Wolfville
All dollar amounts on this page are in Canadian dollars.
City introduction
Wolfville sits on Mi'kma'ki in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, nestled between mountains, the highest tides in the world and bountiful agricultural lands. The Town describes a cosmopolitan downtown core surrounded by landscapes that include its picturesque harbour, which connects the town to the Fundy tides, with trails and parks linking to Main Street and supporting four seasons of outdoor activity; its charm comes from Maritime-inspired architecture and the people who call the town home.
As the home of Acadia University, Wolfville is a town-and-gown community where students live and learn, and it lies in the heart of Nova Scotia's wine country, with locally crafted food and beverage, a farmers' market, theatres, galleries and festivals. Geographically, the Town places itself in the northwestern portion of Nova Scotia along the shores of the Minas Basin, part of the Bay of Fundy; it is separated from the basin by agricultural dykes built by Acadians in the 17th century, its harbour fills and drains with the Fundy's record tides each day, and it lies along Highway 1, about an hour's drive from Halifax and its international airport.
Source: Town of Wolfville — About Wolfville | Town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia (Town of Wolfville).
Total residential tax rate chart
Wolfville total residential tax rate, 2019/20–2026/27
Bars: Wolfville total residential tax rate, by fiscal year, in dollars per $100 of assessment.
Bars only. No comparison lines are drawn: a tax rate is not a percentage change, so it cannot share the percent axis used on the other provinces' combined charts. The scope notes explain the calibre.
- Bars — Wolfville total residential tax rate ($ 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 $100 of assessment) |
|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 1.465 |
| 2020/21 | 1.475 |
| 2021/22 | 1.475 |
| 2022/23 | 1.4575 |
| Fiscal year | Total residential tax rate ($ per $100 of assessment) |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 1.475 |
| 2024/25 | 1.4655 |
| 2025/26 | 1.4655 |
| 2026/27 | 1.4855 |
Sources for this chart:
- Total residential tax rate, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, 2025/26: Government of Nova Scotia Open Data, Municipal Property Tax Rates, dataset ure8-3w7m
- Total residential tax rate, 2026/27: Town of Wolfville, 2026-27 Operating Budget
Total residential tax rate trend
The trend uses one measure only: the total residential tax rate in the provincial table's calibre. Each row is the rate for that fiscal year on that one measure. A year with no verified rate is shown as No data, and no earlier rate is ever repeated into a later year.
| Fiscal year | Total residential tax rate ($ per $100 of assessment) |
|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 1.465 |
| 2020/21 | 1.475 |
| 2021/22 | 1.475 |
| 2022/23 | 1.4575 |
| Fiscal year | Total residential tax rate ($ per $100 of assessment) |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 1.475 |
| 2024/25 | 1.4655 |
| 2025/26 | 1.4655 |
| 2026/27 | 1.4855 |
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 2026/27 residential rate of 1.4855 is 0.02 above the 2025/26 rate of 1.4655. This +0.02 is rate-derived — calculated from the two official rates — and is not an official increase statement by the Town (Town of Wolfville, 2026-27 Operating Budget, https://wolfville.ca/sites/default/files/2026-04/2026-27%20-%20ToW%20Operating%20Budget.pdf).
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 Wolfville 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 Wolfville introduction: About Wolfville | Town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia (Town of Wolfville)
- Town of Wolfville: About Wolfville | Town of Wolfville, Nova Scotia (Town of Wolfville)
- Government of Nova Scotia Open Data, Municipal Property Tax Rates, dataset ure8-3w7m
- Town of Wolfville, 2026-27 Operating Budget
Back to Nova Scotia | Back to Home
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 Wolfville source before relying on a figure.