Bridgewater
All dollar amounts on this page are in Canadian dollars.
City introduction
Bridgewater is a town in Lunenburg County, on Nova Scotia's South Shore, and is its own local municipal government. The Town records that it was incorporated on February 13, 1899, and that it grew from settlement in the early 19th century: what began as an inland trading post at the tidal head of the LaHave River is today a community of nearly 9,000 residents with hundreds of businesses and personal service shops, governed by a town council of a mayor and six councillors elected at large.
The Town calls Bridgewater the "Main Street of the South Shore". On the west side of the LaHave River, the traditional King Street shopping district is home to locally owned shops, restaurants and services, while the east side holds the Bridgewater Mall, Eastside Plaza and other retailers. The Town also points to annual events such as the South Shore Exhibition, Canada Day on the LaHave and Christmas on the LaHave, and describes a range of visitor services — shopping, accommodations, restaurants, parks and museums, hospital facilities, a public library and sporting facilities — in the heart of the LaHave River Valley.
Source: Town of Bridgewater — About Town Council (Town of Bridgewater).
Total residential tax rate chart
Bridgewater total residential tax rate, 2019/20–2026/27
Bars: Bridgewater total residential tax rate, by fiscal year, in dollars per $100 of assessment.
Bars only. No comparison lines are drawn: a tax rate is not a percentage change, so it cannot share the percent axis used on the other provinces' combined charts. The scope notes explain the calibre.
- Bars — Bridgewater total residential tax rate ($ per $100 of assessment)
Data behind the chart
The data table below carries one row per fiscal year, in order, with the total residential tax rate for that year, or “No data” where no rate was published.
| Fiscal year | Total residential tax rate ($ per $100 of assessment) |
|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 1.650 |
| 2020/21 | 1.650 |
| 2021/22 | 1.750 |
| 2022/23 | 1.750 |
| Fiscal year | Total residential tax rate ($ per $100 of assessment) |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 1.850 |
| 2024/25 | 1.850 |
| 2025/26 | 1.850 |
| 2026/27 | 1.850 |
Sources for this chart:
- Total residential tax rate, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26: Government of Nova Scotia Open Data, Municipal Property Tax Rates (dataset ure8-3w7m)
- Total residential tax rate, 2026/27: Town of Bridgewater, Budget & Tax Information
Total residential tax rate trend
The trend uses one measure only: the total residential tax rate in the provincial table's calibre. Each row is the rate for that fiscal year on that one measure. A year with no verified rate is shown as No data, and no earlier rate is ever repeated into a later year.
| Fiscal year | Total residential tax rate ($ per $100 of assessment) |
|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 1.650 |
| 2020/21 | 1.650 |
| 2021/22 | 1.750 |
| 2022/23 | 1.750 |
| Fiscal year | Total residential tax rate ($ per $100 of assessment) |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 1.850 |
| 2024/25 | 1.850 |
| 2025/26 | 1.850 |
| 2026/27 | 1.850 |
Separate note — 2026/27 official points, not the rate series
This note is separate from the rate series above and is not part of it. It records official 2026/27 points that are stated on a different basis — general rates, average bill figures, or a class-wide budget wording — so they stay visible without being merged into the total residential rate series.
The Town's own Budget & Tax Information page states that the Town's 2026-2027 budget was approved on April 13, 2026, and lists 2026-2027 tax rates of: residential $1.85 per $100 of assessment, commercial $4.07 per $100 of assessment, and a multipurpose rate of $0.06 per $100 of assessment listed separately. The Town's stated residential rate has matched the provincial table's total residential rate for Bridgewater in each of 2023/24 (1.850), 2024/25 (1.850) and 2025/26 (1.850) — the Town's budget announcements for those years state the residential rate as 1.85, unchanged — so the 2026/27 figure is shown in the series on the same basis: 1.850. One point is left open: the Town lists the $0.06 multipurpose rate separately, and whether it belongs in the total is not stated; it is not added here, and if the provincial table's 2026/27 row folds it in, the total would read 1.91. Source: Budget & Tax Information (Town of Bridgewater), https://www.bridgewater.ca/town-services/finance/financial-information
A Town news item of April 14, 2026 likewise announces that Bridgewater Town Council passed its 2026-2027 Capital and Operating Budget on April 13, 2026 with no increase in property tax rates, the residential rate remaining at $1.85 per $100 of assessment and the commercial rate at $4.07. The series figure above is taken from the Town's budget page, not from this news item. Source: Latest News listing (Town of Bridgewater), https://www.bridgewater.ca/news-events/latest-news?start=12
Method
This page uses one measure only, every year: the total residential tax rate in the provincial table's calibre (dollars per $100 of assessment).
The 2019/20–2025/26 values are the Government of Nova Scotia Open Data Municipal Property Tax Rates table, checked row by row for this municipality. The 2026/27 value, where one is shown, is from the municipality's own adopted budget or official tax-rate document for that year.
Nova Scotia's fiscal year runs April 1 to March 31. Eligible owner-occupied homes are under the provincial Assessment Cap (CAP), which limits the annual rise in taxable assessment; individual bills can therefore move differently from the rate.
How to read this page
Bars are the Bridgewater total residential tax rate for each fiscal year. The axis is a rate axis, not a percentage axis.
A taller bar is a higher rate; it says nothing by itself about how any one household's bill changed, because bills also move with assessed values and the Assessment Cap.
A year shown as “No data” has no bar. No rate is carried forward from the year before, and no value is interpolated.
Official points stated on other bases (general rates, average bill figures) are kept in the separate note, never merged into the series.
Sources
- Town of Bridgewater introduction: About Town Council (Town of Bridgewater)
- Town of Bridgewater: Community Information (Town of Bridgewater)
- Government of Nova Scotia Open Data, Municipal Property Tax Rates (dataset ure8-3w7m)
- Town of Bridgewater, Budget & Tax Information
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This page is an independent guide. It is not a government site and it is not an official site. It is general information only and is not tax advice. Check the official Town of Bridgewater source before relying on a figure.