County
| Listing | Price | Acres | Per acre | Water | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74.1 acres Kirkhill |
$49,900 | 74.1 | $673/ac | below market | |
| 131 acres Fort Lawrence |
$99,900 | 131 | $763/ac | below market | |
| 183 acres on a lake West Linden |
$159,900 | 183 | $874/ac | Lakefront | below market |
| 80 acres on a lake Lake Killarney |
$72,000 | 80 | $900/ac | Lakefront | below market |
| 30 acres Spencers Island |
$27,500 | 30 | $917/ac | below market | |
| 179 acres Barronsfield |
$169,000 | 179 | $944/ac | near market | |
| 1,418 acres Lakelands |
$1,900,000 | 1,418 | $1,340/ac | below market | |
| 20 acres Cumberland |
$27,500 | 20 | $1,375/ac | below market | |
| 42 acres on a lake Fort Lawrence |
$69,000 | 42 | $1,643/ac | Lakefront | |
| 81 acres Pugwash River |
$134,900 | 81 | $1,665/ac | below market | |
| 172 acres Lakelands |
$299,000 | 172 | $1,738/ac | above market | |
| 41.4 acres on a lake Hartford |
$90,000 | 41.4 | $2,177/ac | Lakefront | below market |
| 44 acres with a creek Lakelands |
$104,900 | 44 | $2,384/ac | Creek through | near market |
| 100 acres Spencers Island |
$255,000 | 100 | $2,550/ac | near market | |
| 28.6 acres Lot B4 · Lakelands |
$74,900 | 28.6 | $2,618/ac | below market | |
| 108 acres Pugwash |
$285,000 | 108 | $2,639/ac | near market | |
| 35 acres River Hebert |
$99,900 | 35 | $2,854/ac | ||
| 87.8 acres on the ocean Malagash |
$259,000 | 87.8 | $2,951/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 13.3 acres Diligent River |
$39,900 | 13.3 | $3,000/ac | below market | |
| 15 acres with a creek Hansford |
$45,000 | 15 | $3,000/ac | Creek through | below market |
| 11 acres Birchwood |
$34,000 | 11 | $3,091/ac | below market | |
| 96 acres West Advocate |
$299,900 | 96 | $3,124/ac | ||
| 27 acres Malagash |
$85,000 | 27 | $3,148/ac | below market | |
| 240 acres River Philip |
$779,000 | 240 | $3,246/ac | ||
| 33.4 acres Lot B1 · Lakelands |
$119,900 | 33.4 | $3,592/ac | above market | |
| 16 acres Wentworth Valley Preserve, Wentworth |
$59,000 | 16 | $3,688/ac | near market | |
| 25 acres River Hebert |
$95,000 | 25 | $3,800/ac | near market | |
| 74 acres Malagash Point |
$299,000 | 74 | $4,041/ac | ||
| 11 acres Advocate |
$45,900 | 11 | $4,173/ac | below market | |
| 10 acres River Hebert |
$44,900 | 10 | $4,490/ac | below market | |
| 170 acres West Wentworth |
$869,900 | 170 | $5,117/ac | ||
| 40.5 acres Lot 1 · Wentworth |
$215,000 | 40.5 | $5,309/ac | above market | |
| 60.9 acres on the ocean Lot 1 · Malagash |
$325,000 | 60.9 | $5,336/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 17.3 acres Williamsdale |
$96,500 | 17.3 | $5,581/ac | above market | |
| 10 acres on a river Port Greville |
$59,000 | 10 | $5,900/ac | River frontage | below market |
| 5 acres Lower Cove |
$29,900 | 5 | $5,980/ac | below market | |
| 5 acres Cumberland |
$29,900 | 5 | $5,980/ac | below market | |
| 28 acres Wharton |
$169,900 | 28 | $6,068/ac | ||
| 25 acres Lower Wentworth |
$159,900 | 25 | $6,396/ac | above market | |
| 26 acres on the ocean Lot 03-1 · West Bay |
$169,000 | 26 | $6,500/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 7.2 acres Fenwick |
$47,900 | 7.2 | $6,658/ac | below market | |
| 9 acres Lot 5 · West Wentworth |
$62,000 | 9 | $6,889/ac | near market | |
| 5.1 acres Lot 17 · Maccan |
$35,000 | 5.1 | $6,917/ac | near market | |
| 50 acres on the ocean Malagash Centre |
$349,000 | 50 | $6,980/ac | Oceanfront | |
| 20 acres Diligent River |
$139,900 | 20 | $6,995/ac | near market | |
| 6.8 acres Fenwick |
$47,900 | 6.8 | $7,066/ac | below market | |
| 9.9 acres Lot 6 · West Wentworth |
$74,000 | 9.9 | $7,475/ac | near market | |
| 8.2 acres Lot 4 · West Wentworth |
$62,000 | 8.2 | $7,561/ac | near market | |
| 7.2 acres with a creek West Wentworth |
$55,000 | 7.2 | $7,639/ac | Creek through | below market |
| 7.3 acres Lot 3 · West Wentworth |
$57,000 | 7.3 | $7,808/ac | below market | |
| 15.2 acres on a river Lot 4A · Wentworth Valley |
$125,000 | 15.2 | $8,224/ac | River frontage | above market |
| 14.8 acres on a river Lot 4B · Wentworth Valley |
$125,000 | 14.8 | $8,446/ac | River frontage | above market |
| 10.5 acres on the ocean Malagash Centre |
$89,999 | 10.5 | $8,571/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
| 6.6 acres Lot 2 · West Wentworth |
$57,000 | 6.6 | $8,636/ac | near market | |
| 5.9 acres Lot 1 · West Wentworth |
$51,000 | 5.9 | $8,644/ac | near market | |
| 5.4 acres Fenwick |
$47,900 | 5.4 | $8,815/ac | near market | |
| 3.2 acres Lot 22-3 · River Philip |
$27,990 | 3.2 | $8,849/ac | below market | |
| 5 acres on the ocean Northport |
$44,500 | 5 | $8,900/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
| 65 acres on the water Lot 2010 · Rockley |
$595,000 | 65 | $9,154/ac | Waterfront | above market |
| 70 acres Roslin |
$659,900 | 70 | $9,427/ac | above market | |
| 4.2 acres Chapman Settlement |
$39,900 | 4.2 | $9,443/ac | below market | |
| 60 acres Springhill |
$569,900 | 60 | $9,498/ac | ||
| 5.8 acres Chignecto |
$57,900 | 5.8 | $9,983/ac | near market | |
| 5 acres with a creek West Wentworth |
$50,000 | 5 | $10,000/ac | Creek through | near market |
| 6 acres with a creek West Wentworth |
$60,000 | 6 | $10,000/ac | Creek through | near market |
| 2.4 acres Lot 24 · Two Islands |
$25,000 | 2.4 | $10,288/ac | below market | |
| 3.4 acres Oxford |
$36,000 | 3.4 | $10,481/ac | below market | |
| 62 acres with a creek Oxford |
$649,900 | 62 | $10,482/ac | Creek through | above market |
| 25.6 acres Birchwood |
$269,900 | 25.6 | $10,564/ac | above market | |
| 2.3 acres Lot 4 · Lower Maccan |
$25,000 | 2.3 | $10,870/ac | below market | |
| 1.1 acres Chignecto |
$11,900 | 1.1 | $11,372/ac | below market | |
| 14 acres Wentworth |
$159,900 | 14 | $11,421/ac | above market | |
| 13 acres on the ocean Parrsboro |
$149,000 | 13 | $11,462/ac | Oceanfront | |
| 3.9 acres with a creek West Wentworth |
$45,000 | 3.9 | $11,538/ac | Creek through | below market |
| 6 acres Malagash |
$69,900 | 6 | $11,650/ac | ||
| 4.7 acres with a creek West Wentworth |
$55,000 | 4.7 | $11,702/ac | Creek through | near market |
| 21 acres Wallace |
$249,000 | 21 | $11,857/ac | ||
| 20 acres on a river Roslin |
$239,000 | 20 | $11,950/ac | River frontage | |
| 15 acres Wallace |
$179,900 | 15 | $11,993/ac | above market | |
| 3.3 acres with a creek Lot 25-4 · Wentworth |
$39,900 | 3.3 | $12,233/ac | Creek through | below market |
| 4 acres Lot 3 · Two Islands |
$49,000 | 4 | $12,250/ac | below market | |
| 46 acres Fox Harbour |
$574,900 | 46 | $12,498/ac | above market | |
| 2 acres Salt Springs |
$25,000 | 2 | $12,500/ac | below market | |
| 30 acres on the ocean North Shore |
$375,000 | 30 | $12,500/ac | Oceanfront | |
| 11 acres Fort Lawrence |
$137,900 | 11 | $12,537/ac | near market | |
| 6.2 acres North Wallace |
$80,000 | 6.2 | $12,888/ac | below market | |
| 2.5 acres Lot 26 · Cumberland |
$32,900 | 2.5 | $13,016/ac | below market | |
| 3.7 acres Pugwash |
$49,000 | 3.7 | $13,315/ac | below market | |
| 3 acres with a creek Lot 25-3 · Wentworth |
$39,900 | 3 | $13,344/ac | Creek through | near market |
| 6.6 acres Lot 2 · Two Islands |
$89,000 | 6.6 | $13,485/ac | near market | |
| 25.1 acres on the ocean Lot 631 · West Bay |
$339,900 | 25.1 | $13,547/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 6.1 acres Springhill |
$84,900 | 6.1 | $13,918/ac | near market | |
| 5 acres Joggins |
$69,900 | 5 | $13,980/ac | near market | |
| 4.1 acres Joggins |
$59,900 | 4.1 | $14,609/ac | near market | |
| 1.5 acres Springhill |
$22,500 | 1.5 | $14,706/ac | below market | |
| 2.2 acres Lot 27 · Cumberland |
$32,900 | 2.2 | $14,735/ac | below market | |
| 3.2 acres on the ocean Lot 2 · Malagash |
$49,900 | 3.2 | $15,594/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
| 4.1 acres Wallace |
$68,000 | 4.1 | $16,465/ac | ||
| 2.9 acres Pugwash |
$49,000 | 2.9 | $16,838/ac | below market | |
| 1.8 acres on the ocean Lot 2 · West Bay |
$30,000 | 1.8 | $16,985/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
About Cumberland County
The area
Cumberland County is the part of Nova Scotia that borders New Brunswick; Amherst is where many trips into the province begin. It covers about 4,280 km² of land and had about 30,500 people in 2021. It has two coasts: the Bay of Fundy side, with the world's highest tides and the Joggins Fossil Cliffs, and the Northumberland Strait side, with warmer water and red sand beaches. Inland, the Wentworth Valley in the Appalachian hills is the county's ski and hiking country. Amherst (about 9,400) and Oxford (about 1,200) are separate towns; everything else, including Springhill, Parrsboro and Pugwash, is in the Municipality of the County of Cumberland. Oxford calls itself the wild blueberry capital of Canada.
History
Cumberland is part of Mi'kma'ki, the homeland of the Mi'kmaq, Nova Scotia's founding people. After the Acadians were expelled, New England settlers founded Amherst in 1764; the railway arrived by 1880, and by 1908 Amherst's factories out-produced every other Maritime centre. Coal built Springhill, where a small mine opened in 1834 and large-scale mining began in 1872; after 74 men died in the 1958 disaster, the main mines closed. The cliffs at Joggins, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, hold fossils from the Coal Age about 300 million years ago.
Services and access
The Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre in Upper Nappan, just outside Amherst, has a 24-hour emergency department. North Cumberland (Pugwash) and All Saints in Springhill have collaborative emergency centres, and Parrsboro has an urgent treatment centre with no emergency department; Nova Scotia Health's location pages show the current status of each. Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport, across the New Brunswick border, has the nearest scheduled flights.
Land and climate
Rural lots without central sewer need an on-site (septic) system. In Nova Scotia only a certified Qualified Person or a professional engineer can select or design an on-site sewage system, and installers must be certified by the province. Work that changes the bed or bank of a stream, lake or pond, such as a culvert, bridge or wharf, needs a watercourse alteration notification or approval from Nova Scotia Environment.
Before you buy
Outside Amherst and Oxford, the Municipality of Cumberland issues building permits and sets zoning through its Municipal Planning Strategy, Land Use By-law and Subdivision By-law; its online zoning map shows each lot's zone, and planning staff and building officials answer questions. The municipality also has separate wind turbine rules. Amherst and Oxford have their own planning and permits.
Sources
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census population and dwelling counts (tables 98-10-0002, 98-10-0007)
- Municipality of Cumberland, development and planning, land use regulations
- Explore Cumberland
- Town of Oxford
- Town of Amherst, historic Amherst
- The Canadian Encyclopedia, Springhill
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs
- Government of Nova Scotia, the Mi'kmaq
- Nova Scotia Health, Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre and other locations
- Nova Scotia Environment, on-site sewage systems
- Nova Scotia Environment, watercourse alteration
- Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport
Written by AcreScout from the sources listed; facts checked September 30, 2026. Rules change: confirm anything that matters with the municipality.