Photo: Timkal · CC BY-SA 3.0In Arctic Bay, the average home is worth 27% more than the median one
By the 2021 census, half of owned homes were worth more than $150,000; the average was $190,000. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021. Statistics Canada doesn’t publish sales in Nunavut, so nothing here says what Arctic Bay’s homes actually sold for.
What Arctic Bay’s homes are worth, two ways
Each source sits beside its own median for Nunavut’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $190K
- Owners
- 25
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Properties
- 385
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 Arctic Bay, by period and type
Arctic Bay had 215 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 57% of them single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction
Homes by kind
| Arctic Bay | Canada | |
|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 5% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 26% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 47% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 47% | 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 Arctic Bay
How many households in Arctic Bay are in core housing need?
In Arctic Bay, 47% of households are in core housing need, against 7% for Canada’s towns: their home costs too much, is too small or needs major repairs, and nothing suitable nearby costs under 30% of their income.
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).