Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0A median $300,000: what owners say homes in Inuvik are worth
Some 420 owner households gave their home’s value to the 2021 census. The census asks owners what their home would sell for, so the values are estimates from May 2021. For Inuvik there is no published sale price, as for every town in the Northwest Territories.
One measure for Inuvik: the census
The census is the only published value for these homes; beside it, the median of Northwest Territories’ towns.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $322K
- Owners
- 420
- 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).
Inuvik’s homes: when they went up and what they are
The 2021 census counted 1,220 occupied homes in Inuvik; 41% of them are single-detached houses. Half went up before 1981.
Homes by period of construction
Homes by kind
| Inuvik | Canada | |
|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 17% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 10% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 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.
6.9 new homes a year per 1,000 in Inuvik: fewer than Canada’s towns (13.8)
From 2018 to 2023, permits in Inuvik created 48 homes, about 8 a year. Single-unit buildings took 24%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 54% for Canada’s towns.
A peak in 2021: 26 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.
Lower values near Inuvik: Tuktoyaktuk
Next to Inuvik: 2021 census values and the share of owners. No closer place has figures: this one lies 124 km from Inuvik.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inuvik | $300K | $322K | 34% | |
| Tuktoyaktuk | $180K | $204K | 28% | 123.7 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Inuvik
How many households in Inuvik are in core housing need?
In Inuvik, 8% of households are in core housing need, close to the 7% of Canada’s towns: those whose home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, with nothing suitable nearby under 30% of their income.
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).