Photo: Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.0A median $290,000: what owners say homes in Hay River are worth
It is the middle of what 895 owner households told the 2021 census. No sale stands behind these values: owners named them at the census of May 2021. What homes sold for in Hay River isn’t public: no sale figures are released in the Northwest Territories.
One measure for Hay River: the census
No sale or assessment figure is published here, so the census value stands alone, beside the median of Northwest Territories’ towns.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $302K
- Owners
- 895
- 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 Hay River, by period and type
At the 2021 census, 84% of Hay River’s 1,270 occupied homes were single-detached houses. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction
Homes by kind
| Hay River | Canada | |
|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 4% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 18% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 5% | 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.
Questions about property prices in Hay River
How many households in Hay River are in core housing need?
Fewer than most: 5% of households in Hay River, where Canada’s towns sit at 7%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021. 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).