Land for sale in Victoria County, Nova Scotia
79 land and acreage listings in Victoria County. Median asking price $109,900; 18 bare-land lots of 10 acres or more at a median $4,538/ac. 38 have ocean, lake or river frontage.
Listed this week in Victoria County
| Listing | Price | Acres | Per acre | Water | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 acres Jamesville |
$465,000 | 2.5 | $186,000/ac | ||
| 5 acres on a lake South Cove |
$109,999 | 5 | $22,000/ac | Lakefront | above market |
| 3.5 acres Boularderie Centre |
$199,000 | 3.5 | $56,857/ac |
Price cuts in Victoria County
| Listing | Price | Acres | Per acre | Water | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 acres on the ocean Lot 3 · Ingonish Centre |
$49,900 was $69,900 | 1.1 | $45,364/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 3.1 acres on a lake Lot 3 · near Eskasoni 3 |
$119,900 was $150,000 | 3.1 | $38,677/ac | Lakefront | above market |
| 2.3 acres Lot 5 · Ingonish |
$155,000 was $165,000 | 2.3 | $67,544/ac | above market | |
| 1 acre Big Baddeck |
$169,900 was $179,900 | 1 | $169,900/ac | ||
| 54 acres Middle River |
$829,900 was $849,900 | 54 | $15,369/ac |
Price per acre by lot size in Victoria County
Median asking price per acre of the 72 listings of 1 acre or more that state a size.
All listings in Victoria County
| Listing | Price | Acres | Per acre | Water | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 acres on the ocean Cape Dauphin |
$135,000 | 100 | $1,350/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 76 acres Englishtown |
$120,000 | 76 | $1,579/ac | near market | |
| 47 acres Tarbot |
$85,000 | 47 | $1,809/ac | below market | |
| 40 acres Skir Dhu |
$79,900 | 40 | $1,998/ac | below market | |
| 45 acres Baddeck Area |
$90,000 | 45 | $2,000/ac | near market | |
| 46 acres on a lake Lower Washabuck |
$95,000 | 46 | $2,065/ac | Lakefront | near market |
| 82 acres South Cove |
$174,999 | 82 | $2,134/ac | near market | |
| 45 acres on a lake Red Point |
$99,900 | 45 | $2,220/ac | Lakefront | |
| 197 acres on the ocean Little River |
$460,000 | 197 | $2,335/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 97 acres Tarbotvale |
$299,000 | 97 | $3,082/ac | ||
| 11.5 acres on a river Middle River |
$44,000 | 11.5 | $3,826/ac | River frontage | below market |
| 300 acres on the ocean Little River |
$1,200,000 | 300 | $4,000/ac | Oceanfront | |
| 36 acres on the ocean Black Point |
$189,000 | 36 | $5,250/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 15 acres Port Bevis |
$95,000 | 15 | $6,333/ac | near market | |
| 40 acres Iona |
$279,000 | 40 | $6,975/ac | above market | |
| 4 acres Baddeck Bridge |
$29,000 | 4 | $7,250/ac | below market | |
| 5 acres Boularderie Center |
$40,000 | 5 | $8,000/ac | below market | |
| 27 acres on a river Middle River |
$245,000 | 27 | $9,074/ac | River frontage | above market |
| 23 acres on the ocean Aspy Bay |
$250,000 | 23 | $10,870/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 4.1 acres on the water Lot 112 · Upper Washabuck |
$44,900 | 4.1 | $10,951/ac | Waterfront | below market |
| 6 acres Boularderie |
$69,900 | 6 | $11,650/ac | near market | |
| 20 acres Meadow |
$265,000 | 20 | $13,250/ac | ||
| 1 acre Boularderie |
$15,000 | 1 | $15,000/ac | below market | |
| 4 acres Dingwall |
$60,000 | 4 | $15,000/ac | below market | |
| 16.3 acres Lot 3 · Indian Brook |
$249,000 | 16.3 | $15,268/ac | above market | |
| 54 acres Middle River |
$829,900 | 54 | $15,369/ac | ||
| 4.1 acres Ross Ferry |
$65,000 | 4.1 | $15,854/ac | near market | |
| 0.98-acre lot Ross Ferry |
$16,000 | 0.98 | $16,265/ac | below market | |
| 2.3 acres West Middle River |
$39,000 | 2.3 | $16,957/ac | below market | |
| 12.6 acres Lot 4-24 · Indian Brook |
$219,000 | 12.6 | $17,378/ac | above market | |
| 1.9 acres Lot 89-2 · Boularderie Centre |
$34,500 | 1.9 | $17,784/ac | near market | |
| 1.9 acres Lot 89-3 · Boularderie Centre |
$34,500 | 1.9 | $17,784/ac | near market | |
| 1.9 acres Lot 89-1 · Boularderie Centre |
$34,500 | 1.9 | $17,784/ac | near market | |
| 4.4 acres on the ocean Goose Cove |
$79,000 | 4.4 | $17,816/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 10.1 acres on a lake Boularderie |
$184,900 | 10.1 | $18,307/ac | Lakefront | above market |
| 4.9 acres on a river Upper Middle River |
$99,000 | 4.9 | $20,204/ac | River frontage | above market |
| 11 acres on the ocean Wreck Cove |
$235,000 | 11 | $21,364/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 2.5 acres on the ocean Lot 2020-5 · Little Narrows |
$54,000 | 2.5 | $21,600/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 5 acres on a lake South Cove |
$109,999 | 5 | $22,000/ac | Lakefront | above market |
| 7.5 acres on the ocean Lot 2 · Birch Plain |
$165,000 | 7.5 | $22,090/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 2.5 acres Inlet Baddeck |
$55,000 | 2.5 | $22,177/ac | below market | |
| 2.7 acres on the ocean Lot 15 · Baddeck Inlet |
$68,000 | 2.7 | $25,373/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 37 acres on a lake Indian Brook |
$950,000 | 37 | $25,676/ac | Lakefront | |
| 0.87-acre lot Big Bras d'Or |
$22,500 | 0.87 | $25,928/ac | below market | |
| 7.5 acres on the ocean Birch Plain |
$195,000 | 7.5 | $26,094/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 7.5 acres on the ocean Cape Dauphin |
$199,000 | 7.5 | $26,533/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 7.2 acres on the ocean Birch Plain |
$195,000 | 7.2 | $26,946/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 1.9 acres St. Anns |
$60,000 | 1.9 | $32,432/ac | above market | |
| 4 acres on the ocean Lot 5-21 · St. Anns |
$139,000 | 4 | $34,750/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 2.4 acres on a lake Lot 4 · near Eskasoni 3 |
$84,500 | 2.4 | $35,208/ac | Lakefront | above market |
| 2.9 acres on the water Lot 103 · Upper Washabuck |
$104,900 | 2.9 | $36,298/ac | Waterfront | above market |
| 3.9 acres on a lake Lot 109 · Upper Washabuck |
$144,900 | 3.9 | $37,539/ac | Lakefront | above market |
| 4.3 acres on the ocean Wreck Cove |
$165,000 | 4.3 | $38,018/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 3.1 acres on a lake Lot 3 · near Eskasoni 3 |
$119,900 | 3.1 | $38,677/ac | Lakefront | above market |
| 2.3 acres on the ocean Jamesville |
$89,000 | 2.3 | $38,696/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 2.8 acres Lot 1 · Ingonish |
$109,900 | 2.8 | $39,250/ac | near market | |
| 1.9 acres Ingonish |
$73,000 | 1.9 | $39,459/ac | near market | |
| 4.9 acres Baddeck Bay |
$195,000 | 4.9 | $39,959/ac | above market | |
| 0.46-acre lot Baddeck Inlet |
$19,000 | 0.46 | $41,385/ac | below market | |
| 5.9 acres on the ocean near Ingonish |
$259,000 | 5.9 | $43,898/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 0.51-acre lot Baddeck Inlet |
$23,000 | 0.51 | $44,730/ac | below market | |
| 1.1 acres on the ocean Lot 3 · Ingonish Centre |
$49,900 | 1.1 | $45,364/ac | Oceanfront | near market |
| 3.5 acres on a lake Big Harbour |
$175,000 | 3.5 | $49,873/ac | Lakefront | above market |
| 2.5 acres on the ocean near Ingonish |
$125,000 | 2.5 | $50,000/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 2 acres on the ocean Birch Plain |
$109,900 | 2 | $54,950/ac | Oceanfront | above market |
| 3.5 acres Boularderie Centre |
$199,000 | 3.5 | $56,857/ac | ||
| 2.3 acres Lot 5 · Ingonish |
$155,000 | 2.3 | $67,544/ac | above market | |
| 0.72-acre lot Ingonish |
$49,900 | 0.72 | $69,306/ac | near market | |
| 1.1 acres on a river Middle River |
$79,000 | 1.1 | $71,799/ac | River frontage | above market |
| 3 acres Ross Ferry |
$239,000 | 3 | $79,667/ac | ||
| 4 acres on the ocean Red Point |
$329,000 | 4 | $82,250/ac | Oceanfront | |
| 1 acre Ingonish Centre |
$95,000 | 1 | $95,000/ac | above market | |
| 0.40-acre lot Goose Cove |
$50,000 | 0.40 | $124,626/ac | above market | |
| 0.68-acre lot Baddeck |
$87,500 | 0.68 | $129,572/ac | above market | |
| 1 acre Big Baddeck |
$169,900 | 1 | $169,900/ac | ||
| 1.1 acres on the water Boularderie Centre |
$199,000 | 1.1 | $180,909/ac | Waterfront | |
| 2.5 acres Jamesville |
$465,000 | 2.5 | $186,000/ac | ||
| 2 acres Cape North |
$375,000 | 2 | $187,500/ac | ||
| 2.3 acres on a lake Baddeck Inlet |
$840,000 | 2.3 | $365,217/ac | Lakefront |
About Victoria County
The area
Victoria County covers north-central Cape Breton Island, from Iona on the Bras d'Or Lake to Bay St. Lawrence and Capstick near the northern tip. It has about 2,840 km² of land and had about 7,400 people in 2021. There are no towns: the Municipality of the County of Victoria (about 6,750) governs everything outside the Wagmatcook 1 reserve (about 690), from offices in Baddeck, a village of about 1,000 on the lake. Much of the north is highland plateau and Acadian forest in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, with the Cabot Trail along its coastal cliffs.
History
This is Mi'kma'ki, unceded Mi'kmaw territory. Wagmatcook, beside the Bras d'Or Lake, calls itself the oldest permanent Mi'kmaw settlement in Nova Scotia and works in both Mi'kmaw and English; Parks Canada runs the national park jointly with the Mi'kmaq. Alexander and Mabel Bell built Beinn Bhreagh Hall near Baddeck in 1892-93 as a summer home and laboratory, and their Aerial Experiment Association's Silver Dart made Canada's first controlled, powered flight over the lake in February 1909.
Services and access
Cape Breton Regional Hospital in Sydney, the island's referral and trauma centre, has a 24-hour emergency department, as does Buchanan Memorial Community Health Centre in Neils Harbour. Victoria County Memorial Hospital in Baddeck has no emergency department; Nova Scotia Health posts the hours of its urgent treatment centre. Highway 105, the Trans-Canada, crosses the county; Baddeck is about an hour from Sydney or Port Hawkesbury and four hours from Halifax. J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport has daily flights to Halifax and Toronto.
Land and climate
The Bras d'Or Lake is a salt-water inland sea with three passages to the Atlantic, named a UNESCO biosphere reserve in 2011. The county water utility serves only Dingwall, Ingonish, Little Narrows and Neils Harbour; elsewhere homes rely on private wells, usually drilled. The province regulates well construction and keeps a public well logs database. For shore lots, its Coastal Hazard Map shows possible sea-level rise and storm surge now, in 2050 and in 2100, and owners can request a Coastal Hazard Assessment Report.
Before you buy
The Eastern District Planning Commission (EDPC) handles planning, subdivision, building inspection and civic addressing. Plan Victoria County, the planning strategy and land use bylaw in effect since October 2, 2025, covers the municipality except the Baddeck plan area, which has its own; EDPC posts both and a zoning map. All construction needs a building permit, plus a development permit where a land use bylaw applies, and the inspector may need provincial transportation, environment or fire marshal approval. New or consolidated lots under 25 acres (about 10 ha) need subdivision approval; larger ones need an affidavit.
Sources
- Statistics Canada, 2021 Census population and dwelling counts (table 98-10-0002)
- Municipality of the County of Victoria, about the county and water utility
- Municipality of the County of Victoria, planning, subdivision and civic addresses
- Municipality of the County of Victoria, building permits and inspections
- Wagmatcook First Nation
- Parks Canada, Cape Breton Highlands National Park
- Parks Canada, Beinn Bhreagh Hall National Historic Site
- Parks Canada, Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site, getting here
- Nova Scotia Health, hospital locations (Cape Breton Regional, Buchanan Memorial, Victoria County Memorial)
- UNESCO, Bras d'Or Lake Biosphere Reserve
- Nova Scotia Environment, groundwater and wells
- Nova Scotia, coastal climate change and Coastal Hazard Map
Written by AcreScout from the sources listed; facts checked October 1, 2026. Rules change: confirm anything that matters with the municipality.