Photo: awmcphee · CC0A median $262,000: what owners say homes in Fort Smith are worth
That figure comes from 550 owner households at the 2021 census. An owner’s figure, not a sale: the census of May 2021 asked what each home would fetch. No sales are published for towns in the Northwest Territories, Fort Smith included, so owners’ values are the measure.
Fort Smith’s homes, by the census
The census is the only published value for these homes; beside it, the median of Northwest Territories’ towns.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $277K
- Owners
- 550
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
The homes of Fort Smith, by period and type
At the 2021 census, 77% of Fort Smith’s 880 occupied homes were single-detached houses. At least half predate 2001.
Homes by period of construction
Homes by kind
| Fort Smith | Canada | |
|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 17% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
Fort Smith permitted 6.1 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 13.8 of Canada’s towns
Some 5 homes a year: 32 in all were permitted in Fort Smith from 2018 to 2023. The mix: 48% in single-unit buildings, beside 54% for Canada’s towns.
Most in 2019: 8 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Questions about property prices in Fort Smith
How many households in Fort Smith are in core housing need?
10% of Fort Smith’s households, above the 7% of Canada’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).