Photo: TravelingOtter from Houston, Texas, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0A median $448,000: what owners say homes in Yellowknife are worth
4,280 owner households answered the census question on value in 2021. Self-assessed in May 2021, these values predate the rate rises that followed. What homes sold for in Yellowknife isn’t public: no sale figures are released in the Northwest Territories.
Yellowknife’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Northwest Territories’ towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $494K
- Owners
- 4,280
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Properties
- 5,655
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Yellowknife’s homes: when they went up and what they are
7,520 occupied homes stood in Yellowknife in 2021, and single-detached houses made up 44% of them. The older half dates from before 2001.
Homes by period of construction
Homes by kind
| Yellowknife | Canada | |
|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 18% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 11% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 8% | 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.
Lower values near Yellowknife: Behchokò
The places around Yellowknife at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own. The one place listed is 95 km from Yellowknife, the nearest with figures.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellowknife | $448K | $494K | 57% | |
| Behchokò | $200K | $236K | 48% | 95.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Yellowknife
How many households in Yellowknife are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 10% of Yellowknife’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 7% of Canada’s towns.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).