Land for sale in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia
165 land and acreage listings in Shelburne County. Median asking price $88,000; 40 bare-land lots of 10 acres or more at a median $1,534/ac. 75 have ocean, lake or river frontage.
Price cuts in Shelburne County
| Listing | Price | Acres | Per acre | Water | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 acres West Baccaro |
$22,500 was $37,500 | 3.2 | $6,944/ac | below market | |
| 39 acres East Jordan |
$110,000 was $129,000 | 39 | $2,821/ac | ||
| 0.94-acre lot on a river Sable River |
$29,900 was $34,900 | 0.94 | $31,768/ac | River frontage | below market |
| 3.9 acres on the ocean Lockeport |
$129,900 was $150,000 | 3.9 | $33,566/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 2.3 acres on a lake Port L'Hebert |
$499,000 was $549,000 | 2.3 | $214,163/ac | Lakefront | |
| 685 acres Allendale |
$629,000 was $689,000 | 685 | $918/ac | below market | |
| 5 acres Centreville |
$199,000 was $215,000 | 5 | $39,800/ac | ||
| 10 acres Rockland |
$490,000 was $525,000 | 10 | $49,000/ac | ||
| 5.8 acres Lockeport |
$249,900 was $265,500 | 5.8 | $43,385/ac | ||
| 2 acres on a river Middle Ohio |
$274,900 was $284,900 | 2 | $137,450/ac | River frontage |
By town
Price per acre by lot size in Shelburne County
Median asking price per acre of the 144 listings of 1 acre or more that state a size.
All listings in Shelburne County
| Listing | Price | Acres | Per acre | Water | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84 acres Shelburne |
$25,000 | 84 | $298/ac | below market | |
| 89 acres Ingomar |
$34,900 | 89 | $392/ac | below market | |
| 200 acres Allendale |
$99,900 | 200 | $500/ac | below market | |
| 75 acres Lot 40 · West Middle Sable |
$45,000 | 75 | $600/ac | below market | |
| 124 acres on the ocean Lot 34 · Shelburne |
$75,000 | 124 | $603/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
| 101 acres East Jordan |
$89,900 | 101 | $890/ac | below market | |
| 685 acres Allendale |
$629,000 | 685 | $918/ac | below market | |
| 274 acres on the ocean Barrington |
$259,000 | 274 | $946/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 75.5 acres Clyde River |
$75,000 | 75.5 | $993/ac | below market | |
| 49 acres Clam Point |
$55,000 | 49 | $1,122/ac | below market | |
| 265 acres Barrington |
$299,000 | 265 | $1,128/ac | near market | |
| 150 acres on the ocean Reynoldscroft |
$169,900 | 150 | $1,133/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 100 acres Oak Park |
$120,000 | 100 | $1,200/ac | near market | |
| 15 acres Allendale |
$19,000 | 15 | $1,267/ac | below market | |
| 67 acres East Jordan |
$85,000 | 67 | $1,269/ac | near market | |
| 137 acres Rockland |
$180,000 | 137 | $1,314/ac | near market | |
| 112 acres Upper Woods Harbour |
$149,900 | 112 | $1,333/ac | near market | |
| 56 acres Reynoldscroft |
$75,000 | 56 | $1,339/ac | near market | |
| 71.5 acres Barrington |
$99,000 | 71.5 | $1,385/ac | near market | |
| 15 acres Lower Sandy Pt |
$22,500 | 15 | $1,500/ac | below market | |
| 17.2 acres Canada Hill |
$27,000 | 17.2 | $1,569/ac | below market | |
| 287 acres on the ocean McNutts Island |
$470,000 | 287 | $1,636/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 74 acres on a lake Upper Ohio |
$149,000 | 74 | $2,014/ac | Lakefront | above market |
| 32 acres Jordan Branch |
$69,000 | 32 | $2,156/ac | below market | |
| 25 acres Lower East Pubnico |
$60,000 | 25 | $2,404/ac | near market | |
| 39 acres East Jordan |
$110,000 | 39 | $2,821/ac | ||
| 89 acres on a river Canada Hill |
$269,000 | 89 | $3,024/ac | River frontage | above market |
| 59.5 acres on the ocean West Green Harbour |
$185,000 | 59.5 | $3,107/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 100 acres Thomasville |
$365,000 | 100 | $3,650/ac | ||
| 25 acres Barrington |
$92,000 | 25 | $3,680/ac | near market | |
| 7.4 acres Sandy Point |
$28,000 | 7.4 | $3,784/ac | below market | |
| 14.4 acres Shelburne |
$60,000 | 14.4 | $4,167/ac | below market | |
| 13.8 acres on the ocean Lot 2 · Forbes Pt |
$59,900 | 13.8 | $4,340/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 7.2 acres Barrington |
$34,900 | 7.2 | $4,868/ac | below market | |
| 2.3 acres Lot 20 · Port Clyde |
$11,900 | 2.3 | $5,174/ac | below market | |
| 7 acres Lot 13 · Shelburne |
$37,900 | 7 | $5,414/ac | below market | |
| 10.1 acres on a river Port Clyde |
$58,000 | 10.1 | $5,743/ac | River frontage | below market |
| 8 acres on the ocean Centreville |
$49,000 | 8 | $6,156/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 3 acres Rockland |
$19,900 | 3 | $6,633/ac | below market | |
| 74.9 acres on the ocean Ingomar |
$499,900 | 74.9 | $6,671/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 3.2 acres West Baccaro |
$22,500 | 3.2 | $6,944/ac | below market | |
| 4.4 acres Lot 4 · Welshtown |
$33,000 | 4.4 | $7,530/ac | below market | |
| 3.9 acres Port Clyde |
$30,000 | 3.9 | $7,634/ac | below market | |
| 2.3 acres on the water Lot 8 · Port Clyde |
$18,000 | 2.3 | $7,826/ac | Waterfront | below market |
| 5 acres Lot 10B · Reids Hill |
$39,900 | 5 | $7,948/ac | near market | |
| 7.4 acres Port Saxon |
$59,900 | 7.4 | $8,084/ac | near market | |
| 11 acres on the water Lot 203 · Upper Ohio |
$89,800 | 11 | $8,164/ac | Waterfront | near market |
| 4.7 acres Lot 14 · Lower Ohio |
$39,500 | 4.7 | $8,404/ac | below market | |
| 2.3 acres on the water Lot 12 · Port Clyde |
$20,000 | 2.3 | $8,696/ac | Waterfront | below market |
| 2.6 acres Port La Tour |
$25,000 | 2.6 | $9,470/ac | below market | |
| 50 acres Thomasville |
$489,900 | 50 | $9,798/ac | ||
| 11 acres Lot 4 · Shelburne |
$109,000 | 11 | $9,909/ac | near market | |
| 5.8 acres on the ocean Lot 16 · Jordan Bay |
$59,000 | 5.8 | $10,155/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
| 5.4 acres on a lake Shelburne |
$55,000 | 5.4 | $10,185/ac | Lakefront | near market |
| 15.6 acres on a river Sable River |
$159,000 | 15.6 | $10,212/ac | River frontage | above market |
| 11.2 acres on the ocean Barrington |
$115,000 | 11.2 | $10,268/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 3.8 acres Lot 13 · Lower Ohio |
$39,500 | 3.8 | $10,395/ac | below market | |
| 21 acres on the water Lot 3 · Eel Bay |
$221,500 | 21 | $10,548/ac | Waterfront | above market |
| 3.7 acres Lot 16 · East Sable River |
$39,900 | 3.7 | $10,910/ac | below market | |
| 8.7 acres Brass Hill |
$98,000 | 8.7 | $11,264/ac | above market | |
| 2.4 acres Baccaro |
$26,500 | 2.4 | $11,277/ac | below market | |
| 1.4 acres on the ocean Lot 3 · East Sable River |
$15,900 | 1.4 | $11,357/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
| 3.7 acres Barrington |
$45,900 | 3.7 | $12,405/ac | below market | |
| 3 acres Lower Ohio |
$38,500 | 3 | $12,833/ac | below market | |
| 3 acres Lot 11 · Lower Ohio |
$39,500 | 3 | $13,167/ac | below market | |
| 2.2 acres Lot H · Shelburne |
$30,000 | 2.2 | $13,426/ac | below market | |
| 2.2 acres Lot H · Shelburne |
$30,000 | 2.2 | $13,435/ac | below market | |
| 1.8 acres on the ocean Shelburne |
$25,000 | 1.8 | $13,889/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
| 5 acres on the ocean Lot 24-1 · Lockeport |
$70,000 | 5 | $14,077/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 1.2 acres Charlesville |
$17,000 | 1.2 | $14,167/ac | below market | |
| 1.5 acres Lot 5 · Barrington |
$22,000 | 1.5 | $14,287/ac | below market | |
| 3.8 acres on the ocean Lot 2 · Jordan Branch |
$55,000 | 3.8 | $14,550/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 4.2 acres on a lake Upper Ohio |
$65,000 | 4.2 | $15,611/ac | Lakefront | near market |
| 5 acres on the water Sandy Point |
$79,000 | 5 | $15,800/ac | Waterfront | near market |
| 1.8 acres Sable River |
$29,000 | 1.8 | $15,847/ac | below market | |
| 9.3 acres on the ocean Bear Point |
$150,000 | 9.3 | $16,172/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 2.7 acres on a lake Upper Ohio |
$45,000 | 2.7 | $16,667/ac | Lakefront | below market |
| 2.8 acres on the ocean Lot 15 · Jordan Bay |
$49,000 | 2.8 | $17,500/ac | Oceanfront | below market |
| 6.6 acres on the ocean Barrington |
$119,000 | 6.6 | $18,058/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 1.9 acres Lot 16 · Centreville |
$38,900 | 1.9 | $20,052/ac | near market | |
| 4.4 acres Lot 12 · Roseway |
$89,000 | 4.4 | $20,227/ac | near market | |
| 3.3 acres Little Harbour |
$69,000 | 3.3 | $20,909/ac | near market | |
| 7.5 acres on the ocean Round Bay |
$159,999 | 7.5 | $21,333/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 21 acres on the ocean Osborne Harbour |
$450,000 | 21 | $21,429/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 5.5 acres on a river Lower Ohio |
$119,000 | 5.5 | $21,480/ac | River frontage | above market |
| 2 acres on a river East Sable River |
$46,000 | 2 | $23,000/ac | River frontage | below market |
| 1.3 acres Lydgate |
$29,900 | 1.3 | $23,920/ac | below market | |
| 8 acres Clam Point |
$199,000 | 8 | $24,875/ac | above market | |
| 2.4 acres Shelburne |
$60,000 | 2.4 | $25,316/ac | near market | |
| 3.8 acres on the ocean Lot 28 · Shelburne |
$99,000 | 3.8 | $25,984/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 3.7 acres on the ocean Lot 27 · Shelburne |
$99,000 | 3.7 | $26,471/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 33.8 acres on the ocean Reids Hill |
$899,000 | 33.8 | $26,598/ac | Oceanfront | |
| 14.6 acres on the ocean Jordan Ferry |
$399,900 | 14.6 | $27,409/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 2.8 acres on a river Lower Ohio |
$79,000 | 2.8 | $28,014/ac | River frontage | above market |
| 7 acres on the ocean Lot 1 · Shelburne |
$219,000 | 7 | $31,241/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 0.94-acre lot on a river Sable River |
$29,900 | 0.94 | $31,768/ac | River frontage | below market |
| 15.7 acres on the ocean East Jordan |
$499,900 | 15.7 | $31,902/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 1.8 acres on a lake Birchtown |
$57,500 | 1.8 | $31,944/ac | Lakefront | near market |
| 2.5 acres on the water Lower Ohio |
$79,000 | 2.5 | $32,114/ac | Waterfront | near market |
| 1 acre Lot M · Little Harbour |
$33,500 | 1 | $33,500/ac | below market |
About Shelburne County
The area
Shelburne County covers about 2,460 km² of Atlantic coast at the southwestern end of Nova Scotia and had about 13,700 people in 2021. In the District of Shelburne, Highway 103 roughly divides coast from interior: beaches, estuaries and most villages to the south, forest, lakes and wetlands to the north. The county has five local governments: the districts of Barrington (about 6,500 in 2021) and Shelburne (about 4,300), and the towns of Shelburne (about 1,600), Clark's Harbour (about 700, on Cape Sable Island) and Lockeport (about 500).
History
The county is in Mi'kma'ki, the unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq, who camped around Shelburne Harbour in summer long before Europeans came. New England settlers built Barrington's meeting house in 1765. Loyalist refugees from New York landed at Port Roseway in May 1783, and within a year the renamed town of Shelburne held about 10,000 people, though most soon left; Black Loyalists founded nearby Birchtown, then the largest free Black community in British North America. Fishing and shipbuilding built the coast, and fishing still leads.
Services and access
Roseway Hospital in Shelburne has an emergency department and inpatient beds; Nova Scotia Health posts its emergency closures on the hospital's page. Yarmouth Regional Hospital, serving Shelburne, Yarmouth and Digby counties, has a 24-hour emergency department, CT, MRI and surgery. Highway 103 crosses the county and continues to Halifax, where Halifax Stanfield International Airport has scheduled flights. Lobster and scallops landed around Cape Sable Island lead the economy, with forestry and fish processing.
Land and climate
Outside the Town of Shelburne and its harbour shipyard area, the District of Shelburne has no municipal water or sewer, so rural lots use wells and septic systems, and the province approves the septic system. The province maintains most public roads, but many lots north of Highway 103 are on private roads around lakes. About 43,460 ha of the District is in provincial parks and protected areas, mostly north of the highway.
Before you buy
Barrington's building inspection department issues building and development permits and handles zoning and subdivision. The District of Shelburne's first full land use bylaw took effect on October 30, 2025; a development permit now comes before a building permit. It bars building and clearing within 15.2 m of the high-water mark of any lake, river, wetland or the sea, and most building in its coastal protection overlay needs a flood-risk report from a qualified professional. Its Rural Resource zone, mostly north of Highway 103, limits new houses to protect working land and reduce wildfire risk. The Barrington Lake wildfire of May 2023 was the largest in the province's recorded history; it burned more than 235 km² and destroyed about 60 homes and 150 other buildings.
Sources
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Profile data (census division 1201 and its subdivisions)
- Municipality of the District of Shelburne, Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law (Minister's approval)
- Municipality of the District of Shelburne, permits and forms
- Municipality of the District of Barrington, building inspection and permits
- Town of Shelburne, history
- Parks Canada, Loyalists at Shelburne
- Parks Canada, Old Barrington Meeting House
- Parks Canada, Kespukwitk conservation corridor (Mi'kma'ki)
- Black Loyalist Heritage Centre (Nova Scotia Museum)
- The Canadian Encyclopedia, Cape Sable Island
- Nova Scotia Health, Roseway Hospital and Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Province of Nova Scotia, 2023 wildfires after-action report
Written by AcreScout from the sources listed; facts checked October 1, 2026. Rules change: confirm anything that matters with the municipality.